Talk:Mill town

message: Can anyone think of a way to correct this misnamed article. I have many objections- first it is not prose but a series of lists - a link farm. There are no citations- it is mainly unsourced so cannot be verified. The text is trite padding. Even the definition is not sourced. Notability is not established. It seems that any village that once had a mill is getting listed. Accuracy is disputed. I will correct one reference and listen to suggestions. --ClemRutter (talk) 20:18, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Multiple issues

message: As places such as Greater Manchester,Cumbria and Merseyside didnt exist during The Industrial revolution,i think its only right that Towns that were once Mill towns such as Bolton,Bury,Rochdale and Oldham and even salford and manchester should be mentioned as being Lancashire Mill towns instead of Greater Manchester. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.8.126.226 (talk) 20:04, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Add this to my list of multiple issues. Wikipedia does modern counties even if I agree with you. Stockport is in Cheshire, as is Reddish. The table needs proper formating. Manchester was not a mill town as such- a mill tpown by British definition is one where the majority of the population worked in the mill- not a town possessing a mill. Many of the towns listed were textile centres but weaving towns using outworkers. I would revert and steer clear.--ClemRutter (talk) 08:34, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: List them Right

message: William Blake AFAIK never visited a mill town - the line 'Dark Satanic Mills' refers to Lambeth, not Lancashire.  redpaul1 (talk) 13:50, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dark satanic mills 

message: It's worth pointing out that not all textile mill towns are engaged in the same activities: the mill towns in the outer ring round Manchester - Burnley, Blackburn, Accrington etc, specialised in cotton weaving; while the towns in the inner ring, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, specialised in cotton spinning. redpaul1 (talk) 13:50, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spinning vs weaving towns 

message: I have taken down this text, as it seems to be a eulogy for New England rather than explaining the concept of one-company towns. I don't want to be discouraging- the material is fine but it is just not in the right place. Please carry on the discussion here- but get yourself a wikiname so we talk on your talk page.
::"In the nineteenth century, saws and axes made in New England cleared the forests of Ohio; New England ploughs broke the prairie sod, New England scales weighed wheat and meat in Texas; New England serge clothed businessmen in San Francisco; New England cutlery skinned hides to be tanned in Milwaukee and sliced apples to be dried in Missouri; New England whale oil lit lamps across the continent; New England blankets warmed children by night and New England textbooks preached at them by day; New England guns armed the troops; and New England dies, lathes, looms, forges, presses and screwdrivers outfitted factories far and wide." - Jane Jacobs, The Economy of Cities, 1969
::thumb|right|Peabody, Massachusetts was known as Tanner City, and to this day in 2016 the logo of a bull, representing the past of this mill town and being the tanning capital of North America, along with neighoring seaside town of Beverly     
::Peabody, Massachusetts was one of the biggest players in the tanning of leather with Lynn, Massachusetts next door, a booming mill town circa 1900.  Lynn moved to high tech with the General Electric Lynn Aviation Plant.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by ClemRutter (talk • contribs) 21:28, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  New England not on focus 

message: Whatever part of the definition is keeping Bataville off the list should be amended or asterisked to add it on. Not all factory towns need to be satanic. — LlywelynII 13:54, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
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