Talk:Plymouth
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Is there any evidence to suggest that Takoradi-Sekondi in Ghana is a twin city of Plymouth? The list of cities of the official city council webstie doesn't list it: http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/twin_towns-2
Links for a to do list of things to add:
- NASA photo of Plymouth, Dartmoor and Bodmin Moor (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=NM23&roll=762&frame=206)
This page is rapidly becoming absurdly hagiographic! Can't someone find some crime statistics or unemployment statistics or something? Monk Bretton 01:59, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
I was rather surprised to see some pages in my watchlist merged into this one in their entirity... Given how long the page has become, I'm not sure this is really a good thing - I prefer to see ten focused, interlinked pages than one single page about ten different things. What do other people think? Whitepaw 23:40, 2005 Feb 14 (UTC)
I agree that ten small, focused pages are better than one long one. Not that this is a 'bad page' as such. --Monk Bretton 23:51, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
I changed some references (in the captions of photos) that said 'the Plymouth Hoe'. It is called either 'the Hoe' or 'Plymouth Hoe' but never (in my experience) 'The Plymouth Hoe' (which is rather curious, when you think about it). At any rate the text of the article talks about Plymouth Hoe (no 'the') so it is best to have the text and captions matching. Cheers --Monk Bretton 23:51, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
I have recreated the pages for Devonport Dockyard, The Barbican, the Citadel and the University of Plymouth and moved all relevant material from the Plymouth page into each respective one. I have also removed the Eddystone lighthouse information from the History section as there is already a separate page for it. Plymouthguy 20:37, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
The French attacked Plymouth
It might be worth mentioning this bit of history:
Plymouth played a role in the many wars between England and France in the Middle Ages. Because of this Plymouth attacked by French soldiers several times. The worst attack came one day in August 1403. The French sailed across the Channel and landed north of the town. The French marched into Plymouth and occupied the area around Exeter Street. The English fought back but were unable to dislodge the French, who stayed overnight.
The next day the French sailed away but only after burning much of the town. (This was easily done as most of the buildings were of wood with thatched roofs). Afterwards part of the town was called Breton Side. After this disaster Plymouth was soon rebuilt and began to flourish once more.
BUT
don't use those words - I copied them from this website: - http://www.localhistories.org/plymouth.htmlOgg
A very interesting piece of history, unfortunately, it is not very significant to Plymouth and only ever gets a tiny mention in local history books. The vast majority of people in Plymouth have no idea it ever happened. I will however mention it but in no detail. Plymouthguy 16:57, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
plymouth cathedral
plymouth has a cathedral, you wouldnt know it from this article. by my reckoning its got the 16th tallest church spire in the country on it.