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What about a disambiguation page, with a stub to poet T.E. Hulme?
"Changing the reputation of Hulme that was gained in the 1970s and 1980s has been a long process, but one that appears to be being achieved."
- Yeah right. Hulme is still a shithole.
Seconded, Thirded and Fourthed. We got burglarized!
There's lots of other Hulmes, so can't have disambiguation page to all!
If you don't like it, leave it. The people who live here who contribute to the communities found in Hulme choose to live here and like it.
And I've never been burgled here (perhaps 'cos I don't go making up words/using Americanisms?!).
[edit] Conflicting parenthetical claims
Copied from the Second World War section (bold formatting is mine):
At the time, the 'Crescents' won several design awards, and introduced technologies such as underfloor heating to the masses (this in incorrect actually, the crescents were 'warmed by an electric warm air heating system, that consisted of a large fan and heating element in an asbestos box under the maisonette stairs). They were also popular because they were some of the first council homes in Manchester to have central heating. The development even had some notable first occupants, such as Nico and Alain Delon.
However, what eventually turned out be recognised as poor design, workmanship, and maintenance meant that the crescents introduced their own problems. Design flaws and unreliable 'system build' construction methods, as well as the 1970s Oil Crisis meant that heating the poorly insulated homes became too expensive for their low income residents, and the crescents soon became notorious for being cold, damp and riddled with cockroaches and other vermin.
Crime and drug abuse became significant problems in Hulme, as police did not patrol the long, often dark decks, due to the fact that they were not officially considered streets. The decks made muggings and burglary relatively easy, as any crime could be carried out in almost total privacy, with no hope for quick assistance from police below (this is untrue as well - police were often seen walking around the walkways during the 1980s).
The crescents became troublesome very shortly after their construction - within a decade, they were declared 'unfit for purpose', and several plans were drawn up that suggested various differing types of renovation and renewal for the blocks, including splitting the buildings into smaller, more manageable structures by removing sections.
I don't which of these unreferenced claims is true, but the discussion ought to take place here, not on the article page, --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 12:15, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
