Talk:Loughton

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[edit] Mint

"The town is principally residential but is also home to the printing works where all English banknotes are printed."

I am quite certain this is not correct (I live in Loughton) but can't find any references to show this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thewyzewun (talk • contribs) 22:47, 31 July 2006

The information is correct. If you make your way down Rectory Lane and turn left into Langston Road, after a few hundred yards you will see an enormous building with an arched roof. It is 800 feet long and 125 feet wide, so it is hard to miss! This is the Bank of England Printing Works, now managed by De La Rue, and it has been there for fifty years. The TV movie Hot Money was set there, many local people work there, and the landmark building can clearly be seen from many of the hillier parts of Loughton. There are many web references to the Works, including: [1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.194.86.1 (talk • contribs) 09:54, 15 August 2006

So Loughton is a hole with a mint in it? Mishagale 14:20, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

No, just one big **** hole! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spymo (talk • contribs) 21:32, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

You seem to dislike Loughton, just out of interest, from what superior town do you hail? Angryafghan (talk) 03:31, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Too much information!

Couldn't someone cut the info...It is so busy with information that it is actually un-informing...Couldn't someone cut it down to its barebones and do more about Loughton today? It deserves a mention it's social mix of old M/C, nouveau riche and Z-list celebrities....--Madkaffir 16:36, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Rather than cut the info, it would be better to divide it into additional pages, such as History, Cultural Life, Sport etc, with brief hyperlinked summaries on the main page. Personally I think an encyclopaedic article should contain much more information about an area's history, context and development than on which transient celebrity happens to live in the town at any particular moment! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.194.86.1 (talk) 12:42, 20 September 2007 (UTC)