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Contents 1 Romsey Infra and Romsey Extra 2 Recent History 3 The Santa Thing 4 People born in Romsey 5 Population

[edit] Romsey Infra and Romsey Extra

Does this need to be mentioned in the piece?

[edit] Recent History

In December 2005, some scoundrel operating from 81.159.213.137 (no, that's not me) added the following. Although Robinh quite rightly reverted to a more sensible version, I thought that these paragraphs are worth keeping, as they do show the social divide which exists in Romsey, and no doubt in other English market towns.Gwaka Lumpa 14:16, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

- - Tension had built up in Romsey in more recent years between two social groups, the Working class and the Middle Class. Nicknamed "Chavs" and " Toffs" respectively, the tension dates back to the 15th Century when the town split into two factions: The "haves" and "have-nots". Since this time, the poorer residents of the market town turned their resentment onto those whom (sic) look down on them; indeed, fights would break out sporadically near the local bus-station, where the local 'hood' would resort to throwing bottles at anyone who looked remotely like they had more cash. Not content to take this lying down, it was on the evening of January, 6th, 2003 that a group of Romseys higher earners decided an appropriate action: They waited outside the Kebab shop for the 'yoofs' and started beating them to death with their Daily Mails.

- - It's a miracle nobody was seriously injured, and since this retaliation the poor people have gone back into hibernation in their council houses, only surfacing once a year to shine shoes and carry heavy cases for the posh. Rumours still persist, though, that every December these scallywags do try to hijack the Late Night Shopping event by spraying silly string at Santa Claus. User:81.159.213.137, 16 December 2005

[edit] The Santa Thing

I live in Romsey, and this hasn't happened in years, thus I removed it. The part about it happening on a certain shop's roof is baseless speculation, and has no part in this article. 80.189.64.221 20:18, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

What!!?! I personally witnessed it in each of the past three years. Your second point may be right - I suspect health and safefy is the reason for the particular roof, and it is not encyclopedic type knowledge. However, the event is widely heralded, and happens each year Gwaka Lumpa 11:55, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] People born in Romsey

i put "Samuel Upton" in on people who were born in romsey, and it seems to have been taken out, along with the page about this great man. i'll have to replace it again and make the page again, has no one ever heard of him?!

You're dead right... no one has ever heard of him

[edit] Population

I have changed the population from 18,000 to 13,000 not because there has been a Stalinist purge in the quiet Hampshire countryside but because the only source I can find (Hants CC) gives that number. It doesn't say whether this is the 2001 census figure. Can anyone prove a more accurate figure? --Dilapidated 10:21, 3 November 2007 (UTC)