Talk:West Bromwich

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This month's article improvement drive for the West Midlands WikiProject is West Bromwich. A log of edits to this article during the improvement drive has been made and can be found here.

I didn't think that 'Ozzy' Osborne had any connections with West Bromwich. Ozzy was born in Aston, Birmingham.Cabinscooter 20:09, 11 June 2006 (UTC) Also, I understood that Frank Skinner came from Smethwick.Cabinscooter 21:11, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Improvements

Well it's the second monthly improvement drive. So what's to do?

These are my suggestions:

  • Merge Historic population section with History section.
  • Move West Bromwich Town Hall section to it's own article and npov.
  • Change Communications to Transport and expand.
  • Add Politics section
  • Add more demographic information
  • Add Geography section
  • Expand Religion section
  • Move local dialect to top and lose heading.

Finally, do we need the quotes section? - Erebus555 19:59, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Political control in the late 19th and early 20th C (History section)

I would be amazed if the Liberal Democrats did indeed hold this seat in 1885, and from 1886 to 1910, as that political party wasn't formed until 1988!

I think perhaps this should be amended - I presume the seat was actually held by one of the Lib Dem's forerunners, the Liberal Party?

Petecollier 15:57, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Indeed it was the Liberal Party! I'm the one needing the slapped wrists... - Erebus555 20:39, 17 July 2007 (UTC)