Talk:Workington

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Contents 1 Info 2 what happened to all the good stuff? 3 Agreed 4 map

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This was in the main text: however it relates toKendal, Westmorland

The Kendal "Boke of Recorde" contains several references to the pastimes of Westmerians from two to three centuries ago. On one occasion it was ordered by the Corporation "That whosoever do play at the football in the street and break any windows, shall forfeit upon view thereof by the Mayor or one of the Aldermen in the ward where the fault is committed the sum of 12d. for every time every party, and 3s. 4d. for every window by the same broken, and to be committed till it be paid, the constable looke to it to present it presently at every Court day." That knur and spell, the game so popular still in Yorkshire, was once a favourite pastime in Kendal is attested by the following entry, dated April, 1657: "It is ordered by the Court that all such persons, inhabitants within this borough, above the age of twelve years, that hereafter shall play in the streets at a game commonly called Kattstick and Bullvett shall forfeit and incur the penalty of 12d. for every offence, to be levied of their goods, and where they have no goods to be imprisoned two hours."

This article says buggar all about Workington as a town and history. I'm sure this article wasn't always like that.

no it wasn't, a previous version existed but was scaled down for some reason. that's why i want to try my best to improve this article with the concern hanging around the introduction, history, economy and regeneration (which was my work, which i intend to rename or merge into economy which would probably be a better bet). references are also needed, so i have found as many as i could. Kilnburn (talk) 00:21, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] what happened to all the good stuff?

seems like the last edit of this page has taken all the useful info out and just left a snippet in about uppies and downies! seems like the last revision - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Workington&oldid=18401315 was fine but has been butchered. what's going on?

[edit] Agreed

Can I suggest reverting to the previous version?

well, i would like to do this for you, but first of all, i would want to put references in there. after having a little look, the previous version definitely looks much better Kilnburn (talk) 00:17, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

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what?

There's a reference made to the average age of mothers being 14-16 and likely to reduce to 12-14. I know Workington has some teenage mums, but I doubt this fact is correct! Citations needed to protect the reputation of our town!!