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This article reads,"The musician, David Bates lives there."
Question is, which musician David Bates? David Bates (pianist) or David Bates (guitarist) ?
Kevyn 21:15, 14 Jun 2004 (UTC)
As someone who used to go to school with David Bates, I can confirm that it is David Bates the piano player who lives in Stalybridge. He is a well known pianist in the Tameside area. However, I think that the guitarist may be his father but not quite sure. I will confirm this as soon as I can. I remember something about them both having the same name but I don’t know if David Bates senior is/was a guitarist. - Chris H
Stalybridge is in the traditional county of Cheshire. The traditional counties still exist and so it's incorrect to say that Stalybridge was in Cheshire. During the 15 years or so that I lived in Stalybridge (in the 1980s and 1990s) virtually everybody wrote "Stalybridge, Cheshire" as their postal address. I can only remember letters from the Council giving addresses as "Stalybridge, Tameside". I've edited the article to state that Stalybridge is both in Cheshire and Tameside. 88.105.134.227 17:35, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
There are no such legal entities as "traditional counties", it is incorrect to say that Stalybrige is in Cheshire AND Tameside. Local Government boundaries are standardly used throughout Wikipedia and since Local Government reorganization in the 70s, Stalybridge has been in Tameside and not Cheshire. It is true that people in Stalybridge write "Stalybridge, Cheshire" as their address and their letters still get delivered but this doesn't mean anything. There are campaigns to reinstate the old county boundaries but until the campaigns are successful encyclopedia entries should use standard boundary definitions. ( 86.1.199.200 10:46, 24 March 2007 (UTC)).
A far as I was aware (being from Stalybridge), the river Tame provides the Southern most boundery of Lancashire, thus the town is split in two. The area post codes that the Royal Male uses is Lancashire, Can anyone varyfy this? Thanks. 94.192.142.38 ( talk) 13:48, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
It is no longer meaningful to say that Stalybridge is in Greater Manchester. Stalybridge is served by the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Authority, Greater Manchester Police Authority and Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority. All of these are simply joint committees of various municipal councils. The extent of the area covered by these committees varies - for example Wigan is not covered by the Waste Authority.
The term Greater Manchester does not define the town's location in any more meaningful a way than saying, for example "Stalybridge is in Stockport" (Postal Area); "in Stalybridge" (Post Town); "in The Province of York" (Ecclesiastical province); "in The Diocese of Manchester" (Anglican Diocese); in "North West England" (European Constituency); "in South Manchester" (Coroner's District) "in The Diocese of Shrewsbury" (Roman Catholic Diocese); "in The Northern Circuit" (Legal Area); in Greater Manchester (Lieutenancy Area); "in the Duchy of Lancaster"...
Why insist on choosing to use the name of the Waste Disposal Authority? It isn't a very accurate way of providing a geographical description.-- Bailrigg 16:55, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I didn't write the northwest of England senternce. I do believe that northwest England is a more useful term to readers from outside the United Kingdom.
I'm not sure you're being consistent. If, as you say, most people outside the area have never heard of Tameside, why have you reinstated reference to it in the first paragraph? Bailrigg 20:08, 16 September 2006 (UTC)§
Is there any evidence to back up the claim that Beatrix Potter actually lived in Gorse Hall for a number of years? The Tameside Council website only mentions her visiting the Hall several times.
http://www.tameside.gov.uk/corpgen1/beatrixpotter.htm
Aenimiac 15:45, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
I've removed the red deer 'fact' from the trivia section as I find it hard to believe. A quick Google search only turns up this page. If anyone has any proof that it happened then reinstate it with the proof. -- Aenimiac 17:05, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
I've reinstated the red deer 'fact' from the trivia section. Yes, it is hard to believe otherwise it wouldn't be very interesting as trivia or worth including. Quick Google searches are sometimes useful but are not exhaustive research. Whether this 'fact' is true - I don't know. However, it was published in the national press some time in 1989. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Red_deer.JPG -- Bailrigg 17:45, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
In most editions of the Guinness Book of Records post mid-1970s this event is mentioned in the "Fastest British Land Mammals" section. In my 1990 edition on p.26 it says, "On 19 Oct 1970 a frigtened runaway deer registered a speed of 67.5km/ph or 42mph on a police radar trap as it charged through a street in Stalybridge, Manchester." This has been removed from later editions I think. 86.1.194.153 23:09, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
Rasbottom is an area of Stalybridge (Rasbottom Brow), while Ramsbottom is a place some 20-30 miles away in Lancashire. I wonder whether this [1] is a bogus edit. -- Oscarthecat 22:43, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Is it really correct to say that Stalybridge Celtic are consistently the most successful team in Tameside. Over the years that honour has, based on league positions, belonged to Ashton United, Mossley, Hyde United, and most recently Droylsden. Skinsmoke 12:09, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
None of other Tameside teams has ever made it into the top tier of non-league football. 86.1.194.153 23:12, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
In the trivia section it says that Stalybridge Station bar is the only licensed bar on a station platform, I had a pint in Weymss Bay bar on platform 3, Weymss Bay station last week. I would be quite interested to know what qualifies a bar as a platform bar. 86.1.194.153 23:09, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
Have moved this image to Wild Bank article as most of the picture doesn't show Stalybridge. It does show the view described in the Wild Bank article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Phon123 ( talk • contribs) 23:17, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
The following text has been removed from the article as it was unsourced, once references are supplied the entries can be re-added. Nev1 ( talk) 20:28, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
violent rioting on 20 April, 1812 was the riot at Burton Mill, Middleton. ( Quayle, Tom (2006). The Cotton Industry in Longdendale and Glossopdate. Tempus. p. 48.) The prose suggests that his riot was in Staleybridge needs a fix
And then in 1824. I need a reference and details of the 1824 Stalybridge mule spinners strike refered to in Wikisource. -- Clem Rutter ( talk) 10:57, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
– viaI was always under the impression that the river tame provides the Southern most boundery of Lancashire, thus the town is split in two. The area post codes that the Royal Male uses is Lancashire, Can anyone varyfy this? Thanks. 94.192.142.38 ( talk) 13:51, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
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This article reads,"The musician, David Bates lives there."
Question is, which musician David Bates? David Bates (pianist) or David Bates (guitarist) ?
Kevyn 21:15, 14 Jun 2004 (UTC)
As someone who used to go to school with David Bates, I can confirm that it is David Bates the piano player who lives in Stalybridge. He is a well known pianist in the Tameside area. However, I think that the guitarist may be his father but not quite sure. I will confirm this as soon as I can. I remember something about them both having the same name but I don’t know if David Bates senior is/was a guitarist. - Chris H
Stalybridge is in the traditional county of Cheshire. The traditional counties still exist and so it's incorrect to say that Stalybridge was in Cheshire. During the 15 years or so that I lived in Stalybridge (in the 1980s and 1990s) virtually everybody wrote "Stalybridge, Cheshire" as their postal address. I can only remember letters from the Council giving addresses as "Stalybridge, Tameside". I've edited the article to state that Stalybridge is both in Cheshire and Tameside. 88.105.134.227 17:35, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
There are no such legal entities as "traditional counties", it is incorrect to say that Stalybrige is in Cheshire AND Tameside. Local Government boundaries are standardly used throughout Wikipedia and since Local Government reorganization in the 70s, Stalybridge has been in Tameside and not Cheshire. It is true that people in Stalybridge write "Stalybridge, Cheshire" as their address and their letters still get delivered but this doesn't mean anything. There are campaigns to reinstate the old county boundaries but until the campaigns are successful encyclopedia entries should use standard boundary definitions. ( 86.1.199.200 10:46, 24 March 2007 (UTC)).
A far as I was aware (being from Stalybridge), the river Tame provides the Southern most boundery of Lancashire, thus the town is split in two. The area post codes that the Royal Male uses is Lancashire, Can anyone varyfy this? Thanks. 94.192.142.38 ( talk) 13:48, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
It is no longer meaningful to say that Stalybridge is in Greater Manchester. Stalybridge is served by the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Authority, Greater Manchester Police Authority and Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority. All of these are simply joint committees of various municipal councils. The extent of the area covered by these committees varies - for example Wigan is not covered by the Waste Authority.
The term Greater Manchester does not define the town's location in any more meaningful a way than saying, for example "Stalybridge is in Stockport" (Postal Area); "in Stalybridge" (Post Town); "in The Province of York" (Ecclesiastical province); "in The Diocese of Manchester" (Anglican Diocese); in "North West England" (European Constituency); "in South Manchester" (Coroner's District) "in The Diocese of Shrewsbury" (Roman Catholic Diocese); "in The Northern Circuit" (Legal Area); in Greater Manchester (Lieutenancy Area); "in the Duchy of Lancaster"...
Why insist on choosing to use the name of the Waste Disposal Authority? It isn't a very accurate way of providing a geographical description.-- Bailrigg 16:55, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I didn't write the northwest of England senternce. I do believe that northwest England is a more useful term to readers from outside the United Kingdom.
I'm not sure you're being consistent. If, as you say, most people outside the area have never heard of Tameside, why have you reinstated reference to it in the first paragraph? Bailrigg 20:08, 16 September 2006 (UTC)§
Is there any evidence to back up the claim that Beatrix Potter actually lived in Gorse Hall for a number of years? The Tameside Council website only mentions her visiting the Hall several times.
http://www.tameside.gov.uk/corpgen1/beatrixpotter.htm
Aenimiac 15:45, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
I've removed the red deer 'fact' from the trivia section as I find it hard to believe. A quick Google search only turns up this page. If anyone has any proof that it happened then reinstate it with the proof. -- Aenimiac 17:05, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
I've reinstated the red deer 'fact' from the trivia section. Yes, it is hard to believe otherwise it wouldn't be very interesting as trivia or worth including. Quick Google searches are sometimes useful but are not exhaustive research. Whether this 'fact' is true - I don't know. However, it was published in the national press some time in 1989. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Red_deer.JPG -- Bailrigg 17:45, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
In most editions of the Guinness Book of Records post mid-1970s this event is mentioned in the "Fastest British Land Mammals" section. In my 1990 edition on p.26 it says, "On 19 Oct 1970 a frigtened runaway deer registered a speed of 67.5km/ph or 42mph on a police radar trap as it charged through a street in Stalybridge, Manchester." This has been removed from later editions I think. 86.1.194.153 23:09, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
Rasbottom is an area of Stalybridge (Rasbottom Brow), while Ramsbottom is a place some 20-30 miles away in Lancashire. I wonder whether this [1] is a bogus edit. -- Oscarthecat 22:43, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Is it really correct to say that Stalybridge Celtic are consistently the most successful team in Tameside. Over the years that honour has, based on league positions, belonged to Ashton United, Mossley, Hyde United, and most recently Droylsden. Skinsmoke 12:09, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
None of other Tameside teams has ever made it into the top tier of non-league football. 86.1.194.153 23:12, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
In the trivia section it says that Stalybridge Station bar is the only licensed bar on a station platform, I had a pint in Weymss Bay bar on platform 3, Weymss Bay station last week. I would be quite interested to know what qualifies a bar as a platform bar. 86.1.194.153 23:09, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
Have moved this image to Wild Bank article as most of the picture doesn't show Stalybridge. It does show the view described in the Wild Bank article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Phon123 ( talk • contribs) 23:17, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
The following text has been removed from the article as it was unsourced, once references are supplied the entries can be re-added. Nev1 ( talk) 20:28, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
violent rioting on 20 April, 1812 was the riot at Burton Mill, Middleton. ( Quayle, Tom (2006). The Cotton Industry in Longdendale and Glossopdate. Tempus. p. 48.) The prose suggests that his riot was in Staleybridge needs a fix
And then in 1824. I need a reference and details of the 1824 Stalybridge mule spinners strike refered to in Wikisource. -- Clem Rutter ( talk) 10:57, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
– viaI was always under the impression that the river tame provides the Southern most boundery of Lancashire, thus the town is split in two. The area post codes that the Royal Male uses is Lancashire, Can anyone varyfy this? Thanks. 94.192.142.38 ( talk) 13:51, 24 September 2011 (UTC)