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The text claims 166 locomotives were constructed in Wolverton Works. I suggest that this is fanciful and the number was more like 10 or 12. Most Bloomers were built by outside contractors.-- 194.74.0.10 ( talk) 14:50, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
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Anecdotally; the bombs that fell on the area hit New Bradwell (Which is not a village as the current text suggests). No bombs are known to have landed on Wolverton (unless some are still hidden) as all fell east of the Grand Union canal seperating Wolverton and New Bradwell. The area around Grafton Street and Fingle Drive now known as Stonebridge, as well as the Corner Pin end of New Bradwell are where the stick fell. During the construction of the Grafton Street link to the bottom of Station Hill a UXB was uncovered. It is likely that these bombs were a jettison aimed at secondary target of the railway line following aborted raids elsewhere, possibly W.Midlands.
Newport Pagnell also took a bomb on Wolverton Road opposite Red House.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.18.73.199 ( talk) 22:10, 2 March 2007 (UTC).
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Until I deleted it, the article said For some years, Wolverton was the northern end-point of this line, from where passengers would transfer into horse-drawn vehicles. This contradicts other evidence and needs to be supported. "Pictorial history of Milton Keynes" says that that they got off at Stephenson's bridge in Denbigh to get straight onto Watling Street -- Concrete Cowboy 18:27, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
The fire station and bath house were actually demolished- there is a shop with the legend 'LNWR fire station (and date) but this is a new build).
Also, the warehouses on the former sidings do not receive deliveries by rail!
Ammended
DST —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.110.232.193 ( talk) 02:22, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
I have improved. -- John Maynard Friedman ( talk) 15:27, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
At Wolverton railway station#Wolverton bend and Northampton Loop, there is a statement that the bend was built to bypass the works. "Everybody knows" that this is true, but does anyone have a book that actually says so? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 ( talk) 16:25, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
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The text claims 166 locomotives were constructed in Wolverton Works. I suggest that this is fanciful and the number was more like 10 or 12. Most Bloomers were built by outside contractors.-- 194.74.0.10 ( talk) 14:50, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
References
Anecdotally; the bombs that fell on the area hit New Bradwell (Which is not a village as the current text suggests). No bombs are known to have landed on Wolverton (unless some are still hidden) as all fell east of the Grand Union canal seperating Wolverton and New Bradwell. The area around Grafton Street and Fingle Drive now known as Stonebridge, as well as the Corner Pin end of New Bradwell are where the stick fell. During the construction of the Grafton Street link to the bottom of Station Hill a UXB was uncovered. It is likely that these bombs were a jettison aimed at secondary target of the railway line following aborted raids elsewhere, possibly W.Midlands.
Newport Pagnell also took a bomb on Wolverton Road opposite Red House.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.18.73.199 ( talk) 22:10, 2 March 2007 (UTC).
References
Until I deleted it, the article said For some years, Wolverton was the northern end-point of this line, from where passengers would transfer into horse-drawn vehicles. This contradicts other evidence and needs to be supported. "Pictorial history of Milton Keynes" says that that they got off at Stephenson's bridge in Denbigh to get straight onto Watling Street -- Concrete Cowboy 18:27, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
The fire station and bath house were actually demolished- there is a shop with the legend 'LNWR fire station (and date) but this is a new build).
Also, the warehouses on the former sidings do not receive deliveries by rail!
Ammended
DST —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.110.232.193 ( talk) 02:22, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
I have improved. -- John Maynard Friedman ( talk) 15:27, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
At Wolverton railway station#Wolverton bend and Northampton Loop, there is a statement that the bend was built to bypass the works. "Everybody knows" that this is true, but does anyone have a book that actually says so? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 ( talk) 16:25, 21 September 2022 (UTC)