Talk:Greenock

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[edit] Gallery

The number of photographs has been steadily increasing and while this is a good thing, they were having a detrimental effect on the text layout. I've reincorporated them into a gallery instead which looks neater.--Augustusr 10:42, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unsupported stories

The following stories were added by User:Resistor0 at 14:52, on 8 August 2005. I've not been able to find any evidence for them, despite searching the Daily Telegraph online, and have removed them until support is shown. A note of this action has been put on User talk:Resistor0.

Some fancifully suppose the town's name comes from the words "Green Oak" (as in the folk song The Green Oak Tree). As local legend would have it the Scottish freedom fighter Sir William Wallace allegedly hid in one of these "Green Oak" trees whilst being pursued by English forces.

Its most bizarre resident was covered in an article by The Daily Telegraph in recent years called "The Catman". He is a man of about 60 years who lives in the wild like an animal, travelling barefooted on his hind legs. He has been seen by many and his diet is made up of wild animals he has caught. However the local population occasionally leave food out for him. He has been taken in by social services before for mental illness but he was deemed uncurable and was released.

I have also removed an advertising link for Holiday Inn Greenock, Hotel, which is just spam. ...dave souza: talk 20:20, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

I have photographic proof of the Catman, I'll glady e-mail you it. I'm adding that story back in. - Mick

Look forward to seeing it. Haven't yet found anyone here who's heard of the story. ...dave souza: talk 01:45, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

OK, convinced now: found someone who knew the tale, and another google found chat pages giving convincing detail in authentic Greenockian patter. However, now have an unsubstantiated rumour that the Catman has moved to one of the western isles (Hebrides). Oddly, the story seems to have been added by a young London nerd, which explains the reference to the Daily Telegraph rather than the Tilly . ...dave souza, talk 10:21, 6 February 2006 (UTC)