Talk:Spilsby

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[edit] "Lord Seal"

Some IP has again inserted twaddle about "Lord Seal"; I've again removed it. Please see AfD/Craig Seal. Don't be surprised to see the reappearance of the imaginary "Order of Sir John Franklin" or something about Seal's chum Carl Hudson. -- Hoary 06:01, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

I would suggest that you properly check the facts and the sources provided. Try contacting the North West Labour Party or Liverpool Hope University. The facts added to this page are fully varifiable. I would strongly recommend you check your facts 'Hoary' before deleting article additions.

What was the problem with the school entry update, this change is also truely varifiable, try visiting the schools web site or simply giving them a call, they will only say exactly what I have here. Removal of this change is mearly petty.

C. Seal

...added in two edits circa 12:11, 15 December 2005 by 194.81.33.111

I've edited some of your additions about the school but (yet again) removed your stuff about "Lord Seal". If you think "Lord Seal" is noteworthy go ahead and create an article on him (i.e. yourself) -- though you can expect to see it nominated for deletion. Hoary 13:21, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] School

I've left the information about name changes commented out. Ofsted inspected "King Edward VI School, Spilsby" in 2002[1], which disagrees with the claims made in the article about name changes. I can't find any evidence for the claim that the school was founded by Edward VI - it seems probable, given the name, but where's the proof? --ajn (talk) 15:33, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

And it's all the better for it. --kingboyk 16:33, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

"Probable" seems generous: surely not all pubs called "The George" were founded by one or other of the King Georges. What seems more likely to me is that the namers of the school liked to fancy that the school had some connection with Ed 6. That might have been anything, e.g. that he'd once stayed in a building that had been pulled down to make way for the school. So let's see the evidence of something more. -- Hoary 01:53, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Edward VI did found or endow a lot of schools, and in one of the other nearby towns (Louth, I think - can't find the webpage now) he gifted the income from the market to a school which still bears his name. But the school's own website doesn't mention the king, and it seems to be accommodated in fairly recent buildings, so who knows? This says there was a school "reputedly" founded by Edward VI. --ajn (talk) 15:16, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

The following was an SGML comment until the penultimate edit:

The school started as two separate institutions, the King Edward VI Grammar School (named after King Edward VI), belived [sic] to have been founder in 1550, and the Sir John Franklin Secondary Modern School, which opened in 1954. These schools were combined in 1991 as Spilsby High School, retaining the two sites. The school was renamed in 2005 when it achieved Specialist College status and now only occupies the Franklin site.

Some IP removed the "<!--" and "-->", thereby of course making it visible. I thereupon removed the whole thing. Who believes (or "belives") this, and on what grounds? And how important is it for this town? -- Hoary 06:51, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Hoary's note is correct: the grammar school was founded in the sixteenth century. I thought the buildings were Tudor, but it turns out they are seventeenth century. They are still standing, although empty and in need of repair, across the road from the parish church. - 80.229.165.51 12:12, 30 May 2006 (UTC)