Talk:Hailsham

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[edit] Cattle Market

Quote from current article (as of 3/1/07); There is currently much controversy over the sale of Hailsham Cattle Market and its redevelopment into a supermarket. Hailsham was originally granted its charter for a market in 1252 by Henry III. The market is one of few remaining cattle markets along the south coast, and if closed, would probably be a great loss to the town. The local MP, Charles Hendry, has got involved and is fighting to keep the market open.

While I agree this is certainly a local issue at present, to me, it doesent seem to 'fit' in a factually based encyclopedia such as this one. The planned Tesco development is just as controversial, yet it isn't mentioned in the article - thoughts, anybody? Muchclag 20:43, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

The advantage of Wikipedia is that it can include current issues. As long as it is written with a neutral point of view, I do not see a problem. The current statement does seem slightly biased towards the Save the Market camp though. Likewise, the Tesco development should go in, again written with a neutral point of view. MortimerCat 00:15, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough :) - Writing the Tesco debate from a neutral point of view would be pretty difficult. Everyone seems to have very strong opinions on it in the town, either way!. Likewise, the local press seem to have taken an 'Anti' view - it would require a lot of self-research. Muchclag 10:17, 10 January 2007 (UTC)