Talk:Southend Pier

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Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver was conceived on Southend Pier in August 1974. removed by Chowells: Trivia - this sounds very much like a hoax, if someone can provide a verifiable source feel free to add it back

Fair enough to delete this piece of nonsense but I would be intrigued to know what would count as a "verifiable source" in this case! Flapdragon 23:06, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Lol. Good point. No idea. It really does sound extremely unlikely to me. AFAIK there is no hotel on SOuthend Pier. So how would he be conceived there? How would his parents know for sure that it defeinitely occurred there? Why and who would have publicised it? Why can't it be verified on the web (using google), the source of all rumours? I'd be very hesitant about adding it back, to be honest. chowells 23:32, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Actually I thought I had heard that rumour somewhere, but thinking about it realised it was almost certainly in this very Wikipedia article. (Incidentally I believe it is actually possible for conceptions to take place even where there is no hotel, but we needn't go into that here...) Flapdragon 23:41, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

There is no earthly reason why this couldn't be true, but there are probably only two (or perhaps three, if you include Jamie himself) that could verify it! My parents both came from Southend, and I know from their reminiscences that such events weren't unheard of :\ Lynbarn

I like reading this article without all the Rs in pier. -Wagner, Denmark