Talk:Stretford
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[edit] Pictures
There are 3 pictures in this article, all of which are ridiculous.
1. A bleak-as-hell picture of the ugliest building in the town. If that isn't enough, it seems to have a COWBOY ON A HORSE.....the hell?
2. Under "activities to do", it shows a picture of a bench. I don't know about you, but sitting on a bench is hardly an 'activity', especially when it's in the middle of a carpark.
3. Graffiti. I suppose it's right to show some of the bad aspects of the town, but one that says "stoping" portrays the youth to be illiterate morons.
Just a few thoughts. Powelldinho 20:14, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
Powelldinho
3. Graffiti - I'm not sure that the youth who wrote 'stoping' was being serious. I think he/she was poking fun at the council's anti vandal panels. It really depends on whether an encyclopedic article is meant to promote or to show it how it is. The panels are there and they have been written on. Whether it is ridiculous to show them is open to discussion. 2. It's not a bench it's a council provided youth shelter and it's in the centre of Stretford. You may well be right to say it's ridiculous but once again someone obviously thinks it's not, or it wouldn't have been installed. If there anything else in the town centre that has been provided for the young perhaps it should replace this photograph. 1. Stretford House - I like Stretford House and as it's visible for miles, probably it's Stretford's most recognisable building. Horse riding is quite common on the land between Stretford House and the motorway around Kickety Brook. It seems an appropriate photograph to illustrate Stretford. - So I probably agree on two out of three of your points but Stretford House is not ugly. Stretfordian
I've just done a large scale rewrite of this page to order the information better and bring it into line with other Greater Manchester town articles. The article still needs a lot of work, however.
I'm not an expert on the area, and further help would be extremely welcome in writing the geography (currently very basic), history (completely non-existant) and redevelopment sections; if you have any further information on these, please include it! Aquilina 13:18, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
Peter Noone went to St. Bede's College, not Stretford Grammer - check out the info you have linked his name to!
