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Tonbridge is really lovely - the castle is great and they have a superb festival every year [www.mcmcnet.co.uk/festival] def worth a vist.
[edit] Tonbridge today
Balance needed!!
The two most recent contributions to this page have both been mainly ones of opinion, rather than objective facts. In the interests of both points of view, I have combined and rewritten the two contributions. My arguments for doing this are written below (note that I wrote these BEFORE rewriting the article).
While the contributor "202.161.103.6" on 20 July overstated the downsides a bit unrealistically (it isn't "full of graffiti and petty crime", certainly no more than most places - but the abundance of "cheap shops" is a fair claim), the most recent by "195.188.27.33" mentions the word "visit" several times, and lines like "a joy to visit" don't tend to appear in many encyclopedias I've read. It is pretty obvious that the latter contributor is writing as someone who has recently visited the town, rather than someone who has lived here and seen the changes of the last 10-15 years. The fact that "there is plentiful parking, all at ground level" could alternatively be read that too much land is being taken up by sprawling car parks.
I would have thought a toned down version of both contributions would be more appropriate. The downsides alluded to in the first contribution could be stated as: "There has been criticism from many local residents at the abundance of restaurants, 'cheap' shops and charity shops, and comparative lack of major high street brands. Recent moves to improve edge-of-town shopping facilities, particularly increasing the range of supermarkets, has met with stiff opposition from high street traders. The town also suffers from its proximity to large shopping centres such as Maidstone and Bluewater." Unless there are crime figures that suggest Tonbridge is far worse for petty crime than anywhere else (frankly I doubt it), I suggest this is not included at all, otherwise out of fairness it would need to be included in all similar articles.
--Halsteadk 10:58, 30 July 2005 (UTC) (Tonbridge resident)
- A quick note - Highly questionable addition of Hayesbrook school to the Wikipedia - clearly by a Hayesbrook pupil or teacher.
[edit] Sports facilities
I believe that further entries should be made to highlight the vast array of sporting facilities in Tonbridge. Just a few clubs include: Tonbridge Angels Football Club (from junior through to the Ryman League) Tonbridge Juddians Rugby Club Angel Indoor Bowls Club Tonbridge Sailing Club Athletics facilities at Tonbridge School Tennis at the Racecourse Sportsground Swanmead Sports Ground Longmead Sports Ground including Skate Park and the many teams based at the Angel Centre.
Perhaps someone from TMBC or Tonbridge Sports Association may consider contributing. We have an Olympics to look forward to almost on our doorstep, perhaps Tonbridge may benefit from this?
[edit] Securitas robbery
Ref edit by 86.141.171.214 - Please try to keep details of this in the Securitas depot robbery article (especially specific numbers which may change frequently and would need to be updated to keep two articles in sync). Oh, and please don't remove the link! Halsteadk 12:39, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
