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Contents 1 Was Postman Pat set in Yorkshire or Cumbria? 1.1 Yorkshire 1.2 Cumbria 1.3 I don't know 1.4 Nether do I 2 Paul Goggins 3 Episodes to air in 2005? 4 The Fring Family 5 Gaelic 6 Rude letters? 7 Mr Pottage 8 Fair use rationale for Image:Mrs g.jpg 9 Who is Jess the cat? 10 Lyrics to "Jess is his cat" 11 Vandalism 12 Images 13 Could do with a trim

[edit] Was Postman Pat set in Yorkshire or Cumbria?

Another voting section. Again, PLEASE don't use sockpuppets. VFD has been taken the wrong way in the past because of sockpuppetry.

[edit] Yorkshire

1. Those video packets never fool me. (Read the summary of my last edit to the article.) Scott Gall 10:39, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cumbria

1. Greendale is in Cumbria. I have no problems with what Scott Gall believes, but me and Scott had an edit war over this back in April, and my sister agrees with me - Greendale is in Cumbria. Nazism isn't cool 05:27, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] I don't know

Yes you do. Greendale was based on a Cumbrian village, but it's actually in Yorkshire. And the insertion of anything which I know not to be true constitutes vandalism.

[edit] Nether do I

I just don't seem to know what the vote is but I think it maybe set in cumbria. 86.148.123.151 17:06, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Paul Goggins

There seems to be sum discussion as to the correctness of this statement. The government minister Paul Goggins revealed that his mother was the inspiration for the character of Mrs Goggins in 2004.

With some one claiming to be John Cunliffe. supporting it and a newspaper article below. [ This is not correct. I picked the name at random from the phone directory. John Cunliffe. ] http://politics.guardian.co.uk/columnist/story/0,9321,1496415,00.html Lets take it out untill it can be confirmed?Bedel23 July 5, 2005 08:54 (UTC)

[edit] Episodes to air in 2005?

The article states "Another set of 28 episodes has been commissioned, and will air in autumn 2005." Did this happen? --David Edgar 10:15, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Looking at the episode guide on tv.com [1], it seems it did, but in 2006. Changed to reflect this. 11:17, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Fring Family

Someone should remove that section about The Fring Family being characters in Postman Pat, as they don't exist. I've tried several times but some idiot keeps putting it back. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.93.21.134 (talk • contribs) .

Well, you've been removing other sections of the article too, and not using edit summaries. Google seems to agree (there are no results about 'Fring' and 'Postman Pat'), so I'll remove the section, unless anyone has evidence otherwise. --Fuzzie (talk) 11:00, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gaelic

I've changed the wording of the section about the Gaelic version. It previously seemed to suggest that the programme was only shown in Gaelic in Scotland. This is not true. The vast majority of the time we get the English version and only sometimes is the programme broadcast in Gaelic. I'm not sure how often but I believe it is pretty seldom and usually as part of another Gaelic programme. This is why (as the previous version which i edited stated) the BBC Scotland website lists it as "Postman Pat" and not "Pàdraig Post". --Thetriangleguy 17:05, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rude letters?

I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that it had recently been discovered that some of the envelopes shown in Postman Pat actually had obscenities written on them, which could be read with the aid of freeze-frame. But Googling turns up nothing. ANyone else remember this and can supply a link? 143.252.80.110 19:26, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Has the ring of an urban myth, like the supposedly rude names on Captain Pugwash which were mentioned by lots of wry newspaper columnists for many years but turned out to be completely false (it wasn't even that difficult to check, all journalists had to do was watch an episode).

[edit] Mr Pottage

Mr Pottage appeared to exist in an old Postman Pat annual. I recall him being talked about but unsure whether he featured

Jonathantremlett 23:13, 15 November 2006 (UTC) But I think he was axed from 2004. See the main article for help and you will see by mr pottage axed from 2004 Click here for help 81.154.166.70 17:20, 16 July 2007 (UTC) Well I don't know. I've never seen him on the show. Maybe he was unseen and unmentioned. Think so? 86.140.224.103 17:47, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Mrs g.jpg

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[edit] Who is Jess the cat?

Hi everyone! I want to know who is acting Jess the Cat? She is known for going out with Pat her and she miaows too. Jess looks diffrent from the following times.

• 1981-1990 She is a fluffy, soft and has green eyes but she is silent (she dosn't miaow)
• 1991-2002 She lookes a bit better with her nose nearer to her eyes but she miaows like "Mio!"
• 2003- She is furry, has a mouth and is cute and she miaows in every episode.

So who acts Jess the cat from 1991-2002 and from 2003? Cheers! 86.154.67.243 17:20, 26 August 2007 (UTC) I don't know but you will find out soon mate.86.142.157.205 13:30, 27 August 2007 (UTC) έęǪ ΑΖθΘ Νмωψ φ ♣♥ή ΎΣΗή ΧΩ Ř d̪ ɯ 86.142.157.205 13:38, 27 August 2007 (UTC) Jess dose meow in the 1981 series but I think she was silent until Pat's van had the royal mail symbol on. 86.138.91.97 17:10, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lyrics to "Jess is his cat"

Hello I have heard a song on episode "Pat takes a message" And it is called to me Jess is his cat. But I don't know the lyrics so can somone help me? Cheers!86.134.100.186 17:34, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

Found numerous replacements of "cat" with "pig" regarding Jess. Corrected them all for now. I advice everyone to be on the look-out for more potential vandalism to this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.167.234.84 (talk) 18:05, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Images

Wikipedia has got 3 images of Postman Pat.

Pat and his freinds

Enjoy Beko120 17:56, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Could do with a trim

I notice that an awful lot of this article appears to consist of lists that don't really serve any purpose other than pleasing fancrufters. For instance, I don't see the relevance of a list of vehicles unless the vehicles are key to the series, which, unless the series has changed significantly since I was a preschooler, is not the case. I'm also not entirely clear who would need a list of songs from the series - hardcore fans would already know them and nobody else would really care. I'm happy to make the changes myself, but not having seen the series in about twenty years, I'm not sure what's relevant and what isn't.HonestTom (talk) 09:57, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. The trouble is that nobody really seems to update the page - the vast majority of the edits have been vandalism, cruft, or reversion, so I doubt that any meaningful consensus can be reached. For what it's worth, I certainly support eliminating the vehicles and music sections, and restructuring the article to move the character list (or should this be split off?) closer to the bottom. Like you, my recent exposure to the series is minimal, so I've not done much except revert garbage and try to keep the prose decent. Majorclanger (talk) 23:48, 24 December 2007 (UTC)