Talk:Sutton-in-Ashfield

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I feel this article needs a bit more fleshing out, although it may be a small town, I'm pretty there's a lot more here than meets the eye. I'm sure the local library have a couple of books to help me. Is there anyone else who lives in the area willing to help me? - Ferretgames 13:23, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

LOL, no one mentioned that the sundial is made out of 3 lamp posts welded together and the sundial itself being talked about being the bigest in europe is best not said outside of sutton as its embarassingly small and cheap/crap looking. The Ashfield Show is worth mentioning.

3 lamp posts? Sounds funny, I'll check it out tomorrow. And about the Ashfield show? Worth menioning? It's got steadily worse over the years, they don't even have ferrets there anymore. :( - Ferret 03:13, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

As regards fleshing out, there could be inclusion of the two significant industries of the town, hosiery (the Pretty Polly factory remains open) and formerly mining.

Of historical note, there is the story of the defeated Royalist Scottish soldiers returning home after losing to the Roundheads at Worcester who were ambushed and slaughtered in Sutton.

Currently the town's MP is Leader of House and former Defence secretary Geoff Hoon, and the constituency is very strongly Labour.

So far as attractions go, nearby are the Teversal Trails, a network of footpaths around the area D.H. Lawrence used as inspiration for Lady Chatterley's Lover, and Brierley Forest Country Park has a growing reputation as a place to enjoy the beautiful outdoors.

Off the top of my head, those are the most significant aspects of the town.

Um' I'm looking at the Pretty Polly factory right now and I can assure you that it's pretty dead. The name got bought by someone else. Factory after factory is closing down over here, the Sutton textiles industry is all but dead at the moment I'm afraid. And I helped do up Brierley when I was about 15, but it didn't last very long, took it a few months to turn into Brierley Tip again, so that's useless. - Ferret 10:27, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Nonetheless hosiery is an important feature of the town's history, and Brierley Forest Park is a notable attraction within the town, even if you're not entirely impressed with it.

JamesOwen 19:35, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Oh honestly, ASDA is a more notable attraction than Brierley Tip. - Ferret 21:16, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

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