Talk:Grimsby/Archive 2

Archive 1

Archive 2

Public Transport information is outdated

I seem to be un-able to edit this article, some sections are out of date. In the Retail section, it mentions buses from Scunthorpe and Brigg, these do not run, I live in the town and Traveline will confirm this, there are however buses to Barton and Lincoln.

In the Buses section, it mentions that in September 2006, that 85% of buses are low floor, ofcourse it is now 100% step free on all buses across England by law (only exceptions of coaches and school buses), so many it is not important for readers to know 2006 bus states which are more suited to the Stagecoach Grimsby Cleethorpes page as it implies buses might still have steps in Grimsby.

In the Railways section, it mentions trains can go on to Nottingham on Summer Sundays, since May there is a two hourly train to Leicester and Nottingham every week day, I've been on it this week. Also trains do not go to Manchester Airport, this might be a temporary situation but a change to Manchester Picaddily would solve confusion.

In the Sports section, it should mention that Grimsby Town are no longer in League Two being relegated.

In the Notable Places section, it includes Waltham Windmill and the Humber Forts, so won't be able to see these in Grimsby, Many Thanks Jojo the Dodo (talk) 21:28, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

Change accordingly, eliminating your spelling errors if possible and providing references.Bmcln1 (talk) 13:35, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

HMS Grimsby

In the ww2 section it mentions the hms grimsby currently being in service in the royal navy, this is slightly out of date as per HMS Grimsby (M108) and its source https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/1582985004379799552. I would change this myself but don't have the requisite edits to edit a semi protected article CDACroft (talk) 17:58, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

Have you a better source, as twitter is not a good source for use in references. Keith D (talk) 00:47, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

Population

The Grimsby conurbation is the largest in Lincolnshire not 2nd largest. 58th largest in the U.K. (2011 census) with a population of 134,160 versus the Lincoln conurbation at approximately 117,000 (2011 Census) 2A02:C7E:1AC4:6100:408D:11F5:AC01:E1CD (talk) 20:52, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

River Haven vs River Freshney? Mistake in History section.

The history section for the Grimsby article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimsby#History) states:

"...Located on the River Haven, which flowed into the Humber...", with a link to the Wikipedia page to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Haven,_Boston - which appears to be a different river entirely, given the large distance separating the totally different towns of Grimsby and Boston (approximately 64km / 40miles).

If you search for River Haven (capital 'H') in Wikipedia, it redirects to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Haven,_Boston, and if you search for River haven (lower case 'h'), it redirects to a third, again totally distinct, river in Lincolnshire - The Witham (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=River_haven&redirect=no)

Confusingly, Grimsby WAS indeed a 'haven' - in the sense that it was a natural harbour for boats that provided a sheltered mooring place (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/haven), and there are even roads such as Haven Avenue that run alongside the actual river that Grimsby sits on - The River Freshney, which itself already has a Wikipedia page that mentions its role as a haven for Grimsby - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Freshney

I suspect that the term 'haven' has led to confusion over the correct river, and it seems clear that the article for 'The Haven, Boston', is not the correct one to link to for Grimsby, given that it refers to an entirely different town and river, nearly 70km away, and that the article for The River Freshney should probably be linked instead?

The section on the Freshney Place shopping centre also talks about there being two rivers, the Haven and the Freshney, but again, I can't find any evidence that they are actually separate things, and not referring to the same river, part of which, was used AS a haven.

Thanks. 84.69.203.94 (talk) 00:48, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. I have removed the link and changed text to "The Haven" which is detailed later in article as appropriate at the time. Keith D (talk) 13:40, 7 February 2023 (UTC)