Template:Did you know nominations/Brooklands, Canterbury

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The result was: promoted by Orlady (talk) 15:41, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Brooklands, Canterbury[edit]

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... that the Christchurch suburb of Brooklands will effectively be wiped off the map?

Comment: The hook is deliberately short and sweet and doesn't go into the background, but I'm conscious that some editors don't like that.

Created/expanded by Schwede66 (talk). Self nom at 22:24, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Seems fine, but it would be nice to expand it a little. In particular, if the article is about the end of the suburb, can we have some info on when it was created in the first place? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me} 18:33, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the review. Yes, I was keen to find something about its history. The library website has zilch and the main library is still closed (earthquake-wise). There was an article on Saturday's Press, though, and I've just added a little to the Brooklands page. I've got a book on the history of Christchurch suburbs until 1903 and Brooklands isn't mentioned. Schwede 66 19:04, 27 November 2011 (UTC)