Talk:Thomas Ferens/Archive 1

Archive 1

Source

Much of this is very similar to the Alumni site reference but rougher, for example this lacks Ferens's birthday, his distaste for luxury seems poorly paraphrased and his life-long tithing is omitted, he did not go Reckitts to work as just a clerk but as a confidential clerk to a Reckitt.--SilasW 22:05, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Rewrite

I'd like to do some work on a fairly major rewrite of this article. I'm just going to jump in and get started. Please give me a push if I'm stepping on any toes!--MoreThings (talk) 14:26, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Questionable date

"In 1688" seems somehow unlikely--SilasW (talk) 22:33, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
oops! Thanks for that. 1868 is a bit more likely. --MoreThings (talk) 00:06, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Another questionable date

On the image of the boating lake the event is dated as 1914 with the caption indicating it was donated by Ferens 2 years earlier. On the Hull City Council website here it indicates the land was donated in 1913. Which is correct? Keith D (talk) 16:11, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure. Maybe I just can't add up. I have all the clippings and photos I used on another PC. It'll be a week or so before I have access to it, but I'll check them when I do. That article is wrong about one thing, though--everyone knows the Kyber Pass is actually just called "The Rockies" :)--MoreThings (talk) 17:05, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Turns out it was 1912. He wrote to the council on 28th June 1912, offering them the land. The lake was constructed during winter/spring 1912-13, and opened in May 1913. --MoreThings (talk) 17:42, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks - I put the 1913 date in the East Park, Hull article that someone created and was prodded as it did not say much. Could do with fleshing out sometime. Keith D (talk) 18:28, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

I'll see if I can add a bit to the East Park article at some point. I had a poke around the new history centre today, which is where I came across the East Park book. I'll have another look at it next time I'm around. --MoreThings (talk) 22:09, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I was hunting around for some sources for the recent regeneration but could not find anything suitable, only found an old lottery bid article which was not much use. Keith D (talk) 23:29, 31 March 2010 (UTC)