Talk:Rochdale Town Hall

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Date	Process	Result
January 26, 2010	Good article nominee	Listed

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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that it is thought that Rochdale Town Hall (pictured) was so admired by Adolf Hitler that he wanted to ship it, brick-by-brick, to Nazi Germany had the UK been defeated in World War II?

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GA nomination[edit]

Very nice article, I think is ready for GA. Few minor things:

I would opt for metric units first per arguments at WP:UNITS, such as SI and International scope (see also File:World metrication.svg).
Location - geodata could be removed as it does not help the prose, while providing a more detailed description of the Town Hall's location within the urban fabric would be more valuable.
Clock tower - was it by any chance the tallest structure in Rochdale at the time?

Elekhh (talk) 22:52, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for this feedback, it is valuable.

I have no burning convictions on it, but understood that for UK-topics, this article complies with WP:UNITS. We could change it if really necessary, I'm not too bothered (but suspect others might be).

I'll alter the coors/geodata format so that it appears in the top right corner, rather than prose. The other matters (surrounding environment and the status of height) just need some more extensive research so as to find a source. I suspect it was the tallest building in the town centre, but may have been equalled or surpassed by the numerous cotton mills in the town at the time. --Jza84 | Talk 16:31, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

More information[edit]

I have more information, but I'm not sure where it will sit in the article:

Rochdale Town Hall was visited by Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1948 ([1])
Rochdale Town Hall has Rochdale's civil registration office ([2],[3], [4])
Rochdale Town Hall is used for British Citizenship ceremonies ([5], [6])

I'm also hunting for references that:

Rochdale Town Hall was the tallest building in Rochdale
That The Esplanade (opposite RTH) is the "widest bridge in Great Britain"
Rochdale Town Hall houses part of the Rochdale MBC, and still houses the Mayor's office and other ceremonial functions.

And any images of the Town Hall, including:

Stained glass windows
Entrance
Interior

Thanking you. --Jza84 | Talk 12:22, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've added this plan of the town hall (taken from Buildings of England) to Commons which may be of value when developing the article. Peter I. Vardy (talk) 15:05, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a possible ref for the "widest bridge", [7]--J3Mrs (talk) 15:48, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! These are awesome finds. Thank you. --Jza84 | Talk 16:01, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

URBAN CIVIC MYTH - HITLER[edit]

Even if Hitler admired the Town Hall (strangely, it is not in the monumental early twentieth century neo-classical style he always favoured) it would be much cheaper to simply copy it rather than "move it to Germany brick-by-brick" as the article claims. 89.168.72.144 (talk) 23:00, 23 January 2010 (UTC) Tony S[reply]