Talk:Brockworth, Gloucestershire

Merging Cooper's Hill with Brockworth article

I originally created the Barnwood, Hucclecote and Brockworth articles because they did not exist. Having grown up in Hucclecote and having a father who worked at the aircraft factory in Brockworth and having gone to school in Barnwood, I knew the area reasonably well. The aircraft factory text was syphoned off for its own article and this denuned the Brockworth article, so I have hauled some of that text back (while leaving the aircraft factory article untouched.) The reason for merging the Cooper's Hill article is because without the cheese roll there is not much more to say about Cooper's Hill! The article that was there looked as if it had been lifted from a local newspaper and so I have rewritten the text so that it blends in with the rest of the article about Brockworth. Cooper's Hill is now a redirect to Brockworth. If the editor who created the Cooper's Hill article would like to help round out the Barnwood, Hucclecote and Brockworth articles with more history and details, that might give these articles a little more rounded approach. MPLX/MH 05:34, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

The Cheese Rolling text is clearly a rewrite (ie not copy and paste, but the structure and content are the same) of the official Web site. In addition, the Wikipedia already has an article about the cheese-rolling, so the text should be there rather than here. Finally, the text is factually incorrect since it suggests that the guest roller is the one doing the chasing. I've Been Bold and fixed it. PeteVerdon 11:51, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

Two Entries for Brockworth

I've just come across Brockworth,_Gloucestershire which presumably refers to the same place as this. Surely there shouldn't be two such articles like this, and one should be removed...

First flight

This page says:-

"its test runway became famous for the first flight of Sir Frank Whittle's turbo-jet aircraft."

Gloster_E28/39 says it was RAF Cranwell.

[1] says:-

"On 7 April, 1941, the first E28/39 was taken by road to Hucclecote for taxy trials. After some initial concerns about the acceleration of the aircraft, possibly caused by the spongy grass of the airfield, the aircraft made a series of short 'hops' varying in distance between 100 and 200 yards. When this first series of tests had been completed, the aircraft was moved to RAF Cranwell to be mated with the flight ready engine."

Otterman 06:43, 27 February 2007 (UTC)