Talk:Ilford Park Polish Home
Latest comment: 1 year ago by Bruxton in topic Did you know nomination
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Did you know nomination
edit- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 16:25, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
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- ... that the Ilford Park Polish Home is the last residential or care home run by the British Ministry of Defence? Source: "Today Ilford Park is now the last remaining home run by the Ministry of Defence (MOD), who took on this responsibility from the Assistance Board" from: "Ilford Park Polish Home". Ministry of Defence. British Government. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ALT1: ... that the Ilford Park Polish Home in Stover, Devon, is the last surviving of 45 camps established from 1947 to cater for Polish veterans and their dependants in the UK? Source: "A total of 45 resettlement camps were set up across Great Britain, including Ilford Park." from: "Ilford Park Polish Home". Ministry of Defence. British Government. Retrieved 2 March 2023. and "Resettlement camps were set up across the UK to house Poles and their families. Some remained open for decades. The very last one, Ilford Park in Devon, is still open and still run by the Ministry of Defence, as a home now for nearly 100 elderly Poles." from: "How Britain and Poland came to be intertwined". BBC News. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/St Mary's Church, Mablethorpe
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 09:51, 2 March 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Ilford Park Polish Home; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
- I'll review this. Arcahaeoindris (talk) 11:28, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
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Interesting, well sourced, and QPQ, passes! I prefer Alt1. Arcahaeoindris (talk) 11:36, 2 March 2023 (UTC)