Talk:House of Reeves

Trevor Reeves

Is this the same Trevor Reeves who stood as a candidate in Stafford Borough Council Election, 2003? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 20:55, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

References

Hi Andy, is there a reason you're converting all the refs to templates? The templates are causing inconsistencies in where the dates are placed. Would be easier to write them manually. SlimVirgin ^{TALK|CONTRIBS} 21:08, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Yes, for consistency of formatting (you'll note that the first references in the article used templates; please follow suit) and for emitted metadata (COinS). Is there an reason you're removing them from after commas, saying "per CITE", when WP:CITE includes examples of such usage, and says (my emphasis) "One easy way to write them is to add a citation like this to the end of the relevant phrase, sentence, or paragraph"? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 21:30, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

The templates are producing inconsistent formatting, e.g. "LIVE UPDATES: Riot fallout hits south London, Croydon". 8 August 2011", but "Paton, Graeme (10 August 2011). "London riots: in ashes, a firm that survived two world wars". The Daily Telegraph." It would look tidier with the dates all in one place. Up to you, though. SlimVirgin ^{TALK|CONTRIBS} 21:37, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

The odd-date-out was added in this edit. By you. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 22:02, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

And please stop removing references; you removed "HoR-arrest", which was the only source for the suspect's arrest being "two days after the fire". Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 21:42, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

When I added that a man had been arrested on August 10 (two days after the fire), I used this source. I can't see a need to add a second that says the same. Again, though, up to you. SlimVirgin ^{TALK|CONTRIBS} 21:46, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

As I said, that ref doesn't support "two days after the fire". Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 22:02, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Captions

Just thinking, shouldn't we rename the caption for the store that did not survive. Shouldn't it say something like "The House of Reeves store which was destroyed in the 2011 London riots" or something like that? Seems a bit mroe helpful than "The House of Reeves store that did not survive". Any thoughts? TheRetroGuy (talk) 12:42, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Destroyed store

Just wondering if we have any pictures of the store before it was destroyed. It would good to see what it looked like beforehand. Paul MacDermott (talk) 18:34, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Surviving the Blitz

I'm removing the repeated but misleading claim that Reeves "was one of the few buildings in Croydon to survive The Blitz during World War II", which is no more than an urban myth. The cited source is not actually the Telegraph, but Gavin Barwell, MP, quoted in the Telegraph: he says: "If you look at the town centre, most of it was flattened by the Luftwaffe during the war, so all the buildings are from the Fifties or Sixties. Reeves, being just out of the very centre, survived." However, that's simply unhistorical. Croydon, though certainly not unscathed, suffered relatively little damage during The Blitz proper (1940-41). The Borough of Croydon (as opposed to the town) was more seriously scarred by the V-1 raids of 1944, but even then only two or three fell anywhere close to the town centre. The rebuilding of much of central Croydon has virtually nothing to do with the war, and everything to do with postwar town planning. And apart from the construction of the Roman Road/Old Town dual carriageway in the 1960s, most of the rebuilding took place on the east side of the town, leaving Old Town to the west (where Reeves is) largely untouched. The greater part of the building stock of Old Town is still pre-war (not least Croydon Minster and Old Palace School, just over the road from Reeves, and both undamaged by bombing). To claim that Reeves was "one of the few buildings in Croydon to survive" is nonsense. GrindtXX (talk) 12:40, 21 May 2013 (UTC)