Talk:Nunthorpe

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I originally struck out the final paragraph of this entry to check if it was correct. My suspicions were confirmed and I deleted it completely.

The paragraph I deleted was -

Rumours have abounded that the school field of the local sccondary school will be the location of the proposed statue of legendary Middlesbrough striker Thomas McAvoy, in recognition for his services to the local area; bringing joy to thousands due to his prolific goalscoring exploits.

Being a big fan of Middlesbrough FC I was dubious of this 'Thomas McAvoy'. A quick glance at club records revealed no McAvoy being a MFC player. Indeed, Thomas McAvoy seems to be on a wave of 'hilarious' contributions to Wikipedia. Check this contribution.Moriarty73 12:42, 31 December 2006 (UTC) This delete was shit[reply]

Thanks for calling my delete shit. (it's back on now). It is this kind of 'humour' which explains why Middlesbrough is a cesspit of humanity(excluding my family of course. Everyone else is racist and homophobic and stuck in the dark ages. You need more than a modern art museum to change!)Moriarty73 21:47, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh - and I've edited out the Thomas McAvoy entry. Again. Boring. Moriarty73 21:51, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Can somebody pls put in a disambig for Nunthorpe (York) - an important historic part. (It was also the name of a grammar school - later merged into Millthorpe School (York).)

I seem to have been banned from doing things like this.

Thanks!

86.24.102.36 (talk) 07:54, 26 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Millthorpe School already has a redirect from Nunthorpe Grammar School. I have corrected the link in that article to the correct dab of Nunthorpe, York and dabed the gazette entries. I have also set up a redirect back to this page for Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, where this page can be moved if the page for York is created. Keith D (talk) 20:35, 26 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Recent obituaries of actor Peter Gilmore, and the wiki biog, say Gilmore was raised in Nunthorpe. Here's a link to The Guardian newspaper: http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2013/feb/06/peter-gilmore Others, like the Independent newspaper, make the mistake of citing Nunthorpe in York as the place he grew up. Rikstar⁴⁰⁹ 09:47, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Added Francis Hannaway (talk) 20:10, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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