Talk:Penarth

Penarth is lovely

LOL...Penarth lovely??? The image that immediately springs to my mind after 25 years of being away from the town was the period during the 1970s when some bright wag added graffito to the sign on the edge of town, so that it read ' Welcome to Penarth - the last resort' 21stCenturyGreenstuff (talk) 07:18, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Billybanks?

18 February 2008 I am more than a little stunned by the reference to the (soon to be demolished) 'Billybanks' development being named after its builder's foreman. To my recollection the bank, upon which the 1960s housing block was built, was known locally as the Bilibanks way way before the building was even conceived. My father and grandfather both told me that it was a shortened version of the Bilberry Banks and had been named after the 'Bilberry' (or blueberry) bushes that grew there naturally on the slopes from pre-Victorian times and were annually raided for the berries by local residents to make fruit pies each autumn. I remember as a child standing amoung the bushes with metal bowls, helping my mother and grandmother harvesting the sticky fruit. Are there any older Penarth residents that can confirm this? Or is there any actual written provenence for this rather peculiar and unlikely 'named after foreman William Banks' story? 21stCenturyGreenstuff (talk) 16:21, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Having spoken to several older Penarth residents regarding the 'Billibanks' history over a hundred years or more I have now reverted the incorrect statement that it was called after a builder's foreman called William Banks in recent years.21stCenturyGreenstuff (talk) 17:20, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Cogan Coronation AFC 'Peacock Words'

I have removed several paragraphs of information relating to Cogan Coronation. It was full of 'Point of View', flowery 'peacock words' and unsubstantiated statements, none of which had any references. It was written in a style totally unsuited to wikipedia and would be more suited on the teams own website. 21stCenturyGreenstuff (talk) 17:20, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

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Old Cogan Church

Old Cogan Church is noted as being "generally believed to be a saxon church". Is this St Peter's? I didn't know the Saxons settled in Penarth. There's no mention of it in the History section - and it's pretty notable. Does anyone have a source for that? I couldn't find anything on Google. Cheers, Daicaregos (talk) 11:15, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

I wondered the same thing. I tidied the line up because it was all in bold, but left the wording as it was. Saxon is hard to swallow...Norman would be unsurprising. Needs more investigation and I will have a nose around when I visit Penarth in the New Year. 21stCenturyGreenstuff (talk) 12:58, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

I look forward to that. Pretty intriguing stuff, eh? Enjoy the holidays, 'till next year. Daicaregos (talk) 13:51, 22 December 2008 (UTC)