Talk:Exeter War Memorial

September 2012

Damn.
Creating this article was to be my wikitask for the day and now I come in a distant third. On well, still a bronze medal. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 15:24, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Close but no cigar. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 23:29, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 09:41, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

 Done

DYK Nomination

I have nominated John Angel (sculptor). I intend to do a treble hook WP:DYK, but have not yet formulated a suitable hook line. I will also be nominating anon the Exeter War Memorial and the Bridgwater War Memorial, both of which he designed. Both are new articles. I would like to treat this as a treble hook. Any suggestions as to wording for an appropriate hook would be appreciated. To review off comment on John Angel (Sculptor). 7&6=thirteen (☎) 10:49, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Comments

I've had a look at the memorial today, and I can't see any bronze plaque honoring the dead of WW1- there's a carved inscription round the base honouring the men and women of Exeter and Devon who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918. The website cited definitely mentions a bronze plaque though. "Northernhay contains a history of the Exeter War Memorial."- does this mean Northernhay Gardens contains a history? Otherwise it's meaningless. There's a memorial to a pigeon, winner of the Dickin medal, a few feet away. Ning-ning (talk) 17:06, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

I didn't put that particular entry in. And of course, I've not been there. There is the question of WP:truth and WP:RS. If we have a reliable source that says this, then we should go with it. IMHopinion. But I would like to get thisk resolved so that we don't get a DYK hang up. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:23, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

The website "Exeter Memories" is self-published, but quotes the source for the article as the Express and Echo newspaper (no date given). The local studies library in Exeter have microfiches of newspapers, but whether they're indexed I don't know. I couldn't find any relevant books or pamphlets today. Ning-ning (talk) 19:09, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

I'll take a look next time I'm there, since if there is a bronze plaque a photo will presumably be definitive. Proving a negative may be harder. Oh I have no pretentions as a photographer but I have some photos in my flickr stream already assigned to group "public domain", if anyone feels they are better, or more photos will help. The statues are exquisite. http://www.flickr.com/photos/simonwaters/tags/northernhaywarmemorial/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.213.233.124 (talk) 04:21, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

I think your photo of Victory is much clearer than the present one. The website that mentioned the bronze plaque, got wrong the name of the quarry from which the granite was quarried so it's probably not an RS at all! Ning-ning (talk) 23:20, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

I just removed this:

"A bronze plaque honours the 958 citizens of Exeter killed in World War I."

from the article. I am more inclined to go with "assume good faith" of someone who was there, rather than a perhaps out-of-date reference. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 23:53, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Reopening of quarry in 1919

@Smalljim: I noticed you found the name of the quarry for the memorial's granite. I'm wondering whether it is still valid that a quarry was re-opened specifically for the Exeter War Memorial (seems like an interesting fact). According to Dartmoor National Park, quarrying at Haytor was re-opened for the memorial. I'm not sure on the context in the poster though, since it talks of a "Haytor coplex" and "Haytor Granite Tramway". Is it possible that Blackingstone Quarry was re-opened specifically for the memorial? Jolly Ω Janner 13:17, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

@Jolly Janner: Damn - that DNP pdf wouldn't open for me, so I assumed it was a dead link. I've seen it now. There's definite confusion about which quarry provided the granite for which memorial. But I'm certain that Blackingstone provided it for this one and Haytor was the source of Lutyens' Devon County War Memorial in Cathedral Green. I expect HJMitchell will soon add some more to that article (see my talk). I think Blackingstone remained open for much of the 20th C. Best,  —SMALLJIM  13:47, 3 February 2016 (UTC)