Talk:Whitton, London

Ward Information

Whitton is made up of two electoral wards; Heathfield Ward and Whitton Ward. The page talks about places in both wards, but the census data only reflects one of the wards. Thus the population and housing statistics only reflect 50% of the true position. Could someone with better editing skills look into this please.

Momentum2014 (talk) 21:23, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Gangs and Crime

A notorious influence and local celebrity in Whitton, Tom Deegan, runs most of the extortion within the Whitton/ Hounslow suburbs. Deegan rose to fame as good friends with Jeffrey Atkins, better known by his stage name Ja Rule, an American recording artist, singer, songwriter and actor from Queens, New York. Born in Hollis, Queens, he debuted in 1999 with Venni Vetti Vecci and its single "Holla Holla". Deegan appeared in many Hip Hop music videos and ad-libbed on Ja Rules 'Pain is Love' Album. [[1]]

Post War History - or social historian's report

Whilst much of the anecdotal history of growing up after WWII is an English history account, this article is not the place for some of it; the gunpowder mills playing area certainly should stay - can it still be used for play? And I think keep anything else unique. However much of the rest sadly will need a cautious, DONT BITE THE NEWBIES, and WP:NPOV editor to amend to meet WP:notability / WP:verifiable and What wikipedia is not. I'll have a go but will leave most in. Adam37 (talk) 22:09, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

• I have kept on the whole all the Whitton-focussed account of play and social change etc in Whitton while omitting the lament about television destroying the activities. I have tried to keep and envelope only the unique parts to Whitton of the account in with features of the town's geography which really should and does help to educate families and children which is what an encyclopedia intends; however it is still quite opinion-rich, yet does the town in the remaining opinions a great deal of credit owing to what is in and around it. Adam37 (talk) 22:28, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Accessibility

One section states that the distance from the M25 is only ten minutes by car. The shortest route from the town centre is 7.5 miles, thus meaning the car driver would have to AVERAGE 45 mph in an area where virtually all roads have a 20 mph limit. I shall correct this shortly unless someone can suggest an explanation. Other times in this section are similarly difficult to support. Plingsby (talk) 15:44, 9 August 2020 (UTC)