User talk:GregRobson
Hello there Greg, welcome to wikipedia. I see you live in Southam, small world isn't it, I live just up the road in Rugby.
If you have any questions about anything about the wikipedia or need help with anything, see village pump.
By-the-way, where did you get the information that the population of Southam is 12,000, according to my sources its about 4,500?. User:G-Man 30th may 03.
Hi there G-Man, I had noticed you on the UK lists of users and that you had worked on the Southam article. I think I've got the hang of Wikipedia (studying Computer Science helps!)
My info on Southam is based upon a book on the history of Southam that I have at home (written by a distant cousin), this is going back some 5 or more years, but it said then that the population was 10,000 or so. I'm heading home later this week, so I'll pop into the library and check with them, they're sure to know. It's definitely more than 4,500 as several new estates have been added in recent years. Southam had a population of around 1,250 a hundred years ago - then it was a few streets.
If you need any help with articles of Southam and the area, I'm quite keen on local history, my grandparents have lived here all their adult lives, and my mother's side of the family can be traced back to the 1700s and further!
I also notice that you have an interest in the railways, I do as well. I have the belief that the government should be expanding (not shrinking) the railway, and that it should come under the control of one company (both tracks and rail).
Nice to here from a fellow Wikipedian :) Greg Robson June 2nd 2003
I got my information from a book called "A History of Warwickshire" written in 1981, which says that Southam has a population of 4,435. It has probably grown by a few thousand since then, but 12,000 sounds a bit much to me.
Maybe 10,000 is the population of the borough, including all the surrounding villages, and not the population of the town itself.
The official statistics say that Rugby borough (including all the surrounding villages) has a population of something like 87,000 even though the town itself has a population of about 62,000. It's an easy mistake to make. G-Man 2/6/03.
When I find out, I'll ask whether it includes the borough or not. I'll probably rewrite it as "Southam has a population of X, but serves around Y people when the nearby villages are included".
btw If that book is the one I think it is (landscape with a green and white picture on the front and written by a Griffin), then that's the distant cousin of mine. I think it's that one which has a picture of my Gramp (David Duckett), when he was serving in the fire service. (It's a small world)
Hello there, I have expanded upon your Boo.com article, a decent picture of the storefront webpage is needed, the one in the Internet Archive is not pleasing to say the least with a missing jpeg. Foriskak August 7, 2004
Greg Robson June 3rd 2003