h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Entry: Widnes, Cheshire - UK - A844021
Author: DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist) - U178086

A whole year in the making... finaly leads the one true artical to the writing workshop...

And a week without comment . This was actually pretty interesting. I say actually because I usually find entries on UK towns boring

Some corrections if you care for them-
since the 11th. century. --> since the 11th century.
Island. Hear at the southern --> Island. Here at the southern
a buisy place --> a busy place
It says "Now a demised industrial town, flinching at it's employment problems, coughing with past smoke and digging it's self out of the toxic waste of the past." Should this be "It is now..."?

Having been to Widnes, and driven over the Runcorn bridge numerous times, and broken down their once, and had a accident on it once. All without passing my driving test, (don't worry I had my Dad who is over 21 and has been driving for three years, in the car with me)

I loved this entry, it almost made Widnes seem interested. In fact far more interesting than my entry on my home town which isin the Guide. The historical aspects area fascinating.

I do think "house of Lords" should be capitalised though!

Thank so much, if anyone has anything to add, it's been through the rolling mill so many times...

but there is almost always little errors to tweak, so I'll do those now.

-- DoctorMO --

I was on the "New Bridge" waving a little flag when the Queen drove over for the opening ceremony (direction from Widnes to Runcorn).
For the life of me I cannot remember anybody calling it the "Runcorn Bridge".
Perhaps your concept of the bridges name is consitant with your spelling and grammer.
Please ammend accordingly.

I believe when it was opened for the second time (after the road widening) it was called the Silver Jubelee bridge.

But since I live in Widnes it's _well_ known that the Runcorn bridge is that giant big steel arc over the Mersey. I have no idea what Runcorn makes of it. thus it might not be called Runcorn bridge on the maps but it is on the streets.

And I find your personal attack of my spelling and grammer while acurate; to be some what rude and I ask for an appology.

Everybody I know calls it (and has always called it) "Runcorn Bridge"!

By the way, in the below 14-word sentence you made 3 spelling/grammatical errors :

"Perhaps your concept of the bridges name is consitant with your spelling and grammer"

Corrected:

"Perhaps your concept of the bridge's name is consistent with your spelling and grammar"

Hey there, wow it's been 2 years since activity, how random.

Anyway, it wouldn't be the first time that Halton's education record was called into question; especially it seems spelling. I blame St Mikes golf course.