Talk:Bath fire station

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 16:39, 6 August 2025 (UTC)

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Bath fire station

• ... that the Art Deco Bath fire station is proposed for demolition with the only part to be saved being a stone crest?

• Source: Offline, but quotation is: "just one feature will be retained, as 'the existing crest on the building will be reclaimed and repositioned near the new building entrance'" from: "Nooks and Corners". Private Eye. No. 1652. 27 June 2025. p. 22.

• • ALT1: ... that Bath fire station is proposed for demolition despite being a rare example of a design by a female architect from the pre-WWII era? Source: "The 1930s classical Art Deco building was a rare pre-war project by a female architect" from: "C20 leads fight to save Art Deco Bath Fire Station from demolition – The Twentieth Century Society". Twentieth Century Society. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  • ALT2: ... that firefighters from Bath fire station responded to the 1942 Baedeker Blitz raids against the city? Source: "the station went on to play a crucial role in protecting the city during the ‘Baedeker Blitz’ air-raids of 1942." from: "C20 leads fight to save Art Deco Bath Fire Station from demolition – The Twentieth Century Society". Twentieth Century Society. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  • ALT3: ... that Sir Vivian Henderson praised the choice of a female architect for Bath fire station as "I know full well the meaning of a woman’s touch ... it will be a comfort to have that same touch here"? Source: quote from "C20 leads fight to save Art Deco Bath Fire Station from demolition – The Twentieth Century Society". Twentieth Century Society. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Lucy Beall Lott

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 924 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 09:35, 6 July 2025 (UTC).

• Taking a look at this article. Length - 5172 characters total, reasonable. Each source is carefully cited and free of plagiarism (one line is a direct quotation from the article). The sources themselves do check out and is free of bias. I recommend using ALT1 as the lead, because that makes the fire station a significant piece of work for women's history, it falls in line with the objectives of the WikiProject Women in Red initiative. I think this is a nicely written piece overall. I give it a in my book. NeverBeGameOver (talk) 21:15, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

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The hook, and article, is heavily based on the advocacy of the Twentieth Century Society. It's not a listed building but they are arguing for it to be listed. We also use Private Eye's architecture column heavily, which I don't think should be used like this as it is advocacy and the opinion of the author as a columnist. Secretlondon (talk) 10:51, 13 August 2025 (UTC)