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Regardless of whether it's nearer Congleton or Macclesfield, the postal address of the place is Macclesfield. Anyway, if you have to say it's near anywhere, why not say Goostrey?! -- Arwel 21:50, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
As at the time Lovell and his team were on very limited finances, the 76m telescope was built using some salvaged parts and incorporated some turret rack and pinion components from the battlecruiser HMS Renown, which was being scrapped at the time. Ian Dunster 12:49, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
Perhaps a note can be added about Jodrell Bank celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Lovell Telescope in 2007 though I have not seen a specific date designated for the anniversary. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jmb (talk --jmb 09:40, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Peter I. Vardy 15:45, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
My comments:
So, there's a lot to do. I'm going to fail it right now, but will happily re-review if requested in the future once the list above is dealt with. The Rambling Man 16:50, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
named The Jodcast.[53] The original visitors centre, opened on 19 April 1971 by the Duke of Devonshire,[54] was demolished in 2003; a new science centre is currently being planned.[55]
I came here from Sundial#The_Optical_Sundial_-_The_Benoy_Dial looking to see if it was mentioned. I noticed the above, can it be bought up to date in anyway, 2003 seems a long time ago. Thanks, I left knowing something new. Edmund Patrick ( confer work) 10:08, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Correction: the visitor's centre was _mostly_ demolished. Part of it still remains. They are unaware of a Benoy sundial. Mike Peel (talk) 19:35, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
Looks like ref 57 has disappeared, gets a "no longer available" response. user Shoka, not logged in —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.212.29.179 (talk) 16:30, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
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Good work addressing the issues. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good Article. Continue to improve the article making sure all new information is properly sourced and neutral. It would also be beneficial to update the access dates for all of the online sources. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. I have updated the article history to reflect this review. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 17:48, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
Nothing about its Cold War use as part of the early warning system? FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 18:24, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
I have reworded this misleading section: the Soviets asked Jodrell Bank to track Luna 9, as it was the only piece of equipment in the world that was able to do so. the way it was phrased, it insinuated that Britain was spying / snooping on the Luna 9 mission or doing it in some kind of underhand way. The Soviets asked for the UK's assistance in order to prove that the probe had indeed landed on the moon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.190.148.173 (talk) 20:13, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
Changed to “hacked”, which is the word used by the current director of Jodrell, as quoted on the BBC4 documentary “How Britain Won the Space Race”, episode 1 of 6, shown 23 April 2020. To be clear, the Soviet Union did not ask for this. kentish 20:48, 23 April 2020 BST — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.25.133.61 (talk)
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