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The result was keep. -- Cirt (talk) 00:05, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Duporth Holiday Village (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log • AfD statistics)

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An article, which reads like a travel guide (which wikipedia is not) about a holiday village which makes no claims to the subjects notability. The article is unreferenced and looks like me like it was written to promote the subject of the article. Simple Bob (talk) 08:19, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment we should have an article about the former house, which could incorporate information about the (now closed) holiday parc and the housing development which now occupies the site. DuncanHill (talk) 11:03, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep There is some history to the village, so I think it does deserve the same status as any other conurbation. Yes the current article needs some work but that alone is no cause for deletion. From [1]

The site was formerly a farm within the Duporth

estate owned by Charles Rashleigh. The Manor House and part of the Duporth Estate was bought by Arthur and Lydia Potter and George and Doris Rankin, trading as Seaside Holiday Camps Ltd, in 1933. The camp opened by the Whitsun of 1934. In the first season there were only about 4 rows of chalets. The camp was going from strength to strength when the 1939/45 war broke out and for most of that time the holiday camp was requisitioned by the War Department. First came the Indian Army, together with their mules. Indian officers and their batmen stayed in the Manor House and the soldiers were billeted in the chalets. When the Indian Army moved out the American Army moved in and hid their tanks and lorries under the trees in the woods. They left Duporth to take part in the D Day landings in June 1944.

When the camp was de-requisitioned after the war it again resumed as a holiday camp. Further land acquisitions took place with the area of the caravan park being purchased at the end of 1947. During the late 50's and early 60's Duporth was mainly a holiday venue for professional people i.e. Doctors, Solicitors, etc. Many people came by train and special coaches were always reserved to bring guests from the railway station. The main complex was built in 1962 following a fire, which gutted the former central building that had housed the dining room, entertainment facilities, kitchens and a shop.

Butlins bought the camp in 1976 and continued to run the camp under the "Freshfields" banner. Duporth Manor began to show serious signs of decay from the late 1970's and eventually became uneconomic to repair. Situated in front of the main clubroom/restaurant building, it was demolished in 1989.

--Salix (talk): 12:18, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:55, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep very notable resort which is defunct but that in no way invalidates it for article purposes. I found quite a few news references and a couple of Books references, including a claim in the International Directory of Haunted Places (ISBN 0140296352) that a ghost lives there. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 18:05, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep -- I suspect that the site is about to be developed as a housing estate; if so, the article will need to be restrcutured in due course so that it deals with the new development as well as what was there before. Peterkingiron (talk) 23:46, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep for the reasons above, for WP:notability, and because the location falls within the scope of WP:Cornwall Andy F (talk) 08:27, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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