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Air Balloon (pub)
- ... that the Air Balloon pub in Gloucestershire is believed to have been named after pioneering British hot air balloon flights? Source: "The pub probably takes its name from the pioneering balloon flights that took place on the Cotswold Escarpments in 1784, just a year after the Montgolfier brothers". North Cotswold Pubs Though Time Amberley, 2012, p.14
- Reviewed: Christ Mocked
Created by Ritchie333 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:19, 27 October 2019 (UTC).
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I don’t think traffic is a particularly good hook, though it’s what makes the pub well known. Although I’ve stopped here several times, and driven round the junction even more, I didn’t know about the name, so that seemed the ideal hook. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 09:03, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
- ALT1 ... that the Air Balloon pub in Gloucestershire, which opened in 1784, is believed to have been named after a pioneering hot air balloon flight by the Montgolfier brothers?
- Template:Ping - I am suggesting writing about the traffic because it would be the kind of hook that might pull a reader in: "why would an air balloon cause road accidents???". Saying A is named after B is a perfectly passable hook, but it's not exactly clickbait. Mr.choppers | ✎ 01:26, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
- Ah right. I'm just going to push the "In case of witty hook please call Template:U here" button and see what happens. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 12:32, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
- Ha, that is a rather annoying page. Not entirely what I am going for, just trying to create something along these lines. Anyhow, any other editor can choose (or propose an ALT2. It meets the requirements. Mr.choppers | ✎ 02:17, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
- Ah right. I'm just going to push the "In case of witty hook please call Template:U here" button and see what happens. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 12:32, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
- Template:Ping - I am suggesting writing about the traffic because it would be the kind of hook that might pull a reader in: "why would an air balloon cause road accidents???". Saying A is named after B is a perfectly passable hook, but it's not exactly clickbait. Mr.choppers | ✎ 01:26, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
- How about
- ALT2 ... that the Balloon went up in 1784?
- EEng 06:06, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
- ALT3 ... that its owners added air to the Balloon in 1802?
- ALT4 ... that Highways England want to blow up the Balloon?
- or maybe some combination like
- ALT5 ... that the Balloon went up in 1784 and added air in 1802, but now Highways England want to blow it up?
- —David Eppstein (talk) 22:19, 31 October 2019 (UTC)