Talk:Trekking during the Blitz

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Did you know... that tens of thousands of British city dwellers engaged in trekking during the Blitz, with most doing so to get a good night's sleep in nearby towns and rural areas?

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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:00, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that tens of thousands of British city dwellers engaged in trekking during the Blitz, with most doing so to get a good night's sleep in nearby towns and rural areas? Sources: For a definition of this phenomenon British official history pp. 271-272 'Trekking', the nightly movement of people from raided areas. For numbers, British official history pp. 307-308 [1]. For good sleep being the dominant motivation British official history p. 342 Above all, they wanted to sleep ... Trekking ensured for most of those who undertook it a good night's rest. The importance given to sleep during this period by the civilian population was sensible

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Created by Nick-D (talk). Self-nominated at 23:25, 20 February 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Nick-D, review follows: article cretaed 20 February; article exceeds minimum length and is well written; article is cited inline throughout to limited, but reliable, sources; the link for Clapson (2019) doesn't work for me but I checked Titmuss (1950) and had no concerns about overly close paraphrasing from the source; hook is interesting, mentioned in the article and checks out to Titmuss; a QPQ has been carried out. I really enjoyed reading this article, thanks for creating it - Dumelow (talk) 09:46, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks. I've replaced the link to Clapson with what should be a stable JSTOR link. Nick-D (talk) 10:12, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, that works for me. Cheers - Dumelow (talk) 10:16, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent

Nick-D, excellent article on a subject I had never heard of before. Many thanks. - The editor formerly known as SchroCat, editing from 213.205.194.140 (talk) 11:07, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Nick-D (talk) 21:57, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]