Talk:Keelmen

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Keelmen's Hospital[edit]

The Keelmen's Hospital in Newcastle is no longer used as student accommodation, it seems - I was in that area last week and the building is now empty and covered with metal shutters. 217.155.20.163 (talk) 14:56, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pee dee[edit]

"Each keel was manned by a skipper, two crewmen and a boy, known as a ‘pee dee’. The meaning of this title is unknown."

The Orcadian word peedie describes small things, the equivalent to Scots "wee" or English "little" - an Orcadian influence perhaps?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.153.143.95 (talk) 14:39, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Article title[edit]

Is "Keelmen" the most appropriate? I ask because I was trying to do something about keel (unit), which is a bare reference to a generally unreliable source (Cardarelli: my comments, but in this particular case his figures agree with SOED), and in fact the paragraph in this article is a much better summary of what a "keel" was, as a measure of coal. However, it is difficult to argue for redirecting (for example) an article on a unit to an article on a group of people. Could this be renamed as "Keel (.....)", to refer to the boats, their use for carrying coal, and the keelmen who worked them? Suggestions appreciated. Imaginatorium (talk) 18:31, 2 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I can't think of any way to change the title apart from "Keelmen". This is the name of the group and has been for centuries. "Keel" would need disambiguation from all its other uses. The Keelmen's Hospital, their most visible legacy, is reason enough to keep it. Andy Dingley (talk) 18:46, 2 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]