Talk:Stepney

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This section is unsourced and contains material of dubious value. I have moved it here in case any editor wishes to investigate the claims and incorporate them into the article with appropriate sources. SilkTork *^YES! 17:36, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Notable fictional appearances

The BBC sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart was set in Stepney. The Rolling Stones' song "Play with Fire" references Stepney: "Now she gets her kicks in Stepney, not in Knightsbridge anymore." In Blackadder II Episode 6, Lord Percy explains the disappearance of his Uncle Bertram's old oak table thus: "'twas on the night of the great Stepney fire. And on that same, terrible night, his house and all his other things completely vanished too. So did he, in fact. It was a most perplexing mystery." In the film Help!, Alfie Bass has a cameo where he portrays a doorman of an Indian restaurant. When Ringo Starr discovers Alfie Bass is not an actual Indian, he exclaims "He's from the West!" Bass replies "Nah, east...Stepney." The English Nursery Rhyme Oranges and Lemons refers to the "...bells of Stepney." In George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, set in England, he writes about rocket bombs killing many people: "One fell on a crowded film theatre in Stepney, burying several hundred victims among the ruins." This is in Chapter 5, Part 2. In the opening scene of the film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, the character Bacon makes reference to a piece of jewelry that is "hand made in Italy, hand stolen in Stepney". In Arthur Conan Doyle's short story The Adventure of the Six Napoleons, Sherlock Holmes traces the origin of the eponymous plaster busts of Napoleon Bonaparte to a factory in Church Street, Stepney.

Births at sea?

I have heard that at one time, all those born at sea were entered as being of the parish of Stepney. If true, ths should be sourced, and put in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.149.136.11 (talk) 08:50, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

"Earls" of Cleveland

There was only one Earl of Cleveland, so the reference is both incorrect and doesn't add much.Roryharrow (talk) 18:23, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Stepney

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Stepney's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "subbrit":

• From Fulham: "Chelsea & Fulham". Disused Stations. Subterranea Britannica. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
• From Chelsea, London: "Chelsea & Fulham". Disused Stations. Subterranea Britannica. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
• From Limehouse: "Subterranea Britannica - Stepney East".

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 10:19, 22 June 2019 (UTC)