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Title: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: JayMac on October 03, 2021, 16:02:00 Following on from my trip report (http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=25516.0) of a few days out using public transport.
Some easier than others. Where were we? One guess each for the first 24 hours please. 1. Shortlands. grahame (https://i.ibb.co/HN8L183/IMG-20210930-202002.jpg) 2. Bromley South. stuving (https://i.ibb.co/0m4mQcr/IMG-20211001-102310.jpg) 3. Catford Bridge. PrestburyRoad (https://i.ibb.co/x1dGvp3/IMG-20210930-152938.jpg) 4.Waterloo East. brooklea and paul7755 (https://i.ibb.co/56pBvgL/IMG-20210930-145154.jpg) 5. Battersea Power Station station. stuving (https://i.ibb.co/mBTWz5f/IMG-20211001-113624.jpg) 6. Brixton. Surrey 455 (https://i.ibb.co/rdzgqvs/IMG-20211001-110514.jpg) (6a. Bonus question. What's special about this roundel?) Largest roundel on the Underground. PrestburyRoad 7. Catford. Lee (https://i.ibb.co/s2vwCwX/IMG-20210930-153825-3.jpg) 8. London Waterloo, former international platforms. TonyN (https://i.ibb.co/9vqH7ch/IMG-20211001-163836.jpg) 9. Camberley. stuving (https://i.ibb.co/8zcvDyw/IMG-20211001-180459.jpg) 10. Woking. Timmer (https://i.ibb.co/wYj34hs/IMG-20211002-123318.jpg) 11. Ash Vale. Sulis John (https://i.ibb.co/r69nDXy/IMG-20211002-111302-2.jpg) 12. Basingstoke. PhilWakely, MVR S&T (https://i.ibb.co/0fpKdFY/IMG-20210930-130532.jpg) EDIT: One more... 13. Taunton, Mass. grahame (https://i.ibb.co/TtjjPPR/Old-Colony-Station-Taunton.jpg) Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: PhilWakely on October 03, 2021, 16:20:04 Probably wrong as so many Pumpkins outlets look the same these days, but having been in one particular one myself half a dozen times in the last couple of weeks, I am going to stick my neck out and suggest..............
12. Basingstoke ? Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: MVR S&T on October 03, 2021, 16:22:03 12. Basingstoke.
Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: JayMac on October 03, 2021, 16:24:48 Probably wrong as so many Pumpkins outlets look the same these days, but having been in one particular one myself half a dozen times in the last couple of weeks, I am going to stick my neck out and suggest.............. 12. Basingstoke ? 12. Basingstoke. Both correct. Share the credit! Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: TonyN on October 03, 2021, 16:33:18 8. Former Waterloo International
Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: JayMac on October 03, 2021, 16:36:16 8. Former Waterloo International Correct. Friday just gone was the first time I'd ever caught a train from this part of London Waterloo. Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: Sulis John on October 03, 2021, 16:39:47 11 is Ash Vale, I think.
Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: JayMac on October 03, 2021, 16:40:22 Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: TonyN on October 03, 2021, 16:40:37 I managed to get a trip to Severnoaks via sheepcote lane curve a few years ago during work at London Bridge.
Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: stuving on October 03, 2021, 16:46:13 2. Bromley South
Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: eightonedee on October 03, 2021, 16:49:05 Is 10 Surbiton?
Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: JayMac on October 03, 2021, 16:56:58 Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: JayMac on October 03, 2021, 17:40:28 Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: bobm on October 03, 2021, 18:43:04 I was at number 10 the other day - I won't give it away - but goodness me doesn't it need some TLC. Paint falling from the ceiling, floor surface not good in the wet - even a broom to tackle the cobwebs would be an improvement!
Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: JayMac on October 03, 2021, 18:58:36 I was at number 10 the other day - I won't give it away - but goodness me doesn't it need some TLC. Paint falling from the ceiling, floor surface not good in the wet - even a broom to tackle the cobwebs would be an improvement! I thought similar. Roof was leaking too. Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: Bmblbzzz on October 03, 2021, 19:04:38 1. Salisbury ?
Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: JayMac on October 03, 2021, 19:09:04 Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: johnneyw on October 03, 2021, 19:56:31 6a. Stab in the dark....latest evolution of the Johnston font?
Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: bobm on October 03, 2021, 19:59:11 I was at number 10 the other day - I won't give it away - but goodness me doesn't it need some TLC. Paint falling from the ceiling, floor surface not good in the wet - even a broom to tackle the cobwebs would be an improvement! I thought similar. Roof was leaking too. Wasn’t raining when I was there so was spared that! Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: JayMac on October 03, 2021, 20:17:46 6a. Stab in the dark....latest evolution of the Johnston font? Sorry, no. Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: PrestburyRoad on October 03, 2021, 20:58:28 6a. It's big so I guess that it's the biggest roundel on the network.
Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: Timmer on October 03, 2021, 21:38:59 10. Woking
Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: Western Pathfinder on October 03, 2021, 23:21:52 6a the roundel is in fact made from very small tiles it's a mosaic. Which has been restored and reinstalled,possibly at London Bridge station.
Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: Surrey 455 on October 04, 2021, 00:02:28 6. Brixton
6a. It's big so I guess that it's the biggest roundel on the network. Correct. Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: JayMac on October 04, 2021, 03:04:19 6a. It's big so I guess that it's the biggest roundel on the network. Correct! Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: JayMac on October 04, 2021, 03:05:24 Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: JayMac on October 04, 2021, 03:06:37 10. Woking Correct. The very tired looking overbridge for the lifts. I had hoped to take a picture of Woking's old signal box from up here, but the windows were too dirty. Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: GBM on October 04, 2021, 07:20:29 Surely can't have a quiz without a Taunton reference; so a dead cert 9 is Taunton and I claim the £5 prize ;D
Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: JayMac on October 04, 2021, 07:34:54 Surely can't have a quiz without a Taunton reference; so a dead cert 9 is Taunton and I claim the £5 prize ;D Sorry, 9 is most definitely not Taunton! The only Taunton references are the bloke behind the camera. It being his home town. He also worked briefly, in his late teens, for the same company in both Taunton and this location. No fiver. :P (Oh, and there's no Melksham either!) Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: grahame on October 04, 2021, 08:14:39 No. 1 has to be Shortlands ... blindingly obvious to anyone who - err - was brought up in the Bromley area, commuting through there or a daily basis, catching the 227 bus and sometimes walking past the spot where the picture was taken on his way up through the park to the High Street. But then ... not everyone was brought up in that area :D
Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: JayMac on October 04, 2021, 08:46:31 No. 1 has to be Shortlands ... blindingly obvious to anyone who - err - was brought up in the Bromley area, commuting through there or a daily basis, catching the 227 bus and sometimes walking past the spot where the picture was taken on his way up through the park to the High Street. But then ... not everyone was brought up in that area :D Correct. And I can highly recommend the nearby Shortlands Tavern. But avoid a double Tanqueray No10 & Fever Tree tonic. Set me back £12.20! Ouch. Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: Bmblbzzz on October 04, 2021, 11:07:49 Surely can't have a quiz without a Taunton reference; so a dead cert 9 is Taunton and I claim the £5 prize ;D Sorry, 9 is most definitely not Taunton! The only Taunton references are the bloke behind the camera. It being his home town. He also worked briefly, in his late teens, for the same company in both Taunton and this location. No fiver. :P (Oh, and there's no Melksham either!) Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: JayMac on October 04, 2021, 17:08:36 24 hours have passed. Free for all on the remaining unanswered ones.
Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: PrestburyRoad on October 04, 2021, 18:07:27 3. Looks to me like Catford Bridge. I used to live 20 minutes walk from there.
Interesting fact about Catford Bridge. It was featured in a Geoff Marshall video on YouTube as being one half a pair of stations between which it is not possible to buy a ticket - the other station in the pair is Catford. Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: JayMac on October 04, 2021, 18:18:36 3. Looks to me like Catford Bridge. I used to live 20 minutes walk from there. Correct! Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: Timmer on October 04, 2021, 18:42:59 7. Shot in the dark - West Dulwich?
Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: JayMac on October 04, 2021, 18:43:21 Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: stuving on October 04, 2021, 19:00:36 9. Camberley.
Now there's an exciting place! Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: JayMac on October 04, 2021, 19:04:08 Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: Timmer on October 04, 2021, 19:48:02 13 doesn’t look like somewhere in the UK.
Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: JayMac on October 04, 2021, 20:16:15 Yeah. 13 is not a place Finn and I visited, but I added it for GBM's and Bmblbzzz's benefit...
Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: Bmblbzzz on October 04, 2021, 20:22:04 Yeah. 13 is not a place Finn and I visited, but I added it for GBM's and Bmblbzzz's benefit... Very kind of you! Actually, I wouldn't even have seen it if it hadn't been for that comment. Well, I can guess what country it's probably in but I certainly don't recognize it. Sorry!Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: froome on October 04, 2021, 22:12:36 No. 1 has to be Shortlands ... blindingly obvious to anyone who - err - was brought up in the Bromley area, commuting through there or a daily basis, catching the 227 bus and sometimes walking past the spot where the picture was taken on his way up through the park to the High Street. But then ... not everyone was brought up in that area :D The 227 bus brings back many memories for me, as it went past the house where I grew up and I often caught it as well. And yes, Shortlands was very obvious. Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: PrestburyRoad on October 05, 2021, 03:47:56 Quote The 227 bus brings back many memories for me, as it went past the house where I grew up and I often caught it as well. And yes, Shortlands was very obvious. The 227 bus brings back memories for me as well. Standing at the bus stop on the triangle at the northern end of Bromley High Street after visiting Medhurst's department store, waiting for a 47 for my journey back home to Catford, there were loads of 227s and yet so few of the 47s - it felt frustrating that Beckenham which I never visited had such a good service compared to Catford which was the centre of my world. At the time I didn't think about the RFs (single-deckers) on the 227 being more expensive for London Transport to operate than the RTs (double-deckers) on the 47. (The 227 had to be single-decker because of a low bridge.) Ah nostalgia.Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: grahame on October 05, 2021, 09:25:10 Quote The 227 bus brings back many memories for me, as it went past the house where I grew up and I often caught it as well. And yes, Shortlands was very obvious. The 227 bus brings back memories for me as well. Standing at the bus stop on the triangle at the northern end of Bromley High Street after visiting Medhurst's department store, waiting for a 47 for my journey back home to Catford, there were loads of 227s and yet so few of the 47s - it felt frustrating that Beckenham which I never visited had such a good service compared to Catford which was the centre of my world. At the time I didn't think about the RFs (single-deckers) on the 227 being more expensive for London Transport to operate than the RTs (double-deckers) on the 47. (The 227 had to be single-decker because of a low bridge.) Ah nostalgia.Ah, indeed, nostalgia ... arriving on the 227 from Chiselhurst Common, popping into J Lyons besides Medursts and then shopping in Caters, 227 back from outside and chaining there onto the 61 or 161A back home to Petts Wood. For changes to London, the novelty of taking the 1 rather than the 47 some times ... but to connect onto those we used to walk in Petts Wood to catch the 94 - further from home than the 61 or 161A, but then London trips by bus (often or Red Rover days or rail strike days) didn't involve carrying heavy groceries home. Ah - them was the days. Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: froome on October 05, 2021, 10:26:34 Quote The 227 bus brings back many memories for me, as it went past the house where I grew up and I often caught it as well. And yes, Shortlands was very obvious. The 227 bus brings back memories for me as well. Standing at the bus stop on the triangle at the northern end of Bromley High Street after visiting Medhurst's department store, waiting for a 47 for my journey back home to Catford, there were loads of 227s and yet so few of the 47s - it felt frustrating that Beckenham which I never visited had such a good service compared to Catford which was the centre of my world. At the time I didn't think about the RFs (single-deckers) on the 227 being more expensive for London Transport to operate than the RTs (double-deckers) on the 47. (The 227 had to be single-decker because of a low bridge.) Ah nostalgia.Ah, indeed, nostalgia ... arriving on the 227 from Chiselhurst Common, popping into J Lyons besides Medursts and then shopping in Caters, 227 back from outside and chaining there onto the 61 or 161A back home to Petts Wood. For changes to London, the novelty of taking the 1 rather than the 47 some times ... but to connect onto those we used to walk in Petts Wood to catch the 94 - further from home than the 61 or 161A, but then London trips by bus (often or Red Rover days or rail strike days) didn't involve carrying heavy groceries home. Ah - them was the days. Indeed. I lived at the other end of the route, on the borders of Beckenham and Penge, and still remember venturing along the whole route for the first time to explore Chislehurst Common, which was covered in deep snow on that day. It was a frequent service (I assume it still is) though only one in every 4 went beyond Penge to reach Crystal Palace. Maybe it was a mixture of its frequency and that it linked areas that were very different from each other which made it such an iconic route. Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: JayMac on October 06, 2021, 08:34:57 Clues for the few that have yet to be answered:
Heading 090 from the battle. 4. Waterloo East. brooklea and paul7755 (https://i.ibb.co/56pBvgL/IMG-20210930-145154.jpg) Possibly the newest 'Art on the Underground' installation. 5. Battersea Power Station station. stuving (https://i.ibb.co/mBTWz5f/IMG-20211001-113624.jpg) A river crossing for tigers? 7. Catford. Lee (https://i.ibb.co/s2vwCwX/IMG-20210930-153825-3.jpg) And the ringer. Not Somerset. 13. Taunton, Mass. grahame (https://i.ibb.co/TtjjPPR/Old-Colony-Station-Taunton.jpg) Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: grahame on October 06, 2021, 08:52:09 I would suspect that 13 is the railroad station in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA
Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: JayMac on October 06, 2021, 09:19:17 I would suspect that 13 is the railroad station in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA Correct. Stung by the criticism there was no 'Taunton' in the original set I added this! :P Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: Lee on October 06, 2021, 09:42:48 7. Catford.
Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: JayMac on October 06, 2021, 10:19:01 Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: Bmblbzzz on October 06, 2021, 10:55:28 I would suspect that 13 is the railroad station in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA Correct. Stung by the criticism there was no 'Taunton' in the original set I added this! :P Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: stuving on October 06, 2021, 12:42:17 5. Battersea Power Station (station). OK, the posters might have been elsewhere, but the newest shiniest tube station is an obvious must-visit.
Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: JayMac on October 06, 2021, 12:47:17 5. Battersea Power Station (station). OK, the posters might have been elsewhere, but the newest shiniest tube station is an obvious must-visit. Correct. Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: brooklea on October 10, 2021, 10:18:20 Clues for the few that have yet to be answered: Heading 090 from the battle. 4. (https://i.ibb.co/56pBvgL/IMG-20210930-145154.jpg) I reckon this could be Finn on the footbridge at Waterloo East. Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: Timmer on October 10, 2021, 12:32:33 I reckon this could be Finn on the footbridge at Waterloo East. Drats. I think you could well be right. That was my thought too. We await the answer from BNM and Finn.Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: stuving on October 10, 2021, 12:54:52 I reckon this could be Finn on the footbridge at Waterloo East. Drats. I think you could well be right. That was my thought too. We await the answer from BNM and Finn.Waterloo East, from the clue, sounds right. But the walking route from Waterloo does not, as I recall it, have any right-angled turn, and it's a mostly timber structure. So I wonder, was that down below the platforms, on the way up from the street entrance? Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: paul7575 on October 10, 2021, 14:51:44 I think it’s the corner between the bridge and the ramp to the platforms B/C island.
There’s a number of different constructions, the ramps down to the platforms are timber roofed, the tubular sections across Waterloo Rd are relatively modern, but the bridge that crosses the three platforms is an older floor and walls with a more modern roof. As Stuving notes it isn’t a 90° turn but I think the camera exaggerates the view. Aerial view from Google: Title: Re: Where were Finn and bignosemac, Autumn 2021? Post by: JayMac on October 10, 2021, 16:28:52 It is indeed Waterloo East. Well done brooklea.
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