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If we were living in a world designed by Douglas Adams, the telephone number of Langton Hall would be 6914...
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« Reply #121 on: December 09, 2018, 04:12:39 » |
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Sunday 9th December 2018 - the Coffee Shop Advent Quiz. 9.1 - Where was this picture taken?  9.2 - And in which year? 9.3 Where was this picture taken?  |
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« Reply #122 on: December 09, 2018, 07:55:56 » |
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« Reply #123 on: December 09, 2018, 08:33:31 » |
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9.1: Maidenhead arriving off the Marlow branch about 1973
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« Reply #124 on: December 09, 2018, 08:44:38 » |
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9.1: Maidenhead arriving off the Marlow branch about 1973 9.3 Borth
Both correct .. thanks to S&TEngineer for use of the Maidenhead picture. He writes "Photograph taken in 1973. Maidenhead station looking West. Taken during the 100-year centenary celebrations of the opening of the Marlow branch." |
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« Reply #125 on: December 09, 2018, 10:30:34 » |
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Is thot Borth Spor? Chonged since I wos lost there... |
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Things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then they happen faster than you thought they could.
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« Reply #126 on: December 09, 2018, 11:06:14 » |
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Is thot Borth Spor? Chonged since I wos lost there... The place you're thinking of is Bath Spa - named and pronounce according to the Queen's English. It's only the toffs of North East Somerset with their Eton and Oxford educations who might mis-pronounce it as they plot for higher office to make themselves even toffier. |
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« Reply #127 on: December 09, 2018, 11:25:55 » |
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Both correct .. thanks to S&TEngineer for use of the Maidenhead picture. He writes "Photograph taken in 1973. Maidenhead station looking West. Taken during the 100-year centenary celebrations of the opening of the Marlow branch."
It was the signal box that looked familiar so reaching for my Mitchell and Smith's "Slough to Newbury", I found on pl. 33 a photo of the 'box dated December 1972. The signal - Down Bay Starter - had a subsidiary arm and route indicator in 1972. By the time of S+TE's excellent picture was taken, the route from the bay to the goods yard had been recovered and the signalling simplified to the single arm shown. The 'box closed 21 st October 1974 hence my 'lucky' stab at 1973. |
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« Reply #128 on: December 09, 2018, 15:03:19 » |
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make themselves even toffier.
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« Reply #130 on: December 10, 2018, 07:10:38 » |
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Monday 10th December 2018 - the Coffee Shop Advent Quiz. 10.1 - Where was this picture taken?  10.2 - And in which year? 10.3 Where was this picture taken?  |
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« Reply #131 on: December 10, 2018, 09:18:40 » |
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10.1 Melksham (the new Taunton in quizes) Not long before closure in 1966
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« Reply #132 on: December 10, 2018, 19:00:19 » |
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10.1 Melksham (the new Taunton in quizes) Not long before closure in 1966
Yes it is ... and look how much has changed! The lengthening of the platform in the summer took away the last remnants of the old station that we in (re) use - platform surface and edging stones. |
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« Reply #133 on: December 11, 2018, 06:07:55 » |
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« Reply #134 on: December 11, 2018, 07:07:14 » |
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