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« Reply #15 on: October 20, 2020, 12:54:51 »
Quote from: Hal on October 20, 2020, 11:47:25
Is No.7 London Bridge?

It isn't - though I can understand why you guess that.  I've been no-where near London ...
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« Reply #16 on: October 20, 2020, 13:40:49 »
Would No 7 be Portsmouth and Southsea?
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« Reply #17 on: October 20, 2020, 17:46:26 »
7 agree with Portsmouth and Southsea, under the high level station
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« Reply #18 on: October 20, 2020, 18:17:03 »
Sadly, it would not be Portsmouth and Southsea
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« Reply #19 on: October 30, 2020, 05:38:14 »
Quote from: grahame on October 19, 2020, 10:18:21

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And no. 7 would be ? ... very close to home for at least one member. I will complete the quiz tonight if no-one gets it.
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« Reply #20 on: October 30, 2020, 18:59:11 »
7. swindon?
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« Reply #21 on: October 30, 2020, 19:18:03 »
Quote from: MVR S&T▸ (Signalling and Telegraph) on October 30, 2020, 18:59:11
7. swindon?

In the nick of time ... YES ... it's Swindon Bus Station - photograph taken during a delightful wait for the daily National Express coach to Melksham.
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« Reply #22 on: October 30, 2020, 19:25:00 »
Quote from: grahame on October 30, 2020, 19:18:03
Quote from: MVR S&T▸ (Signalling and Telegraph) on October 30, 2020, 18:59:11
7. swindon?

In the nick of time ... YES ... it's Swindon Bus Station - photograph taken during a delightful wait for the daily National Express coach to Melksham.

Funnily enough, when I first saw that picture I thought (of the surroundings, on stylistic grounds) "that reminds me of Swindon". But it's not somewhere I really know, and lots of other members do, so ...
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