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« on: December 17, 2020, 08:07:07 »

I have travelled to a station and taken a short walk. You will notice that they feature water and boats of some sort.
Can you tell me the name of the nearest station or stations.
Some but not all are in the Coffee shop area. All pictures where taken in 2019. Only answer one each in the first 24 hours please.

1. Bere Ferres - plymothian

2. Faversham - Stuving

3. Poole - MVR S&T (Signalling and Telegraph)

4. Looe - Old Original

5. Ely - Richard Fairhurst

6. St Pancras lock Regents canal later part of Grand union - PrestburyRoad and Graham

7. Ipswich - Stuving

8. Kew Bridge - Surrey 455

9. Hebden Bridge - Richard Fairhurst

10. Banbury - MVR S&T

11. Woolhampton (Midgham Station) - Graham

12. Salisbury - Cycling Sid and Western Pathfinder


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« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2020, 08:41:33 »

Where are the pictures/clues?
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« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2020, 08:44:40 »

I was thinking the same ,the images are trying to load,but not come through yet.
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« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2020, 09:08:25 »

Right! Easy ones first - 2. is Faversham.
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« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2020, 09:17:49 »

4 - Looe
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« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2020, 09:19:32 »

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« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2020, 09:39:56 »

Where are the pictures/clues?

I was thinking the same ,the images are trying to load,but not come through yet.

I had problems too but the pictures HAVE now come though.   In case there's an ongoing issue, TonyN has copied me on the pictures and they are at http://www.passenger.chat/4TonyN ... crude index there (for speed) linking to each picture and I will tidy up over next few minutes

EDIT to add ... all images in one page now mirrored at http://www.passenger.chat/4TonyN/all.html
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« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2020, 11:03:50 »

I think 12 is Oxford
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« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2020, 11:43:09 »

6 could be on the Grand Union Canal, with its twin 12-foot-wide locks - the 'track' was doubled at the locks to avoid delays at single locks.  It looks to be towards London with the yellow bricks.
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« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2020, 11:44:00 »

Is 10 Kintbury?
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« Reply #10 on: December 17, 2020, 14:17:30 »

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« Reply #11 on: December 17, 2020, 14:19:23 »

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6 could be on the Grand Union Canal, with its twin 12-foot-wide locks - the 'track' was doubled at the locks to avoid delays at single locks.  It looks to be towards London with the yellow bricks.

Sorry wrong canal
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« Reply #12 on: December 17, 2020, 14:20:22 »

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« Reply #13 on: December 17, 2020, 14:24:50 »

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6 could be on the Grand Union Canal, with its twin 12-foot-wide locks - the 'track' was doubled at the locks to avoid delays at single locks.  It looks to be towards London with the yellow bricks.

Sorry wrong canal

Regent's Canal, St Pancras Lock.

But ... wasn't the Regents Canal a branch of the Grand Union at one point in its history?


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The Regent's Canal and Dock Company became part of the merged Grand Union Canal Company on 1 January 1929.
... and it was very much a part of the City of London / Docklands to Birmingham truncates canal and operationally linked to the Grand Union.
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« Reply #14 on: December 17, 2020, 14:41:23 »

Yes true but then some would say that the Grand union was a company rarther than a Canal the main part being the Grand Junction. We need Richard Fairhust to adjudicate on this one.
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