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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  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. |
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« Reply #31 on: October 04, 2021, 11:07:49 » |
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Surely can't have a quiz without a Taunton reference; so a dead cert 9 is Taunton and I claim the £5 prize  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.  (Oh, and there's no Melksham either!) This quiz is disqualified and Bignosemac shall be forthwith excluded from the forum! But Finn can stay because we value his input. |
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« Reply #32 on: October 04, 2021, 17:08:36 » |
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24 hours have passed. Free for all on the remaining unanswered ones.
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« Reply #33 on: October 04, 2021, 18:07:27 » |
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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.
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« Reply #34 on: October 04, 2021, 18:18:36 » |
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3. Looks to me like Catford Bridge. I used to live 20 minutes walk from there.
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« Reply #35 on: October 04, 2021, 18:42:59 » |
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7. Shot in the dark - West Dulwich?
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« Reply #36 on: October 04, 2021, 18:43:21 » |
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7. Shot in the dark - West Dulwich?
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« Reply #37 on: October 04, 2021, 19:00:36 » |
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9. Camberley.
Now there's an exciting place!
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« Reply #38 on: October 04, 2021, 19:04:08 » |
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« Reply #39 on: October 04, 2021, 19:48:02 » |
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13 doesn’t look like somewhere in the UK▸ .
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« Reply #40 on: October 04, 2021, 20:16:15 » |
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Yeah. 13 is not a place Finn and I visited, but I added it for GBM's and Bmblbzzz's benefit...
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« Reply #41 on: October 04, 2021, 20:22:04 » |
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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! |
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« Reply #42 on: October 04, 2021, 22:12:36 » |
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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 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. |
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« Reply #43 on: October 05, 2021, 03:47:56 » |
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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. |
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« Reply #44 on: October 05, 2021, 09:25:10 » |
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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. |
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