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« on: November 09, 2023, 12:25:12 »
This photo of an plant nursery by way of apology for my recent too puzzling 'Where was I' involving Montpelier Station...

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« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2023, 13:16:02 »
This looks like the railway overbridge at the junction of Connection Road & Lower Bristol Road in Twerton.
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« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2023, 14:13:46 »
Yup! I was wondering if it was at the west end of the raised bit at Twerton which it sort of is. There was a team working on one of the strange little houses beneath the structure there too including external pointing. I suspect the intention wasn't to turn it back into a dwelling though.

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« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2023, 14:46:37 »
Quote from: Mark A on November 09, 2023, 12:25:12
This photo of an plant nursery by way of apology for my recent too puzzling 'Where was I' involving Montpelier Station...

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can't be any more puzzling! No photo appears.
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« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2023, 15:21:48 »
Ah, it was visible earlier but not now. The image is hosted on Postimages - here's its address, which isn't going to help as it will not load from *that* at the moment so perhaps Postimages has an issue.

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« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2023, 15:23:30 »
Now present again.
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