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1  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: In the spirit of 'Desert Island Discs' (BBC Radio 4 series) ... on: February 16, 2025, 22:38:27
Also in no particular order:

Genevieve
The Ladykillers
Way Out West
Oh, Mr Porter!
A Night to Remember
The Maltese Falcon
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Ice Cold in Alex
2  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: On the buses (Advent Quiz - day 14) on: December 15, 2024, 00:27:09
3 might be Swansea.
3  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Where was JayMac today, 30th October 2024? on: October 30, 2024, 22:02:05
Ingrow?
4  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Campaign for new reopened services - from disused platforms where on: September 22, 2024, 00:10:45
6 looks like Barry Island.
5  Journey by Journey / Shorter journeys in South and West Wales / Re: Wheels falls off heart of Wales line train on: September 02, 2024, 22:15:19
So the wheels didn't actually fall off the train.
6  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Second day at the seaside [2 of 2] on: August 21, 2024, 22:40:34
32. Barry Island
7  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Day at the seaside, anyone [1 of 2] on: August 21, 2024, 22:32:04
4. Torquay?
8  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: More line endings (batch 2 of 2) on: July 30, 2024, 23:00:00
15 - Bridgend.
9  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Levenshtein distance of 1 - a short journey? on: July 09, 2024, 22:43:34
Quote from: PhilWakely on July 09, 2024, 20:46:11
Get into the Tardis and you could have done Bath to Wath

And Paddington to Waddington.
10  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Levenshtein distance of 1 - a short journey? on: July 09, 2024, 22:32:21
Yarmouth to Barmouth anyone?
11  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Traditional Weekend "where's this?" Quiz on: May 19, 2024, 21:08:16
8 - Rhymney?
12  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Traditional Weekend "where's this?" Quiz on: May 18, 2024, 22:43:52
13 - Harpenden?
13  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Traditional Weekend "where's this?" Quiz on: May 17, 2024, 22:23:44
2 - Weymouth?
14  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Summer Sea and Sun - for a stormy January night on: January 21, 2024, 22:03:37
4 is Barry Island.
15  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Odd one out - AQ 16th December on: December 18, 2023, 08:52:00
Quote from: JayMac on December 17, 2023, 04:08:39
Quote from: Merthyr Imp on December 17, 2023, 00:40:36
2 Ulverston is the only one not to have featured in a TV▸ (Thames Valley, or TeleVision, depending on context) series or a film.

Series 2, episode 4 of Michael Portillo's Great Coastal Railway Journeys featured him at Ulverston station. Tongue

Perhaps I should have inserted the word fictional somewhere.
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