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« Reply #30 on: May 24, 2016, 19:45:49 »
Might be able to !
No1 Jeff
No2 Leon ?
No3 Clifton  (suspension bridge ). Grin.Should be Todd .
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« Reply #31 on: May 24, 2016, 21:14:54 »
No 2: Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, rapper/actor.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0524839/
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« Reply #32 on: May 25, 2016, 01:05:48 »
On that first one, it is actor Jeff Bridges, rapper Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges and actor Todd Bridges. Three Bridges

Folk of a certain age may remember Todd Bridges as Willis from US sitcom Diff'rent Strokes. Always being asked by his younger brother Arnold, ""Whatcha talkin bout, Willis?"

The rest are:

2. Fender Stratocaster guitar, US President Gerald Ford, atop Kerr Avon from Blake's 7. Stratford-upon-Avon

3. Writer/Director/Actor Woody Allen, singer Lily Allen, 1960s TV▸ (Thames Valley, or TeleVision, depending on context) Batman Adam West. Allens West

4. Fictional pilot and adventurer Biggles, some people having a wade. Biggleswade

5. Writer Raymond Chandler, Friends character Chandler Bing, journalist and TV newsreader Anna Ford. Chandler's Ford

6. Actor Don Warrington, a plane in a bank, cricketer Robert Key. Warrington Bank Quay

7. Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, the letter P, tennis player Andy Murray. Tonypandy

8. A tree, actor Forest Whitaker, a Volvo estate car. Treforest Estate

9. A red dish, illegal (alleged) arms dealer Oliver North. Reddish North

10. Golfer Arnold Palmer, actress Patsy Palmer, former F1 driver Jonathan Palmer, all tinted green. Palmers Green

11. Actor Robert Mitchum, Spaghetti Junction. Mitcham Junction

12. Actress Glenn Close, French station Gare du Nord, a knock at the door. Glengarnock
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