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« Reply #60 on: October 14, 2014, 23:27:19 »
10. Gillingham.  Wink Cheesy Grin
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« Reply #61 on: October 14, 2014, 23:27:47 »
10 Gillingham? Oh Chris just got there first
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« Reply #62 on: October 14, 2014, 23:30:16 »
Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on October 14, 2014, 23:27:19
10. Gillingham.  Wink Cheesy Grin

Quote from: ellendune on October 14, 2014, 23:27:47
10 Gillingham? Oh Chris just got there first

Both correct! Half a point each!

But which is it? Guh or Juh?
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« Reply #63 on: October 14, 2014, 23:32:48 »
Gillingham, Kent is the soft 'G': Gillingham, Dorset is much harder.  Grin
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

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« Reply #64 on: October 14, 2014, 23:33:45 »
Yeh. Made of sterner stuff in Dorset!  Grin
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« Reply #65 on: October 14, 2014, 23:40:26 »
So 20=Rochester then.
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« Reply #66 on: October 14, 2014, 23:40:55 »
20- Chester.

Does the clue relate to the previous football club being City until someone screwed it up. The Phoenix club just being Chester?
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« Reply #67 on: October 15, 2014, 00:07:45 »
Quote from: stuving on October 14, 2014, 23:40:26
So 20=Rochester then.

Quote from: richwarwicker on October 14, 2014, 23:40:55
20- Chester.

Does the clue relate to the previous football club being City until someone screwed it up. The Phoenix club just being Chester?

stuving is correct. It's the signal box just outside Rochester station. So, sorry richwarwicker, no.

Rochester was a city from 1211 until 1998. It lost its city status due to an administrative error. It was four years until the error was discovered in 2002. The error came about when local government areas were changed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/england/1991827.stm

Attempts have been made by Rochester to recover city status, but thus far they've not been successful.


All that aside, and with apologies for the poor picture, it's an architecturally interesting signal box.  A better view (not my own), http://www.rail.co.uk/images/3105/original/rochester-signalbox-by-phil-marsh.jpg from the following web page:

http://www.rail.co.uk/rail-news/2012/southeastern-announces-may-timetable-alterations/
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« Reply #68 on: October 18, 2014, 10:10:06 »
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10. Gillingham.

Ah, I looked at that photo. I was convinced that it must be a terminating station because there appear to be roads on three sides of it so spent much time on Google Streetview looking at terminating stations in the south. Gave up after an hour.
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