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« on: October 03, 2016, 14:56:29 »
This odd little spot is accessed directly from the platform, via two or three steps. But where is it?
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« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2016, 19:08:56 »
Droitwich Spa.

I have a similar picture saved somewhere.
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« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2016, 21:23:50 »
Blimey; there was me thinking it was too obscure...

Give that man a ceegar!
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« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2016, 22:39:05 »
Me too - photographed in 1995.
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« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2016, 22:45:00 »
My flabber is absolutely ghasted, yet again, at the incredibly wide railway knowledge of bignosemac.  Shocked Roll Eyes 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 #5 on: October 03, 2016, 23:47:51 »
Mine too (flabber, that is).

I see my estimate of 'two or three steps' didn't allow for optimism bias.

The trees have grown up a fair bit since 1995!

Anyone know the point of this feature?
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« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2016, 23:59:07 »
I can't find my picture. Took it 4 years ago if I remember right. It's on a memory card somewhere I suspect. I remember  when taking it I thought to myself, that'll make a good forum quiz picture.

I asked station staff at the time what the busts were all about. "No idea, mate" was the reply I got.
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