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« Reply #120 on: December 22, 2017, 06:18:41 »
Last full working day up to Christmas ...
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« Reply #121 on: December 22, 2017, 07:27:43 »
Is It Bath?

Merry Christmas All.

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« Reply #122 on: December 22, 2017, 09:08:56 »
Ulverston?
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« Reply #123 on: December 22, 2017, 09:17:43 »
Neither Ulverston nor Bath Spa I'm afraid - in fact probably not even a practical day trip from either!
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« Reply #124 on: December 22, 2017, 09:18:40 »
T'aint Yeovil Pen Mill.
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« Reply #125 on: December 22, 2017, 09:25:45 »
Scarborough the excursion platform ?.
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« Reply #126 on: December 22, 2017, 09:29:10 »
Quote from: martyjon on December 22, 2017, 09:18:40
T'aint Yeovil Pen Mill.

Correct. T'aint  Grin

Quote from: Western Pathfinder on December 22, 2017, 09:25:45
Scarborough the excursion platform ?.

Yes 'tis.

The longest bench in the UK▸ (United Kingdom) ...
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« Reply #127 on: December 22, 2017, 16:06:40 »
Quote from: grahame on December 22, 2017, 09:29:10
The longest railway station bench in the UK▸ (United Kingdom) ...

Fixed that for ya.  Wink

http://www.visitlittlehampton.co.uk/things-to-do/the-long-bench/
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« Reply #128 on: December 22, 2017, 16:12:53 »
Quote from: bignosemac on December 22, 2017, 16:06:40
Quote from: grahame on December 22, 2017, 09:29:10
The longest railway station bench in the UK▸ (United Kingdom) ...

Fixed that for ya.  Wink

http://www.visitlittlehampton.co.uk/things-to-do/the-long-bench/



Thanks ... guess I was using an old source (my own memory) ... the Littlehampton thing only dates from 2010.
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« Reply #129 on: December 23, 2017, 08:17:09 »
For Christmas Eve Eve ...
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« Reply #130 on: December 23, 2017, 16:12:46 »
Borth?
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« Reply #131 on: December 23, 2017, 16:35:47 »
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Borth?

Yes - and how appropriate for Welshman to know that!
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« Reply #132 on: December 23, 2017, 17:50:18 »
Not sure about this "Advent" business but now that we're definitely in the season of goodwill, Merry Christmas to all from Taplow! (.....and Plymouth, whom I have just watched win 4-1, truly it must be Christmas!!!)  Smiley
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« Reply #133 on: December 23, 2017, 18:19:59 »
Only wishing people from Taplow and Plymouth a merry Christmas?   Wink

I was at the game too. Best I've seen Argyle play this season.
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« Reply #134 on: December 23, 2017, 19:05:08 »
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Yes - and how appropriate for Welshman to know that!

Not far from my ancestral part of the world. 

Quite an imposing station for such a small village.    See here.

Was used as a location in the Hinterland TV▸ (Thames Valley, or TeleVision, depending on context) series.

Dovey Junction, of no road to the station fame, is in the far distance to the North East across the flatlands which surround the Dovey Estuary.
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