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« Reply #150 on: December 13, 2018, 11:22:52 »
Quote from: ellendune on December 13, 2018, 07:53:06
13.1  Corris on the Corris Railway

Quote from: brooklea on December 13, 2018, 11:07:28
13.3 reminds me of Bedwyn, and I wonder whether the ‘heritage’ photo for today might actually be the more recent than the ‘modern’ one?

It probably reminds you of Bedwyn because it is Bedwyn  Grin Grin

Both pictures are some 3 to 5 years old ... and I need to look back to see which is older!

I thought that Bedwyn picture might be very much more difficult ... well done indeed for spotting it!
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« Reply #151 on: December 14, 2018, 06:03:10 »
Friday, 14th December 2018 - the Coffee Shop Advent Quiz.

14.1 - Where was this picture taken?

14.2 - And in which year?

14.3 Where was this picture taken?
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« Reply #152 on: December 14, 2018, 08:10:18 »
Quote from: grahame on December 14, 2018, 06:03:10
Friday, 14th December 2018 - the Coffee Shop Advent Quiz.

14.1 - Where was this picture taken?


Wow. Really hit me. Stunning image.  Thank you to the donor.
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« Reply #153 on: December 14, 2018, 08:32:57 »
14.3 Southampton Central. I also can have a good guess at 14.1 & 14.2 and I am sure that others will get them easily
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« Reply #154 on: December 14, 2018, 09:05:13 »
14.1 Salisbury?.
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« Reply #155 on: December 14, 2018, 09:13:51 »
Quote from: rogerw on December 14, 2018, 08:32:57
14.3 Southampton Central. I also can have a good guess at 14.1 & 14.2 and I am sure that others will get them easily

It is indeed Southampton Central - the Fawley Forsester last summer showing how there'w a railway line that a passenger train can run on from Southampton to Tottom, Marchwood, Hythe and Fawley.  Probably one of the most strikingly obvious cases for re-introduction of a regular service ...

Quote from: Western Pathfinder on December 14, 2018, 09:05:13
14.1 Salisbury?.

Sorry, it ain't!
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« Reply #156 on: December 14, 2018, 09:49:52 »
14.1 Cardiff
14.2 1963
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« Reply #157 on: December 14, 2018, 13:31:43 »
14.1 is Taunton shed. I agree that it is an excellent photograph.
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« Reply #158 on: December 14, 2018, 13:39:51 »
I concur. Taunton in 14.1.

The Great Western Hotel (soon to reopen as a hotel) in the background on the other side of Station Road.
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« Reply #159 on: December 14, 2018, 13:56:02 »
What! Shock-Horror! Shocked Taunton as the answer to a Coffeeshop quiz question.  That's never happened before surely. Cheesy
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« Reply #160 on: December 15, 2018, 03:10:16 »
Saturday, 15th December 2018 - the Coffee Shop Advent Quiz.

15.1 - Where was this picture taken?

15.2 - And in which year?

15.3 Where was this picture taken?
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« Reply #161 on: December 15, 2018, 04:01:45 »
15.3 Severn Beach.

I have to say that I was impressed that Graham posted this question at about 3.20 in the morning (can't be entirely sure). The only excuse that I have for replying so quickly is that I am somewhere in the South Pacific, and decided to check my emails before going for dinner!
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« Reply #162 on: December 15, 2018, 05:26:44 »
15.1 Bristol Temple Meads.
15.3 Severn Beach.
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« Reply #163 on: December 15, 2018, 06:32:36 »
Quote from: Oxman on December 15, 2018, 04:01:45
15.3 Severn Beach.

I have to say that I was impressed that Graham posted this question at about 3.20 in the morning (can't be entirely sure). The only excuse that I have for replying so quickly is that I am somewhere in the South Pacific, and decided to check my emails before going for dinner!

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15.1 Bristol Temple Meads.
15.3 Severn Beach.

Both correct.

I am usually up for a few minutes in the middle of the night as Billy our greyhound needs to be let out to check the garden is still there.   But you are not usually in the South Pacific are you?   Sounds like you might be on a cruise ...

I noticed on a poster about timetable changes at Swindon last night that Severn Beach goes up to hourly on a Sunday from 31st March 2019.  Is this just for the summer, or all year?  Something new, or was it hourly last summer?
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« Reply #164 on: December 15, 2018, 08:27:57 »
I think Oxman should be disqualified for answering the advent question the day before it was asked.  Grin
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