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« on: May 22, 2019, 14:10:18 »
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/may/22/can-you-guess-the-british-city-from-the-vintage-travel-poster
They're all rail apart from one which is trams – and many of them are guessable from the regions or groups without recognizing the places!
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« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2019, 14:17:55 »
12/14... slightly disappointed in that!
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« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2019, 14:59:48 »
Another 12 - not too disappointed (one I missed could be anywhere!)
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« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2019, 15:32:39 »
12/14 too ... not unhappy with that.  Too busy laughing towards the end at the idea of the "Historic City of Milton Keynes" ...
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« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2019, 15:59:14 »
And another 12! Ought to have known the two failures.
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« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2019, 16:51:16 »
One more. Couldn’t tell Glasgow from Portsmouth!
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« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2019, 17:42:07 »
Ditto, 13/14. Portsmouth/Glasgow had me as well. Annoying as I was at College at Portsmouth in the 60s
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« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2019, 18:25:56 »
11/14. Yes I fell early at Portsmouth/Glasgow too. I'm very relieved I got my home city right, that might have been a bit embarrassing to slip up there.
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« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2019, 18:32:08 »
13/14 pleased with the score.
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« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2019, 19:09:34 »
12/14.  Glasgow has “coastal sights”?  Presumably with high powered binoculars...

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« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2019, 19:22:57 »
Taking the ferry from Glasgow to Greenock and Rothesay was popular attraction, hence the coastal sights.
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« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2019, 19:47:03 »
This thread isn't what I expected when I read "vintage rail poster". Maybe that's a side effect of being a ...
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« Reply #12 on: May 22, 2019, 19:56:30 »
Thought the subject heading referred to one of us.
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« Reply #13 on: May 22, 2019, 20:23:19 »
13/14 - I got the first one (Brighton) wrong. 
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« Reply #14 on: May 22, 2019, 22:01:26 »
12/14 for me (got Brighton and Glasgow wrong). Thanks for posting it.
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