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« Reply #15 on: August 22, 2024, 07:47:26 »
Following correctly identified:

1. Severn Beach - johnneyw
2. Lymington Pier - stuving
5. Gosport - Chris from Nailsea
6. Hamble - TonyN
7. Brighton - Worcester_Passenger
8. Penzance - GBM
9. Gohren - eightonedee
10. West Bay - bradshaw
12. Portsmouth and Southsea - MVR S&T▸ (Signalling and Telegraph)
14. Faro - Timmer
15. St Ives - PhilWakely
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« Reply #16 on: August 22, 2024, 08:23:20 »
11. Newquay.
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« Reply #17 on: August 22, 2024, 08:55:13 »
3. Exmouth
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« Reply #18 on: August 22, 2024, 11:06:00 »
It's been 24 hours since my previous attempt so I'll have a stab at number 4 which I think is Torquay.


Edit: I've just noticed that Merthyr Imp has already suggested the same yesterday.
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« Reply #19 on: August 22, 2024, 11:35:25 »
4. Weston-super-Mare
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« Reply #20 on: August 22, 2024, 12:27:35 »
Dammit!  I should have identified that one, as well.  Roll Eyes
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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 #21 on: August 22, 2024, 12:45:57 »
Quote from: johnneyw on August 22, 2024, 11:06:00
It's been 24 hours since my previous attempt so I'll have a stab at number 4 which I think is Torquay.


Edit: I've just noticed that Merthyr Imp has already suggested the same yesterday.

Quote from: brooklea on August 22, 2024, 11:35:25
4. Weston-super-Mare

Yep, it's Weston  Cheesy
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« Reply #22 on: August 23, 2024, 09:44:23 »
And that leaves just these two beauties for anyone to identify

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« Reply #23 on: August 23, 2024, 10:23:21 »
16. Siracusa.
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« Reply #24 on: August 24, 2024, 05:55:51 »
1. Severn Beach - johnneyw
2. Lymington Pier - stuving
3. Exmouth - Bob_Blakey
4. Weston-super-Mare - brooklea
5. Gosport - Chris from Nailsea
6. Hamble - TonyN
7. Brighton - Worcester_Passenger
8. Penzance - GBM
9. Gohren - eightonedee
10. West Bay - bradshaw
11. Newquay - Western Pathfinder
12. Portsmouth and Southsea - MVR S&T▸ (Signalling and Telegraph)
14. Faro - Timmer
15. St Ives - PhilWakely
16. Siracusa - stuving

And just the one left - anyone?

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« Reply #25 on: August 25, 2024, 09:35:31 »
Quote from: grahame on August 24, 2024, 05:55:51
And just the one left - anyone?

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Newhaven Town - astonished that no-one said that!
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« Reply #26 on: August 25, 2024, 10:55:27 »
Sorry about that, grahame.  Embarrassed

I had discounted Newhaven as a possibility because the railway line closed in 1956:

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The village was once connected by the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway to Edinburgh and Leith, but the line closed in 1956. The station building and platform still exists off Trinity Crescent. Other stations also existed at the end of Annfield and on Craighall Road.

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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 #27 on: August 25, 2024, 21:47:16 »
I looked at Newhaven on Google street view but the nearby flats have black window frames. The flats in Graham's picture must be the more distant ones still under construction in the 2023 dated Google street view.
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« Reply #28 on: August 25, 2024, 22:22:51 »
Ah - that's the Newhaven grahame meant.  Roll Eyes
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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.

"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
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