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« on: October 28, 2024, 21:47:23 »
10 pictures at dusk or after. Can you recognise any?   These are not easy - it's not a traditional quiz, so please feel free so chip in with several identifications each

1. Penxance (England) - JayMac


2. Berlin (Germany) - plymothonian


3. Swansea (Wales) - brooklea


4. Świętokrzyska metro station, Warszawa. (Poland) - stuving


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6. Motherwell (Scotland) - stuving


7. Faro (Portugal) - Timmer


8. Milan Central (Italy) - stuving


9. Odense (Denmark) - eightonedee


10. (Ireland) - Chris from Nailsea - but where in Ireland?
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« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2024, 21:48:59 »
1. Penzance
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« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2024, 21:52:01 »
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« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2024, 21:55:03 »
I think 3. is Bristol Temple Meads.  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2024, 22:21:42 »
9 - Odense, Denmark (I think)
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« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2024, 22:31:12 »
10.  Ireland.  (That's as close as I can get)  Embarrassed
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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 #6 on: October 29, 2024, 00:45:58 »
I feel I should know 6. - but I can't put a name to it.  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 #7 on: October 29, 2024, 01:03:08 »
Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on October 29, 2024, 00:45:58
I feel I should know 6. - but I can't put a name to it.  Roll Eyes

Motherwell?
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« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2024, 01:14:13 »
Quote from: stuving on October 29, 2024, 01:03:08
Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on October 29, 2024, 00:45:58
I feel I should know 6. - but I can't put a name to it.  Roll Eyes

Motherwell?

No: that's not at all what I was thinking.  Lips sealed
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« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2024, 07:58:39 »
Some good and correct answers there which I have cut in to the original quiz.  The quiz is a European one - 10 pictures in 10 different countries which is why I expect some to be very difficult in addition to the dark.
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« Reply #10 on: October 29, 2024, 08:14:50 »
I think 3. maybe Swansea, but not certain.
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« Reply #11 on: October 29, 2024, 12:59:18 »
Sometimes, perhaps, the obvious answer is the right one - 8. Milan Centrale.
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« Reply #12 on: October 29, 2024, 15:54:08 »
Melksham and Taunton HAVE to be in there somewhere  Tongue
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« Reply #13 on: October 29, 2024, 16:03:36 »
Quote from: GBM on October 29, 2024, 15:54:08
Melksham and Taunton HAVE to be in there somewhere  Tongue

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« Reply #14 on: October 29, 2024, 19:56:59 »
2 might be Berlin.
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