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« Reply #15 on: November 07, 2010, 22:07:46 »
I'd like to guess number 4.. but Chris From Nailsea might find it all too stressful.. I'll just think it in my head instead  Roll Eyes Grin
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« Reply #16 on: November 07, 2010, 22:14:48 »
I am completely 'stress-free' about 4, Jo: it isn't Taunton - not by a long way!  Grin
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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 #17 on: November 07, 2010, 22:45:43 »
phew.. as long as you're sure..  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #18 on: November 07, 2010, 23:02:18 »
Oh, yes: in terms of distance, Jo, grahame's picture 4 is a live pylon mile from Taunton ...  Wink
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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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« Reply #19 on: November 07, 2010, 23:13:18 »
(Hand bolt upright and bouncing in my seat)

Sir, sir, me sir. I know it sir!!!

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« Reply #20 on: November 07, 2010, 23:27:36 »
Please tell.. It is all just TOO exciting  Grin
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« Reply #21 on: November 07, 2010, 23:33:41 »
I'm not allowed, I've already had one go!
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« Reply #22 on: November 08, 2010, 03:40:58 »
Quote from: bignosemac on November 07, 2010, 23:33:41
I'm not allowed, I've already had one go!

Now "open season" ... 24 hours are up ... feel free to post answers and guesses for 2, 4 and 6.

Although I called this a "classic" quiz, it struck me as unusual when I looked back that not one of the pictures features a First train ...
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« Reply #23 on: November 08, 2010, 12:08:15 »
4: Yeovil Pen Mill

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« Reply #24 on: November 08, 2010, 12:28:43 »
No 6 looks suspiciously like a Faresaver minibus to me...

I may be classed as cheating here, but I remember you mentioning to me that Faresaver took over part of a key bus route near Melksham...

Perhaps you went to see a family member near Calne...?? Wink

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« Reply #25 on: November 08, 2010, 14:06:10 »
Yes, number 4 is indeed at Yeovil Pen Mill

And number 6 is indeed on a Faresaver bus ... actually the Chippenham to Melksham route; having arrived at Chippenham at about 13:10 (12:00 from Paddington), I wasn't about to hang around until 19:01 for the next TransWilts service, so I walked through Chippenham (the bus doesn't call at the station, of course!), waited for the 13:52 bus, and got back to Melksham at 14:20, noting wryly:
a) There were 20 people on the bus, all but three of whom were through Chippenham to Melksham passengers and
b) It had taken me as long to cover the finaly 6 miles to Melksham as I had taken to to the 94 miles from London

No. 2, Anyone? Surely someone knows where "Railway Center" is  Wink
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« Reply #26 on: November 08, 2010, 17:51:21 »
Quote from: TerminalJunkie on November 08, 2010, 12:08:15
4: Yeovil Pen Mill

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I've been out all day and come back to what I hope will be my one bit of pleasure on the forum in answering Number 4 - only to have it cruelly taken away from me. You are a cad and a bounder TJ!!!!

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Quote from: chris from nailsea on November 07, 2010, 23:02:18
Oh, yes: in terms of distance, Jo, grahame's picture 4 is a live pylon mile from Taunton ...  Wink
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« Reply #27 on: November 08, 2010, 22:07:43 »
Quote from: bignosemac on November 08, 2010, 17:51:21
Note to johoare:  It was an anagram in CfN's post:
Quote from: chris from nailsea on November 07, 2010, 23:02:18
Oh, yes: in terms of distance, Jo, grahame's picture 4 is a live pylon mile from Taunton ...  Wink
Oh dear to me being very stupid.. several times over  Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Grin
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« Reply #28 on: November 09, 2010, 14:06:25 »
I think I should take stock. Radical hinting may be needed for number 2!
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« Reply #29 on: November 09, 2010, 15:55:55 »
Why do I continue to get the feeling i've seen something very similar to No 2. in Totnes...??!
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