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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#3061 Post by 4mastacker » Wed Jun 19, 2019 12:41 pm

That church looks a bit Maltese.......... The Triton Fountain, Valletta?
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#3062 Post by om15 » Wed Jun 19, 2019 12:49 pm

Well done Stacker, we are in Valleta.

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#3063 Post by 4mastacker » Wed Jun 19, 2019 1:33 pm

Thank you OM.

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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#3064 Post by ian16th » Wed Jun 19, 2019 1:37 pm

om15 wrote:
Wed Jun 19, 2019 12:49 pm
Well done Stacker, we are in Valleta.

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Should have got that! It was where we got on/off the bus to/from Luqa.

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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#3065 Post by om15 » Thu Jun 20, 2019 2:00 pm

Looks French and Arab, will look somewhere down there.

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#3066 Post by 4mastacker » Thu Jun 20, 2019 4:36 pm

Quite a good assessment OM.
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#3067 Post by DBx » Fri Jun 21, 2019 10:57 am

So it's reasonable to assume we are looking in Morocco, Algeria or Tunisia then?

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#3068 Post by 4mastacker » Fri Jun 21, 2019 4:41 pm

Not unreasonable to assume that.

The place has had a bit of a troubled past and was the scene of activity in a major allied operation in WWII.
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#3069 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Fri Jun 21, 2019 5:11 pm

The Glory obelisk at Oran, I think, which commemorates the battle of Sidi Brahim
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#3070 Post by 4mastacker » Fri Jun 21, 2019 6:45 pm

Give that banana to Mr Fox.

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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#3071 Post by FD2 » Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:17 pm

If it's open house then here's another pub, but don't think it will last long.

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#3072 Post by FD2 » Sat Jun 22, 2019 10:55 am

South west of England. Not your run of the mill sort of pub.

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#3073 Post by FD2 » Sat Jun 22, 2019 8:06 pm

OH declared. It's Tucker's Grave near Radstock.

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#3074 Post by DBx » Sun Jun 23, 2019 10:45 am

To be fair FD you didn't exactly give us anything to go on. I didn't clock it despite having been in it, albeit many years ago.

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#3075 Post by FD2 » Sun Jun 23, 2019 11:11 am

I went there only once when we drove out from Bath about 1964. It was a real fleapit with dirty old armchairs and very strong scrumpy. Smelled like cat's piss and first pint a bit difficult to swallow, but the second went down very well. Usual stories were told about rats being used to help fermentation etc. At that point I was prevented from having any more, being young (under age legally) and unused to the stuff. I remember it was a suitably dark and misty winter's night though.

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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#3076 Post by Cpt_Pugwash » Sun Jun 23, 2019 12:28 pm

Artnoon all. Only just spotted this challenge, I drive past it often on the way to my daughters QTH.

The Tuckers Grave has smartened up its act a far bit, and now has a campsite attached. My local amateur radio club held a Pubs on the Air (POTA) special event radio station there recently.

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#3077 Post by DBx » Tue Jun 25, 2019 9:36 am

As it's OH try this:

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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#3078 Post by DBx » Tue Jun 25, 2019 11:32 pm

The building is a castle dating from the 11C which was extensively rebuilt after the Civil War. It suffered subsidence about 100 years ago due to coal mining in the area.

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#3079 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:23 am

TB says Bolsover!
Picture taken from Station Road.
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#3080 Post by fin » Wed Jun 26, 2019 1:00 am

Not a pub.
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