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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#2161 Post by llondel » Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:16 pm

OK, keeping with the bridge theme. I deliberately left a clue in the picture.
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#2162 Post by Smeagol » Tue Aug 03, 2021 6:23 pm

I have a feeling that it just might be somewhere around London.
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#2163 Post by Opsboi » Tue Aug 03, 2021 6:46 pm

Smeagol wrote:
Tue Aug 03, 2021 6:23 pm
I have a feeling that it just might be somewhere around London.
I wonder if the clue leads us to the SW part of that metropolis

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#2164 Post by Smeagol » Tue Aug 03, 2021 7:19 pm

Opsboi wrote:
Tue Aug 03, 2021 6:46 pm
Smeagol wrote:
Tue Aug 03, 2021 6:23 pm
I have a feeling that it just might be somewhere around London.
I wonder if the clue leads us to the SW part of that metropolis
I thought so too, but cannot find a footbridge adjacent to tennis courts in that area.
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#2165 Post by llondel » Tue Aug 03, 2021 7:42 pm

The tennis court wasn't the clue :)

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#2166 Post by llondel » Tue Aug 03, 2021 8:16 pm

There are apparently 156 above-ground stations on the London Underground.

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#2167 Post by Cpt_Pugwash » Tue Aug 03, 2021 8:18 pm

llondel wrote:
Tue Aug 03, 2021 7:42 pm
The tennis court wasn't the clue :)
So it's not Wimbledon then! :-)

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#2168 Post by Opsboi » Tue Aug 03, 2021 11:30 pm

llondel wrote:
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The tennis court wasn't the clue :)
Doh!

Hadn't spotted the LU logo

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#2169 Post by DBx » Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:30 am

Had an idle 10 mins before turning in, spotted it was a four track set up with an island platform on the LU line so started looking in the Dagenham area and found Elm Park station on the District Line. Nothing ready so must say OH if correct.

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#2170 Post by llondel » Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:43 am

I was wondering how you arrived at four tracks, but I guess it's the width of the bridge. Two District Line tracks and a couple of mainline ones heading off to Upminster and Sarfend/Shoeburyness.

It is indeed Elm Park Station. I used to walk to school across that bridge. Back then there was a clear view of the station itself, the greenery has grown up a lot since.

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#2171 Post by DBx » Thu Aug 05, 2021 2:00 pm

Since my last post I've found this. Can you?

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#2172 Post by Smeagol » Thu Aug 05, 2021 5:43 pm

I can!

Biddenden, Kent

The sign reflects the Biddenden Maids, allegedly conjoined twins born in the village in 1100. (Or so Wiki tells me)
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#2173 Post by DBx » Fri Aug 06, 2021 12:40 am

All yours Smeagol, well done!

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#2174 Post by Smeagol » Fri Aug 06, 2021 11:05 am

Thank you DBx. Change of topic this time.
Where is this house, being admired by Mrs S, which was the residence of a quite well known artist? And for a bonus point who was he?
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#2175 Post by om15 » Fri Aug 06, 2021 12:34 pm

I think that we are in St Ives, at the former house of Alfred Wallis.

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#2176 Post by Ex-Ascot » Fri Aug 06, 2021 1:20 pm

om15 wrote:
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I think that we are in St Ives, at the former house of Alfred Wallis.
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#2177 Post by Smeagol » Fri Aug 06, 2021 3:31 pm

Thought that might not last long, well found om15. I shall be a few miles away in Penzance next week but will probably avoid St Ives at this time of year, full of emmets (holiday makers, trippers, etc.). St Ives is best visited 'out of season'.

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#2178 Post by om15 » Fri Aug 06, 2021 7:54 pm

Thank you, back to pubs,
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#2179 Post by om15 » Sat Aug 07, 2021 7:07 am

Good morning, here is a view of the side of the pub, but it does show the buildings in front as a clue.

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#2180 Post by talmacapt » Sat Aug 07, 2021 10:06 am

New boy here, I joined because I used to live about a km from Biddenden.
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