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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4081 Post by Wodrick » Wed May 17, 2023 10:11 pm

In a global sense not far from your house too ?

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#4082 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Wed May 17, 2023 10:14 pm

Correct.
The environment around the building should help you narrow it down.

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#4083 Post by talmacapt » Thu May 18, 2023 7:06 am

The scenery looks like it could be in Finland but I will go for Scotland.

An expensive hotel makes me think of Gleneagles.

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4084 Post by tango15 » Thu May 18, 2023 9:09 am

I am inclined to think the other side of the Atlantic - Newfoundland?

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4085 Post by Wodrick » Thu May 18, 2023 9:21 am

F3 says not too far from him (#4083) but one struggles to find an expensive hotel around there.

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4086 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Thu May 18, 2023 11:58 am

It is Newfoundland T15, and the water in the scene is the Atlantic.
Want to have a go at finding where?

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#4087 Post by tango15 » Thu May 18, 2023 12:25 pm

Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote:
Thu May 18, 2023 11:58 am
It is Newfoundland T15, and the water in the scene is the Atlantic.
Want to have a go at finding where?
Could it be Craggy Fogo Island, where I understand there is a very expensive hotel, as you mention?

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#4088 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Thu May 18, 2023 1:01 pm

Spot on!
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#4089 Post by tango15 » Thu May 18, 2023 2:49 pm

Thanks F3 - A bit busy at present to find and post a real brain-teaser, so OH

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4090 Post by tango15 » Thu May 18, 2023 5:13 pm

OK, so here's one. It won't last very long, I suspect, but having identified the location, does anyone know about the building's history?
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4091 Post by Woody » Thu May 18, 2023 5:42 pm

James Street Hotel Liverpool,formerly the offices of the White Star Line, owners of the Titanic.

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4092 Post by tango15 » Fri May 19, 2023 9:12 am

Woody wrote:
Thu May 18, 2023 5:42 pm
James Street Hotel Liverpool,formerly the offices of the White Star Line, owners of the Titanic.

Is that enough?
And indeed the reason why the Titanic was registered in Liverpool, although it never visited the city

10/10 Woody - over to you.

(As a slight aside, they had planned to call it the Titanic Hotel, but once they started working on the 100-year-old + building, it was realised that more work (= time and cost) would be required. They continued at a reduced pace, but in the meantime, another hotel group bought a former tobacco warehouse a bit further down the road, and its transition into a hotel was much more rapid, so they were able to use the name before the renovation of the White Star building was completed).

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4093 Post by Woody » Sun May 21, 2023 9:46 am

Been a bit slow posting a new challenge :(

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4094 Post by emjay » Mon May 22, 2023 5:48 am

The soulless "open plan" with token lollipop trees and trendy purple logo squiggle says it all...

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#4095 Post by Woody » Mon May 22, 2023 8:40 am

We have a winner ^:)^
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4096 Post by emjay » Mon May 22, 2023 11:24 am

The loss of a favourite watering hole.....
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Ancient thatch and forgetting to turn off the resturaunt breaker overnight don't mix.

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4097 Post by Ex-Ascot » Mon May 22, 2023 12:06 pm

Only searched the UK for thatch fire pub. Amazing how many there are but can't find this one.
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4098 Post by emjay » Mon May 22, 2023 12:42 pm

UK is correct - East Anglia to narrow it down. Circa 300yr heritage gone in just over an hour. Unlikely even an ersatz replacement will appear - despite Grade II listing, once it's gone, it's gone. The chain owners have already sold the site and moved on - doubtless a couple or three of executive 5 bed rabbit hutches will spring tastefully on the cleared site......

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4099 Post by FD2 » Mon May 22, 2023 8:31 pm

The Chequers at Pampisford, near Duxford? That pub was apparently demolished within a week, site sold and rubble left, so fits the clues. Locals not amused... X(

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4100 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Mon May 22, 2023 8:34 pm

It's on top of the road sign!

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