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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4021 Post by Opsboi » Fri Mar 17, 2023 9:34 pm

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good guess, but no.
Maniitsoq also has paved streets.
Other side of the icecap.
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4022 Post by Smeagol » Fri Mar 17, 2023 9:37 pm

OK, try Kulusuk, that does not have paved roads , and is on east side of Greenland.
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#4023 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Fri Mar 17, 2023 10:22 pm

Kulusuk it is.
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I note Kulusuk doesn't have a single betting shop, poundland, cheap takeaway, pawnbrokers, charity shop, estate agents, or halal butchers.
I note Penge has nothing but the above!


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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4024 Post by Smeagol » Fri Mar 17, 2023 11:23 pm

Thanks Fox3

The building below is internationally renowned and, according to some, one of the most beautiful buildings of its' type in the world.

Can't see it myself.
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#4025 Post by 4mastacker » Fri Mar 17, 2023 11:30 pm

Thought that might be the City Council offices in Norwich, but then realised i was wrong cos the place in that photo is too tidy.
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#4026 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Sat Mar 18, 2023 12:31 am

Couldn't be Norwich, it hevn't gotta loight, boy ;)))

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4027 Post by talmacapt » Sat Mar 18, 2023 6:01 am

Looks to me like the side entrance to Helsinki railway station.

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4028 Post by Smeagol » Sat Mar 18, 2023 3:25 pm

It is indeed Helsinki railway station. Don't think it is particularly stunning architecturally myself, but then my opinion of architects : Structural engineers with their brains kicked out.

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#4029 Post by talmacapt » Sat Mar 18, 2023 8:01 pm

Must say I agree with you Smeagol.

I am currently over a thousand kilometres to the north (of Helsinki railway station), close to the Norwegian and Russian borders.

It is probably simpler to declare open house as I haven't any photographs, except those on my phone, to post.

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#4030 Post by Hydromet » Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:46 pm

I knew I'd seen a picture of it recently. It was on a show called, I think, 'Architecture the Railways Built'. From memory, its claim to fame is that the clock tower is one of the earliest examples of art deco architecture.

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4031 Post by Woody » Mon Mar 20, 2023 8:05 am

Another architectural gem of a train station :-o

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4032 Post by talmacapt » Mon Mar 20, 2023 2:26 pm

Reading, UK.

O/H, if correct.

Warm day today, -6, but will be -20 overnight.

Start south tomorrow, should reach home about Friday.

Normally take the train, with car, but Finnish railways are on indefinite strike.

Will be able to post then instead of O/H.

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#4033 Post by Woody » Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:22 pm

Talmacapt is correct :-bd
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4034 Post by PHXPhlyer » Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:35 pm

Woody wrote:
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Another architectural gem of a train station :-o

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Looks like the roof was designed to double as a ski jump.
Do they get enough snow there for that?
Also, the landing area might be a problem. :-?

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4035 Post by Smeagol » Tue Mar 28, 2023 8:13 pm

As it is OH and to avoid this thread sliding too far down page 1, I'll post something.

The 'something' is another piece of statuary. Where is it and who is it depicting.
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#4036 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Tue Mar 28, 2023 8:49 pm

I believe that's Sir Humphry Davy, inventor of the miner's safety lamp (in his right hand), commemorated in the Market Square in Penzance.
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#4037 Post by G~Man » Tue Mar 28, 2023 8:55 pm

Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote:
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I believe that's Sir Humphry Davy, inventor of the miner's safety lamp (in his right hand), commemorated in the Market Square in Penzance.
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I do believe you are correct---you beat me to it..... I will take the OH:

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4038 Post by Smeagol » Tue Mar 28, 2023 8:56 pm

You are correct Fox3, bloody quick of you! I am currently in a pub not 30 yards from that very statue.

OH has been declared.

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4039 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Tue Mar 28, 2023 11:20 pm

My dad's side of the family is Cornish, from around there. His great uncle was a tin miner.

..and I do know where that is, G-Man, but I'll opt out as I would have to declare OH again.

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4040 Post by Hydromet » Wed Mar 29, 2023 1:36 am

Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote:
Tue Mar 28, 2023 11:20 pm
My dad's side of the family is Cornish, from around there. His great uncle was a tin miner.

..and I do know where that is, G-Man, but I'll opt out as I would have to declare OH again.
Off topic, but...
There was an influx of Cornish tin miners to South Australian mines around Burra, and from there to other mines around Australia. They were known as "cousin Jacks", and somewhere, I have a book about them.

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