The Capetonian WOE Thread
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Sorry no - can't pin that one down yet - as I've never had the pleasure of a visit! Better check Google Maps I think.
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Checking the Newark Tunnel and Holland Tunnel entrances when I get back from the dog's walk.
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Enjoy your walkies.
Remember the date clue.
I'm off to bed.
Remember the date clue.
I'm off to bed.
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My 'Newark Tunnel' turns out to be a bridge - ho hum. This is the entrance to the Holland Tunnel in Soho, Lower Manhattan.
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We used to go through a tunnel when we went from JFK to the Bershire Hotel in VC10/DC10 days.
Not sure of the name, but it may have been the mid town tunnel.
It were many years ago.
Came out near the 50s streets.
Not sure of the name, but it may have been the mid town tunnel.
It were many years ago.
Came out near the 50s streets.
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You have it, opened 95 years ago today.
The hardest bit was the ventilation system - cars produced a lot more carbon monoxide in those days.
You have control
The hardest bit was the ventilation system - cars produced a lot more carbon monoxide in those days.
You have control
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Thank you. Here's a statue of a horse and rider. Where is it, apart from on a plinth?
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A clue: Both had particularly long noses but the rider's was remarked upon in 'society' at the time.
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Duke of Wellington at Blenheim Palace?
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The right man but further north than that. Don't be fooled by the cleaned up buildings!
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Does this help?
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Final clue: anyone who has any family history in Scotland will find their records in the building behind.
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I'm surprised it hasn't been burned down yet, then
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It's in Edinburgh, it's on Princes Street and the record building is called the National Records of Scotland.
My (late) father and his ancestors are, possibly, registered there.
If I haven't put one up first, someone else feel free to put one up.
My (late) father and his ancestors are, possibly, registered there.
If I haven't put one up first, someone else feel free to put one up.
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Yes talmacapt, it's Edinburgh, at the top of Princes Street, opposite what's now known as The Balmoral Hotel. Wellington's Statue sits on the pavement outside General Register House.
As the grime of many years soot and dirt from the chimneys of Auld Reekie is cleaned from the Georgian buildings we can appreciate them better.
OH declared.
As the grime of many years soot and dirt from the chimneys of Auld Reekie is cleaned from the Georgian buildings we can appreciate them better.
OH declared.
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We can appreciate them better than in Georgian times, as although there was little soot then, the roads, such as they were, were knee deep in horse poop.
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And the human stuff - "Gardyloo!"
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gardyloo and https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gardyloo
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gardyloo and https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gardyloo
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#3798 OH declared.