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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#3981 Post by Hydromet » Thu Feb 16, 2023 8:54 pm

Based on Ex-Ascot's idea, I would have said Gunnison River. Was there last year and looked very similar.

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#3982 Post by G~Man » Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:20 pm

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Based on Ex-Ascot's idea, I would have said Gunnison River. Was there last year and looked very similar.
Not there, wrong State, go North West. I was working a fire on the Caribou Targhee National Forest. Between the 2 and 3 minute mark on this video......huge hints

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#3983 Post by Ex-Ascot » Sat Feb 18, 2023 8:18 am

Ouachita National Forest?
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#3984 Post by G~Man » Sat Feb 18, 2023 6:31 pm

Nope, it is on the border of the Caribou-Targhee National Forest and the Bridget-Teton National Forest. On the border of Idaho and Wyoming.
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#3985 Post by llondel » Fri Feb 24, 2023 3:14 am

Hydromet wrote:
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Did you get your Master's ticket yet?
You can marry people then!
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When I ran river rafting trips I told clients that as master of the craft, I could perform marriages, but they were only valid for the duration of the voyage.
Did you have bonk beds on board for the lucky couples?

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#3986 Post by Hydromet » Fri Feb 24, 2023 7:02 am

llondel wrote:
Fri Feb 24, 2023 3:14 am
Hydromet wrote:
Wed Feb 15, 2023 9:10 pm
Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote:
Wed Feb 15, 2023 6:19 pm
Did you get your Master's ticket yet?
You can marry people then!
(and bury my old jokes ;))) )
When I ran river rafting trips I told clients that as master of the craft, I could perform marriages, but they were only valid for the duration of the voyage.
Did you have bonk beds on board for the lucky couples?
Not a lot of room for bonk beds on a 4m raft, but love will find a way.😁

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#3987 Post by Ex-Ascot » Mon Mar 13, 2023 12:04 pm

Having a thread resurrection morning. Do not want Mike's thread to be lost. More clues required please.
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#3988 Post by DBx » Mon Mar 13, 2023 1:18 pm

OK Ex A, have a go at this one:


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This complex was built in Victorian times as a boarding school for children of the very poor - one pupil who lived here for a couple of years later became a VERY well known film star who's picture you would all immediately recognise should I post one. The school closed after about 90 years and many of the buildings were demolished leaving it as the picture. It is still in active use today being well used by the local community.

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#3989 Post by tango15 » Mon Mar 13, 2023 1:54 pm

I think this might be the Dr Barnado's home in Kingston upon Thames, where Leslie Thomas spent part of his childhood. I remember this, because he was one of my favourite authors at the time.

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#3990 Post by DBx » Mon Mar 13, 2023 2:57 pm

Not Leslie Thomas or Kingston (although it is in the UK)

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#3991 Post by tango15 » Mon Mar 13, 2023 4:31 pm

OK. On reflection, the building looks a bit industrial. Is it oop north somewhere?

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#3992 Post by talmacapt » Mon Mar 13, 2023 5:31 pm

The brickwork reminds me of Birmingham University, Edgbaston, perhaps it is near there.

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#3993 Post by DBx » Mon Mar 13, 2023 5:48 pm

It's never had an industrial use. The location is not too far from tango15's guess, you could get to it from there by bus (with one change).

One scene from a well known British film featuring a dancer was filmed in this building.

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#3994 Post by Opsboi » Mon Mar 13, 2023 5:56 pm

Is it Tooting Bec (Joan Collins)?

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#3995 Post by Smeagol » Mon Mar 13, 2023 8:40 pm

Would this be the current Hanwell Community Centre? And would a certain Charles Chaplin have been an inmate when it was a pauper's school?
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#3996 Post by DBx » Mon Mar 13, 2023 9:32 pm

Exactly right Smeagol, Charlie Chaplin lived in there when it was known as the Central London District school with his brother Sydney for two years around 1896. The film with a scene filmed there was Billy Elliot.

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#3997 Post by Smeagol » Mon Mar 13, 2023 9:59 pm

Try this one. I'm sure you can all know the type of flying machine pictured but where is the airfield? No clues yet because there may be one or two here that may just recognise the, very limited, surroundings to identify it.
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#3998 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Mon Mar 13, 2023 10:30 pm

Tresco on the Scilly Isles?

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#3999 Post by G~Man » Mon Mar 13, 2023 10:31 pm

Stornaway?
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#4000 Post by FD2 » Mon Mar 13, 2023 10:56 pm

St Mary's, Isles of Scilly.

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