The Capetonian WOE Thread

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#3881 Post by Ex-Ascot » Fri Dec 23, 2022 12:34 pm

Sorry for the delay. Been in town. Woody has it. I don't recognise it at all.
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#3882 Post by Woody » Fri Dec 23, 2022 12:55 pm

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Bit of a clue, the original is probably on tv over the holidays :-?
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#3883 Post by Wodrick » Fri Dec 23, 2022 2:28 pm

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Sorry for the delay. Been in town. Woody has it. I don't recognise it at all.
It's around the net and from a strange angle, if the Little Gem was visible you would have got it.
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#3884 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Fri Dec 23, 2022 3:47 pm

I believe we are in the Disney's Hollywood Studios lot of Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL., here
28.356418405388236, -81.5580477321841
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#3885 Post by Woody » Fri Dec 23, 2022 4:36 pm

O/H it is then ^:)^
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#3886 Post by Smeagol » Sat Dec 24, 2022 11:28 pm

To keep this thread alive try this:
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It is a 30+ year old photograph but archway still looks the same.
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#3887 Post by CharlieOneSix » Sat Dec 24, 2022 11:49 pm

That's the arch in Fettercairn with the Ramsay Arms Hotel visible to the left and through the arch. It's just a 15 minute drive from my house. They narrowed the road through the arch with kerbs to only allow cars but so much damage was done to car wheels they have widened it a bit again. During one of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s many visits to their Scottish retreat at Balmoral Castle, the couple elected to stay overnight in Fettercairn. To celebrate their arrival the arch was constructed at the western entrance to the village. Fettercairn distillery is worth a visit if you are ever in these parts.

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#3888 Post by Smeagol » Sat Dec 24, 2022 11:51 pm

Fettercairn it is (didn't last long!) as correctly identified by C16.

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#3889 Post by llondel » Sun Dec 25, 2022 4:18 am

How about this one?
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#3890 Post by llondel » Sun Dec 25, 2022 6:23 pm

OK, perhaps it's too hard. The view would have been very different 20 years ago, so you might have to guess what was there before.

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#3891 Post by Wodrick » Sun Dec 25, 2022 6:47 pm

Would England be a place to start ?

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#3892 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Sun Dec 25, 2022 6:55 pm

I've seen the view before, and I'm struggling to remember where.
Some kind of renewal scheme, maybe student accommodation on an old steelworks.
Wodrick's right, England is correct, I think.

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#3893 Post by llondel » Sun Dec 25, 2022 7:46 pm

England is the correct place to start, yes.

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#3894 Post by 4mastacker » Mon Dec 26, 2022 11:06 am

Would that be a seat of learning? UEA in Norwich?
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#3895 Post by llondel » Mon Dec 26, 2022 3:58 pm

Not a seat of learning. This will probably give it away though:it does have a sporting connection.

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#3896 Post by DBx » Tue Dec 27, 2022 12:21 pm

Think I may have cracked it - is it Highbury, the former home of Arsenal FC as it is now ie converted to flats?

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#3897 Post by llondel » Tue Dec 27, 2022 4:44 pm

Yes, that's the place. DBx to kick off next.

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#3898 Post by DBx » Tue Dec 27, 2022 4:53 pm

Thanks. Here's another:

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#3899 Post by G~Man » Tue Dec 27, 2022 5:46 pm

Being as I am nautically minded these days, I remember seeing something about this on my news feed, yes even over here on the other side of the pond. I felt I had to look it up, really cool history, but I will recuse myself having looked it up in detail.....
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#3900 Post by 1DC » Wed Dec 28, 2022 10:23 am

Looks like a time ball tower but where.

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