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« on: June 10, 2023, 20:30:44 »
3 pictures today - but where?

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« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2023, 20:32:39 »
Thought from the thread title it was going to be a version of the old “Spot the Ball” competition.
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« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2023, 20:36:20 »
3 is the Weymouth little land train
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« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2023, 22:52:28 »
Quote from: Hal on June 10, 2023, 20:36:20
3 is the Weymouth little land train

Yes ... on the tramway to the Quayside
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« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2023, 23:12:09 »
I don't know where #2 is but it does remind me of a famous feminist slogan popularised (but not originally coined) by Gloria Steinem.
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« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2023, 06:24:31 »
Quote from: JayMac on June 10, 2023, 23:12:09
I don't know where #2 is but it does remind me of a famous feminist slogan popularised (but not originally coined) by Gloria Steinem.

I think I was brought up in a different universe and a (re)minder might be needed.  Am I alone?
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« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2023, 07:26:41 »
Quote from: grahame on June 11, 2023, 06:24:31
Quote from: JayMac on June 10, 2023, 23:12:09
I don't know where #2 is but it does remind me of a famous feminist slogan popularised (but not originally coined) by Gloria Steinem.

I think I was brought up in a different universe and a (re)minder might be needed.  Am I alone?

Think about slogans involving fish and bicycles, grahame…
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« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2023, 16:09:57 »
Quote from: JayMac on June 10, 2023, 23:12:09
I don't know where #2 is but it does remind me of a famous feminist slogan popularised (but not originally coined) by Gloria Steinem.


Really surprised that one (No. 2) wasn't identified straight away!
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« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2023, 17:31:01 »
Quote from: grahame on June 11, 2023, 16:09:57
Quote from: JayMac on June 10, 2023, 23:12:09
I don't know where #2 is but it does remind me of a famous feminist slogan popularised (but not originally coined) by Gloria Steinem.


Really surprised that one (No. 2) wasn't identified straight away!

Had to Google the quote, as I didn't know it offhand (other search engines are available).
If the station is THAT obvious, it must be Taunton, prior to all the platforms, etc!  Cry
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« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2023, 07:47:05 »
Completing the answers as we seem to have strayed away from the quiz

1. Rodwell (Rodwell itself on the Rodwell trail)
2. Mottisfont and Dunbridge
3. Weymouth (road replacement for the proper train on the quayside)
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« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2023, 10:34:50 »
Quote from: grahame on June 10, 2023, 22:52:28
Quote from: Hal on June 10, 2023, 20:36:20
3 is the Weymouth little land train

Yes ... on the tramway to the Quayside
On a normal road nowadays…
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