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« on: August 21, 2024, 17:26:51 »
More "can you recognise these seaside/beach nearby locations" - all my pictures again.  One each please for the first 24 hours - that's in addition to one in the first batch if you like.

17. Falmouth Town - eightonedee


18. New Orleans - ray951


19. Weymouth - bradshaw


20. Venice Sanat Lucia - stuving


21. Dawlish - Surrey 455


22. Swanage - Jaymac


23. Porto - Timmer


24. Wexford - Kempis


25. Looe - TonyN


26. Pokesdown - MVR S&T▸ (Signalling and Telegraph)


27. Cherbourg - stuving


28. Rostock - eightonedee


29. Paignton - AMLAG


30. Koper - stuving


31. Deba - bradshaw


32. Barry Island - Mertyr Imp
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« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2024, 17:48:53 »
22.  Corfe Castle railway station - not the castle itself, obviously.  Wink
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« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2024, 18:08:58 »
27. Cherbourg.
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« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2024, 18:18:54 »
19 Weymouth, stub of tramway
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« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2024, 18:25:12 »
26. Pokesdown (for Boscombe) one stop from Bournemouth.
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« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2024, 19:02:51 »
17 says "Falmouth Town" on the sign - and it looks like it too!
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« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2024, 20:28:01 »
21. Dawlish
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« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2024, 20:41:05 »
22 Swanage.
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« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2024, 20:49:47 »
Quote from: Surrey 455 on August 21, 2024, 20:28:01
21. Dawlish

I believe that I've stayed a night in the grey painted hotel on the corner a few years ago.
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« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2024, 21:04:58 »

29 = Paignton
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« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2024, 21:15:59 »
23 Porto Sao Bento
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25 Looe
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18 New Orleans
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32. Barry Island
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« Reply #14 on: August 22, 2024, 07:33:51 »
I fell asleep last night - and when I woke more than half had been correctly identified:

17. Falmouth Town - eightonedee
18. New Orleans - ray951
19. Weymouth - bradshaw
21. Dawlish - Surrey 455
22. Swanage - Jaymac
23. Porto - Timmer
25. Looe - TonyN
26. Pokesdown - MVR S&T▸ (Signalling and Telegraph)
27. Cherbourg - stuving
29. Paignton - AMLAG
32. Barry Island - Merthyr Imp
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