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Title: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: grahame on December 02, 2024, 00:31:01 Rows 1 to 5, columns A to E. Maximum 2 each please (today) 2nd December as there's an awful lot of these! If you're on a small screen, all the images unfolded are at https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq00.jpg
(https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq01.jpg)(https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq02.jpg)(https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq03.jpg)(https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq04.jpg)(https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq05.jpg) (https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq06.jpg)(https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq07.jpg)(https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq08.jpg)(https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq09.jpg)(https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq10.jpg) (https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq11.jpg)(https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq12.jpg)(https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq13.jpg)(https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq14.jpg)(https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq15.jpg) (https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq16.jpg)(https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq17.jpg)(https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq18.jpg)(https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq19.jpg)(https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq20.jpg) (https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq21.jpg)(https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq22.jpg)(https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq23.jpg)(https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq24.jpg)(https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq25.jpg) Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: Chris from Nailsea on December 02, 2024, 00:38:43 Row 2, column C: Richard Trevithick (13 April 1771 – 22 April 1833) ;)
There are several others there who I sussed out straight away, but I'll give everyone else a chance first. ;D Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: PrestburyRoad on December 02, 2024, 03:56:51 Row 1, column 5: our very own Mark Hopwood if I'm not very much mistaken. His face is fresh in my memory from watching Geoff Marshall's recent YouTube video of the Marlow branch starring Geoff, Mark and the branch's signalling technology.
Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: PhilWakely on December 02, 2024, 06:40:14 Row 3 Column 4: Dr Richard Beeching;
Row 5 Column 3: Richard Branson. Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: ChrisB on December 02, 2024, 07:34:50 2E is Jane Jones
4E is Christian Wolmar Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: eightonedee on December 02, 2024, 07:53:28 1C Oliver Bulleid
3B Sir Nigel Gresley Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: Red Squirrel on December 02, 2024, 08:03:29 Ok:
3E David Shepherd CBE FRSA FGRA 5B Peter Hendy Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: grahame on December 02, 2024, 08:23:48 1C Oliver Bulleid 3B Sir Nigel Gresley Slight typo in one of those? But impressive knowledge of some of the historic faces Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: grahame on December 02, 2024, 08:31:21 I have set myself a real challenge in umpiring the answers here, haven't I?
Here is the original graphic with a green dot added on each correctly identified so far to help you check whether a person has been identified; full listing to follow at the end? (https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq30.jpg) Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: eightonedee on December 02, 2024, 09:12:03 Oh, there seems to be a different layout on my smartphone screen. Mark H is in a row on his own.
Sir Nigel is just to the left of Trevithick Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: Red Squirrel on December 02, 2024, 09:30:15 I’m going to bet a fiver that no one gets A2…
Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: grahame on December 02, 2024, 09:42:06 Oh, there seems to be a different layout on my smartphone screen. Mark H is in a row on his own. Sir Nigel is just to the left of Trevithick Ah - screen width and you are correct then. See https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq00.jpg for the alternative smartphone layout. Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: stuving on December 02, 2024, 10:22:12 2D is Sir Daniel Gooch
3A is Lord (Andrew) Adonis Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: DR7835 on December 02, 2024, 10:29:58 B4 = Daniel Gooch,
D3 = Rev. Wilbert Awdry oops. Mixed up using letters for rows and number for columns! What I meant was:- 2D = Daniel Gooch, 4C = Rev. Wilbert Awdry Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: johnneyw on December 02, 2024, 10:31:08 Row 4, Col C: Rev W Awdry
Row 5, Col D: Jenny Agutter Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: lympstone_commuter on December 02, 2024, 11:05:46 1A: George Stephenson
1D: Heidi Alexander Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: grahame on December 02, 2024, 11:18:17 1A: George Stephenson 1D: Heidi Alexander 8 to go, including 3 which are so blindingly obvious that I suspect that everyone is leaving them in favour of giving more obscure answers. I did wonder how long it would take for our new Secretary of State for Transport to be identified. Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: AMLAG on December 02, 2024, 11:53:52 3B = Colonel Holman Stephens Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: PrestburyRoad on December 02, 2024, 11:59:56 Try as I might I can't see Charles Tyson Yerkes. (OK, I confess that I'm a fan of Jago Hazzard's YouTube videos, in which CTY is frequently mentioned, often along with a mention of his financial 'reputation'.)
Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: AMLAG on December 02, 2024, 14:08:52 3C = Tom Hanks Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: Red Squirrel on December 02, 2024, 15:20:15 Going back to A2, are there some barons building Denmark in the background?
[Edit: The cryptic crossword clue should probably read something like 'Barons building Denmark engineered a railway (8,7,6)'] [Edit: can't count] Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: Chris from Nailsea on December 02, 2024, 16:53:20 Row 2, Column A: Werner von Siemens (1816-1892) :)
CfN. ;) Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: bobm on December 02, 2024, 16:55:54 First face on the last row is former Secretary of State for Transport, Stephen Byers.
Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: Bob_Blakey on December 02, 2024, 17:57:52 4A is Magnus Volk.
Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: Western Pathfinder on December 02, 2024, 19:02:35 https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq30.jpg
A2 Sir Nigel Gresley when do I claim my Fiver Tim... Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: Chris from Nailsea on December 02, 2024, 19:14:12 Erm ... I rather think you're getting your rows and columns mixed up: we are all desperately trying to identify the apparently Victorian character in Row 1, Column B. ;)
Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: Western Pathfinder on December 02, 2024, 19:37:19 I K B only real picture of him known to exist he's standing in front of the drag chains that would eventually help with the delayed launch of the Great Eastern.
Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: ChrisB on December 02, 2024, 19:42:56 4B Thomas the tank Engine
Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: grahame on December 02, 2024, 23:12:02 4B Thomas the tank Engine When I see how many different names some locomotives have been through in their lives, I wonder how Thomas has managed to go unaltered for so many years. Just two left ... bottom right and just up from there - the ones without the green dots: (https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq30.jpg) Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: stuving on December 03, 2024, 00:36:26 I was looking at 4D and thinking he does look familiar, when it struck me - it's Colin Rosenstiel, isn't it?
Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: TaplowGreen on December 03, 2024, 05:39:45 First face on the last row is former Secretary of State for Transport, Stephen Byers. .....famously described himself as a "cab for hire" and was banned from Parliament, as was Geoff Hoon.........what is it about Labour Transport Secretaries that sees so many of them leaving under a cloud? Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: grahame on December 03, 2024, 06:58:06 I was looking at 4D and thinking he does look familiar, when it struck me - it's Colin Rosenstiel, isn't it? No, it isn't. Both of the remaining gentlemen are names that I (and many members here) are and will be familiar with, but where the cause is / was so much more than the person, and it strikes me from a quick read that Colin was along similar lines - though before I became quite the activist I am these days. Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: ChrisB on December 03, 2024, 15:51:33 or even Stephen Joseph?
Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: grahame on December 03, 2024, 16:03:09 Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: grahame on December 05, 2024, 07:33:20 All correctly identified except the extreme bottom right - which is LTC Rolt, Author of "Narrow Boat" and pioneer of the Talyllyn preservation too.
(https://www.wellho.info/pix/wq00.jpg) In order reading along from top left: 1 George Stevenson 2 Isambard Kingdom Brunel 3 Oliver Bullied 4 Heidi Alexander 5 Mark Hopwood 6 Werner von Seimens 7 Nigel Gresley 8 Richard Trevithick 9 Daniel Gooch 10 Jane Jones 11 Andrew Adonis 12 Fred H Stephens 13 Tom Hanks 14 Richard Beeching 15 David Shepherd 16 Magnus Volk 17 Thomas Tank Engine 18 Wilbert Vere Awdry 19 Stephen Joseph 20 Christian Wolmar 21 Stephen Byers 22 Peter Hendy 23 Richard Branson 24 Jenny Agutter 25 Lionel Thomas Caswall Rolt Title: Re: AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face? Post by: Chris from Nailsea on December 05, 2024, 15:43:08 1C Oliver Bulleid 3B Sir Nigel Gresley Slight typo in one of those? But impressive knowledge of some of the historic faces No, 1C is actually Oliver Bulleid - a common misspelling of his surname. ::) This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |