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« Reply #60 on: October 11, 2013, 21:29:45 »
Finally got it - 11. Ayr

Googlemaps was my friend on this one. The flower beds in the background on platform 1 clinched it! That and the air clue....
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« Reply #61 on: October 11, 2013, 21:42:14 »
And to round things off, 17. Kirkby-in-Furness

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« Reply #62 on: October 12, 2013, 11:23:47 »
15 Tottenham Hale
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« Reply #63 on: October 12, 2013, 13:38:41 »
Well at the close of my quiz, I found that some people got the stations right away, some had to wait for further clues..and yes there was one or two people who used "GOOGLE"...your best friend....

Thank you all for taking part in this quiz, I enjoyed the range of answers and diversity of some of them........

My next quiz will be posted in November............look out for it...it will be called "THE NOVEMBER QUIZ" what else...lol


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« Reply #64 on: October 12, 2013, 16:13:53 »
Quote from: flyingscotsman on October 12, 2013, 13:38:41
Well at the close of my quiz, I found that some people got the stations right away, some had to wait for further clues..and yes there was one or two people who used "GOOGLE"...your best friend....
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Totenham Hale is the only station I know of that has a glass screen on the track edge of the canopy
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