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« on: July 11, 2015, 21:09:36 »
STOP!    Have you completed the Summer Prize Quiz yet?

GO! ... to http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=15912.0
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« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2015, 02:55:06 »
It's just taught me I need to get out and explore more  Grin

I only know 3 of them.
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« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2015, 22:45:46 »
I know the photo above but not going to give anything away!!
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« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2015, 23:03:43 »
Quote from: Palfers on July 12, 2015, 22:45:46
I know the photo above but not going to give anything away!!

Appreciated ... but it's not one of the ones in the quiz and it would be a co-incidence if the same location was in the quiz (it's just a picky I took), so please do tell ;-)
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« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2015, 18:42:11 »
Quote from: grahame on July 12, 2015, 23:03:43
Quote from: Palfers on July 12, 2015, 22:45:46
I know the photo above but not going to give anything away!!

Appreciated ... but it's not one of the ones in the quiz and it would be a co-incidence if the same location was in the quiz (it's just a picky I took), so please do tell ;-)

ok it's a signal on the old st'blazey platform on the up side to par
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« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2015, 12:40:56 »
Actually its St.Blazey Up Home signal No.3 (SB3).......I'll get my hat and coat....... Cheesy
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« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2015, 01:14:21 »
Quote from: grahame on July 11, 2015, 21:09:36
STOP!    Have you completed the Summer Prize Quiz yet?

GO! ... to http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=15912.0


I am seeing lots of people reading the quiz thread - people scratching their heads and wondering of picture 3 is Altnabraec (it isn't), or picture 23 is Euston (it isn't).   Yet I understand that there aren't too many answers submitted yet.  Probably because some of the questions aren't too easy - I failed to recognise one of a station I must have used around 2,500 times (yes, I have calculated that number).   It all reminds me of a prize quiz in our own home town, where people had to go round and look in shop windows for certain things, and note them down - we got few entries, but an awful lot of people more than normal were on our High Street, looking into those shop fronts.

The quiz is drawing that attention - thank you, readers - but never the less there is an excellent chance of you being in line for a prize if you submit an entry - even if you put down no. 3 as Forsinard, and no. 23 as Doncaster.
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« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2015, 09:10:50 »
How could 23 be Euston??  Grin

Mind you, it's about the only one I know for certain as I used to live there!
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« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2015, 09:28:57 »
Can I respectfully ask that answers in the prize quiz are not discussed here, even in jest as to what they couldn't be.

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« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2015, 09:37:53 »
Apologies!
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« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2015, 13:12:43 »
Quote from: bignosemac on July 31, 2015, 09:28:57
Can I respectfully ask that answers in the prize quiz are not discussed here, even in jest as to what they couldn't be.

Noted .... I was just looking to give the prize quiz at to http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=15912.0 the oxygen of attention.  I rather suspect you may see some more answers coming in very shortly, as people "rush for the bell".   It reminds me a bit of the master chef programs, where they're given 3 hours and still panic to complete in the last seconds!
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« Reply #11 on: July 31, 2015, 13:24:08 »
Not just Masterchef. Human nature in general. Most people either do something at the first opportunity or rush at the last minute - a minority do it in the intervening period.
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