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« Reply #60 on: November 08, 2018, 05:55:33 »

It wasn't. Neither was the only other station on the line.

Yes - I think I have it. It's where blue birds came out of during World War II. We could be into some dreadful puns here!
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« Reply #61 on: November 08, 2018, 17:40:23 »

Care to actually name the place then grahame? Just deciphered your cryptic answer above. 😜

I'll have a proper railway locations quiz up tomorrow or Saturday. I've been busy cataloguing my digital imagery (around 6000 photos) and have found a few railway good 'uns. Brought back memories of railway locations that' I'd forgotten I'd even visited!
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« Reply #62 on: November 08, 2018, 17:41:35 »

Care to actually name the place then grahame? 😜

I'll have a proper railway locations quiz up tomorrow or Saturday. I've been busy cataloguing my digital imagery (around 6000 photos) and have found a few railway good 'uns. Brought back memories of railway locations that' I'd forgotten I'd even visited!

Lynmouth
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« Reply #63 on: November 08, 2018, 17:44:58 »

Lynmouth

Correct! Nearby station being, of course, the bottom station of the Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway. Opened Easter 1890.
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« Reply #64 on: November 08, 2018, 21:19:49 »

Can I have a go, please? Any guesses as to location.



FT, N!
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« Reply #65 on: November 08, 2018, 21:33:27 »

(Five Terns, Now!)

They look like Canadian Gulls to me ... Lake Ontario?
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« Reply #66 on: November 08, 2018, 21:50:34 »

Spot on! Kingston, to be exact, with Wolfe Island in the background.
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« Reply #67 on: November 09, 2018, 10:42:17 »

OK - I'm gullible, so my tern. I avocet for you to identify.


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« Reply #68 on: November 09, 2018, 11:15:13 »

I thought I spotted a clue with "avocet" but I've Googled pics of all the stops on the Avocet (Branch line from Exeter to Exmouth) line to no avail.
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« Reply #69 on: November 09, 2018, 11:22:35 »

I thought I spotted a clue with "avocet" but I've Googled pics of all the stops on the Avocet (Branch line from Exeter to Exmouth) line to no avail.

Close(ish) - think of somewhere currently newsworthy along the extended route of avocet line trains.
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« Reply #70 on: November 09, 2018, 19:33:50 »

After due consideration with my sibling, the Walker Brothers suggest the Dawlish environs.
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« Reply #71 on: November 09, 2018, 20:08:03 »

My gull's cleverer than yours   Grin



No one's correctly guessed this one yet. I know where tiz, as bobm told me off forum.
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« Reply #72 on: November 09, 2018, 20:26:37 »

My gull's cleverer than yours   Grin



No one's correctly guessed this one yet. I know where tiz, as bobm told me off forum.


It would help if the background buildings were in focus.
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« Reply #73 on: November 09, 2018, 20:35:22 »

After due consideration with my sibling, the Walker Brothers suggest the Dawlish environs.

In somewhat calmer conditions than currently  Grin

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« Reply #74 on: November 09, 2018, 21:38:54 »

I resisted the wild card of Severn/Severed Beach earlier due the colour of the sea.
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