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« on: April 01, 2020, 06:08:15 »
Every year, I've posted tongue in cheek stories on 1st April for a bit of fun - "fake news" if you like, even if things like SEWWEB could actually come true (just wait on that one - an idea before its time).

This year, though, a picture - a real one, no funny business. And I look forward to travelling past where this was taken, and meeting up once again with many members, before next April 1st.

Stay safe, everyone

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« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2020, 06:35:06 »
Grahame,where is that Paddington bear?
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« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2020, 06:48:57 »
Quote from: infoman on April 01, 2020, 06:35:06
Grahame,where is that Paddington bear?

Err ... Paddington  Grin Grin

I suspect he too may have been on tour when I took the picture which dates from autumn 2018; on the walkway from Paddington main station past Paddington Basin towards the hotel and office complex up there.  On my way to the GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) Stakeholder's meeting.
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« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2020, 07:05:05 »
Quote from: grahame on April 01, 2020, 06:48:57
Quote from: infoman on April 01, 2020, 06:35:06
Grahame,where is that Paddington bear?

Err ... Paddington  Grin Grin

I suspect he too may have been on tour when I took the picture which dates from autumn 2018; on the walkway from Paddington main station past Paddington Basin towards the hotel and office complex up there.  On my way to the GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) Stakeholder's meeting.

Still there!  Grin
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« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2020, 07:29:05 »
Slightly wider view - "next picture on my camera"

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« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2020, 13:56:18 »
Used to walk past it - usually behind it if it wasn't being photographed - twice a day on my way to, and from, my office. Now a distant memory ...
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« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2020, 16:09:05 »
Isn't he on platform 1 now? or is that another one?
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« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2020, 19:28:32 »
Another one, in brass. Very popular with tourists and children.
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« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2020, 20:50:24 »
OK Thanks. Also popular with my wife.
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« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2020, 21:59:03 »
Quote from: Oxonhutch on April 01, 2020, 19:28:32
Another one, in brass.

(Pedant alert !)             Shouldn't that be bronze ?   Wink
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