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grahame

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Re: Eight of the best - or perhaps the most obvious

« Reply #15 on: October 20, 2020, 12:54:51 »

Quote from: Hal on October 20, 2020, 11:47:25

Is No.7 London Bridge?

It isn't - though I can understand why you guess that. I've been no-where near London ...


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« Reply #16 on: October 20, 2020, 13:40:49 »

Would No 7 be Portsmouth and Southsea?


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« Reply #17 on: October 20, 2020, 17:46:26 »

7 agree with Portsmouth and Southsea, under the high level station


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« Reply #18 on: October 20, 2020, 18:17:03 »

Sadly, it would not be Portsmouth and Southsea


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« Reply #19 on: October 30, 2020, 05:38:14 »

Quote from: grahame on October 19, 2020, 10:18:21

And no. 7 would be ? ... very close to home for at least one member. I will complete the quiz tonight if no-one gets it.


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Re: Eight of the best - or perhaps the most obvious

« Reply #20 on: October 30, 2020, 18:59:11 »

7. swindon?


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« Reply #21 on: October 30, 2020, 19:18:03 »

Quote from: MVR S&T^▸ on October 30, 2020, 18:59:11

7. swindon?

In the nick of time ... YES ... it's Swindon Bus Station - photograph taken during a delightful wait for the daily National Express coach to Melksham.


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« Reply #22 on: October 30, 2020, 19:25:00 »

Quote from: grahame on October 30, 2020, 19:18:03

Quote from: MVR S&T^▸ on October 30, 2020, 18:59:11

7. swindon?

In the nick of time ... YES ... it's Swindon Bus Station - photograph taken during a delightful wait for the daily National Express coach to Melksham.

Funnily enough, when I first saw that picture I thought (of the surroundings, on stylistic grounds) "that reminds me of Swindon". But it's not somewhere I really know, and lots of other members do, so ...


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