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« Reply #15 on: December 23, 2020, 21:37:29 »
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4. Oakham

Yes I have never seen anything like that before. Have you been or did you find out about it elseware?
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« Reply #16 on: December 23, 2020, 22:15:17 »
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Yes I have never seen anything like that before. Have you been or did you find out about it elseware?

I found the location with the only time I've ever Googled, "Egg+Vending+Railway+Station"  Wink Tongue Grin
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« Reply #17 on: December 23, 2020, 22:35:58 »
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« Reply #18 on: December 23, 2020, 22:36:24 »
I didn't buy any eggs the thought of trying to carry them on a full and standing 170 from New street to Worcester in the evening rush hour put me off. Grin
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« Reply #19 on: December 23, 2020, 22:38:29 »
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« Reply #20 on: December 23, 2020, 22:57:30 »
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Oddly, that boat and its jaunty angle reminded me of this:

I can't use my own photo for that as my camera went missing that evening on a very crowded tram.
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« Reply #21 on: December 23, 2020, 23:04:37 »
Is 2 the Ridgmont Station Tea Room?
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« Reply #22 on: December 23, 2020, 23:09:20 »
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Is 2 the Ridgmont Station Tea Room?

Yes I had lunch in the other room but did not get a picture as there where other people in as well.
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« Reply #23 on: December 24, 2020, 15:46:42 »
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8, Is an ex GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) line very Important during WW2 but closed by BR▸ (British Rail(ways)) in the 1960s
11, Is where you alight for the Plum Festival

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11, Pershore - Hal
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« Reply #24 on: December 24, 2020, 16:41:43 »
Plum festival is at Pershore, so that must be 11.
The only time I went there I couldn't find a single plum to buy.
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« Reply #25 on: December 24, 2020, 16:55:16 »
From the clue rather than the picture ... I'm suspecting that No. 8 may be on the line from Cheltenham Spa to the Midlands that's now the Gloucestershire and Warwick Railway.
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« Reply #26 on: December 24, 2020, 17:06:58 »
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« Reply #27 on: December 24, 2020, 17:08:13 »
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From the clue rather than the picture ... I'm suspecting that No. 8 may be on the line from Cheltenham Spa to the Midlands that's now the Gloucestershire and Warwick Railway.

Sorry no Try further south.
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« Reply #28 on: December 24, 2020, 17:15:40 »
Is 8 on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton?
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« Reply #29 on: December 24, 2020, 17:18:22 »
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Is 8 on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton?

It Is
Anybody any idea where?
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