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« on: May 06, 2009, 19:33:23 »
I'm out of area tonight ... and took these pictures within just a few minutes out of my hotel room. Which place am I at / in / near and for a bonus prize, which hotel!
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« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2009, 19:38:27 »
Are you in Reading? (this is a wild(ish) guess  Smiley)
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« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2009, 19:40:28 »
You are in Manchester
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« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2009, 19:40:50 »
Somewhere in the Manchester/Stockport area from teh mix of liveries
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« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2009, 19:51:45 »
Quote from: devon_metro on May 06, 2009, 19:40:28
You are in Manchester

Goodness - that was quick.   Yes - and I just got some more:
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« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2009, 19:54:15 »
Hmm.  Somewhere between Manchester Picadilly and Oxford Road??

Palace Hotel?
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« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2009, 20:02:50 »
Quote from: chris from nailsea on May 06, 2009, 19:54:15
Hmm.  Somewhere between Manchester Picadilly and Oxford Road??

Palace Hotel?

That's within a frisby's throw, but a leetle upmarket of where I am ((I am p.c. and do NOT throw stones, which in any case are too heavy to employ in "the lighter side")).  VERY good / close guess.
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« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2009, 20:14:47 »
Hilton Deansgate?
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« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2009, 21:27:46 »
Even I was going to suggest Manchester

i would try to get some photos of the line near the hotel im at tonight but you'd all guess in a minute - its across the road from reading station!   Cant get a pic of the trains from here though!

got out of work too late even for the 1922 - even im not getting home at 1130pm!
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« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2009, 06:11:40 »
It's actually "the Ibis".  After a start from home at 05:15, I wasn't about to be commuting ... nor going out for a night on the tiles!
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