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« Reply #15 on: March 28, 2010, 09:29:57 »

Sorry to disappoint, but I'm probably younger than you grahame!

No great knowledge on my part - just information gleaned from Wikipedia. And a suspicion (now proved) that my amswering Bath Queen Square would provoke debate.  Grin
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« Reply #16 on: March 28, 2010, 15:31:02 »

No 5 has a Brunel design of roof so I'll go Bridgewater.
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« Reply #17 on: March 28, 2010, 17:33:10 »

No 5 has a Brunel design of roof so I'll go Bridgewater.

You're not far out ... I'm going to be in the most terrible trouble with CfN when he find out that it's Xxxxxxx ...
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« Reply #18 on: March 28, 2010, 17:48:13 »

Hmm.

If "all these pictures were taken this month", I would (yet again) have been standing right next to grahame when he took that one.

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« Reply #19 on: March 28, 2010, 18:01:28 »

Let's go for Zero out of 4,

3 Westbury.

5 Highbridge.

6 Southampton.

7 Chippenham.
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« Reply #20 on: March 28, 2010, 18:02:49 »

5.  Taunton.   Roll Eyes
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« Reply #21 on: March 28, 2010, 18:06:21 »

5.  Taunton.   Roll Eyes

I think your right...

Bonus Points for saying it's the skylight in the Gent's Loo's on Platform 2...??
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« Reply #22 on: March 28, 2010, 18:10:50 »

If it is, I wasn't standing right next to grahame when he took that picture!  Shocked Grin
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« Reply #23 on: March 28, 2010, 19:35:19 »

Bonus Points for saying it's the skylight in the Gent's Loo's on Platform 2...??

It is indeed.  Spot on.  That is indeed a bonus point (and a lot of people wondering how long we spend looking aroung such places!)
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« Reply #24 on: March 28, 2010, 20:07:20 »

Hanging around and taking photos in station Gents toilets can get you into all sorts of trouble. (Unless you are compiling 'Stations Made Easy' stats for NRE(resolve)Wink Cheesy Grin
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« Reply #25 on: March 28, 2010, 20:13:20 »

Thanks, bignosemac!

That's exactly why I wanted to 'distance' myself from that particular photo location - I don't work for NRE(resolve)Grin
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« Reply #26 on: March 28, 2010, 20:20:50 »

Did grahame say he was just popping in there to whip his 'Canon' out?  Tongue Wink Grin
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« Reply #27 on: March 28, 2010, 20:33:41 »

Let's go for Zero out of 4,

3 Westbury.

5 Highbridge.

6 Southampton.

7 Chippenham.

3 is, indeed, Westbury.   And 7 is indeed Chippenham.   My goodness - you do a lot of looking up.   5 isn't Highbridge and is discussed above  Shocked

Which leaves just 6.   And there's no way without the earlier clues that you could guess that.  "Near Chippenham, no though services from Chippenham" ... it's actually Avoncliff or (as some of the announcements seem to say Avon Cliff!)
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« Reply #28 on: March 28, 2010, 20:40:11 »

Thanks for resolving 6, grahame!  Grin

I was working on the basis of where you might have seen a low-flying RAF (Royal Air Force) Hercules - hence my increasingly desperate attempts to locate a railway station within 'final approach' of Lyneham!  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #29 on: March 28, 2010, 21:06:15 »

Thanks for resolving 6, grahame!  Grin

I was working on the basis of where you might have seen a low-flying RAF (Royal Air Force) Hercules - hence my increasingly desperate attempts to locate a railway station within 'final approach' of Lyneham!  Roll Eyes

I thought "should I put this up - it's almost impossible" with number 6 ... and I was very impressed when you got as close as Chippenham.   We have "Herc"s flying over here (West Wilts) frequently, it seems; I think they do a circuit which includes Lyneham and "touch and go" training dropping off loads on the runway without even putting their full weight down at Keevil.   I'm not at Avoncliff for very long all that often - though it is one of the dog's favourite stations (gets greeted by a nice lady or gentleman at the door when she gets on, which doesn't happen at other places!)
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