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« on: July 24, 2010, 02:10:11 »
Out and about ... can you identify these?
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« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2010, 02:18:01 »
5.  Melksham.
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« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2010, 08:24:26 »
1. Redcliffe Bascule Bridge, Bristol
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« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2010, 12:11:23 »
Damandblast!  I was standing next to grahame when he took picture 1 ...  Shocked Roll Eyes Embarrassed
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

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« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2010, 12:27:13 »
All these years in Bristol and I've never seen that signal in the 'off' position!

I've seen all the other bridges in 'action'; Prince Street, Merchants Road and the Plimsoll Bridge.
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« Reply #5 on: July 24, 2010, 15:29:17 »
1. Correct - Bristol (Redcliffe Bridge - I'll take your word for that)
5. Correct - Melksham

I would expect 3 to not take too-long as it was taken on a station platform ...
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« Reply #6 on: July 24, 2010, 16:06:10 »
3. The text on the bus says "The best way to discover the mysterious stones", so I'd guess it was taken at either Stonehenge or Salisbury station?
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« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2010, 16:47:59 »
Quote from: Brucey on July 24, 2010, 16:06:10
3. The text on the bus says "The best way to discover the mysterious stones", so I'd guess it was taken at either Stonehenge or Salisbury station?

4 says that ... 3 shows a hedgehog and a drainpipe ... or did you start counting at zero?

You are correct in the location for (4) it is indeed one of those 2.   But I have seen buses with specific texts way off route.  Trains too - at the start of this month, I was in a train that was headed for Cheltenham ... with a map showing the south coast and exeter to waterloo routes and not a "Kemble" or "Stonehouse" to be seen.
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« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2010, 17:11:26 »
That hedgehog picture is really bugging me. I'm sure I've seen it before but just can't recall where it might have been! THen again, maybe I've just seen photos. Huh
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« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2010, 20:37:39 »
2 is a tough one, as Chuffy the Train gets around a great deal. He was at Melksham's Party in the Park last week, for instance, but didn't arrive until 7pm as he'd been at 3 other events in the area that day alone. There's not really enough detail in the background to place it exactly apart from a rough stone wall and Bath stone pillar - so I'd have to make a wild guess based on the fact that someone or something is happening behind Chuffy and suggest it was taken somewhere en route of Melksham's carnival procession?
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« Reply #10 on: July 25, 2010, 20:53:34 »
Phil ... you aren't far out (about 30 yards!).   Chuffy's picture was not taken on 17th (Carnival and Party in Park day), but earlier this month. 
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« Reply #11 on: July 25, 2010, 21:11:19 »
... and is the pooch Chuffy's regular driver?
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« Reply #12 on: July 25, 2010, 22:23:39 »
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... and is the pooch Chuffy's regular driver?

I don't think Chuffy is cleared for DOO▸ (Driver-Only Operation (that is, trains which operate without carrying a guard)), so the dog acts as second staff member.  Driver was off on his rest break; dogs get more but shorter breaks.
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« Reply #13 on: August 22, 2010, 19:52:25 »
Can I perswayed anyone to tell me where the hedgehog is? ... Third picture ...
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« Reply #14 on: August 22, 2010, 20:26:32 »
Sway Station, then: see http://www.railwaystations.info/images/SWY-12-700.jpg  Roll Eyes
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