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« on: December 12, 2010, 12:22:00 »

Where on the FGW (First Great Western) can you find something very Parisian (its not edible)
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« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2010, 13:12:46 »

Where on the FGW (First Great Western) can you find something very Parisian (its not edible)

Newport claims its own "Left Bank" - http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Newport.aspx
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« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2010, 13:16:25 »

Where on the FGW (First Great Western) can you find something very Parisian (its not edible)

Newport claims its own "Left Bank" - http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Newport.aspx

See I saw left bank and read Persian not parisian and immediately thought of Israel and the middle east for some god only knows reason
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« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2010, 13:17:02 »

A copy of Le Metro left on every seat.
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« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2010, 14:37:36 »

Where on the FGW (First Great Western) can you find something very Parisian (its not edible)
Newport claims its own "Left Bank" - http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Newport.aspx
It's not outside the railway boundary
A copy of Le Metro left on every seat.
Something with of little more substance
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« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2010, 15:16:27 »

Anything made by alstom
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« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2010, 23:29:37 »

Montpelier?
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« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2010, 10:42:17 »

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« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2010, 18:07:52 »

Montpelier?
That is not very Parisian more Med coast
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« Reply #9 on: December 14, 2010, 06:35:16 »

Staff being rude to any Japanese tourists they happen to encounter?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6197921.stm
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« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2010, 19:01:43 »

A lot of people will see this every day but pay very little attention to it
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« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2010, 20:01:54 »

A lot of people will see this every day but pay very little attention to it

I still say it's the Metro.
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« Reply #12 on: December 14, 2010, 21:45:56 »

A lot of people will see this every day but pay very little attention to it

I still say it's the Metro.
Not the Metro, its something longer lasting, more substantial, some would say a better to look at and you can wrap your chips in it

The clue is here http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/7047.aspx
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« Reply #13 on: December 14, 2010, 22:49:32 »

The clock?
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« Reply #14 on: December 14, 2010, 23:28:25 »

The clock?
This one?  http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7202193.htm
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