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Post by SE13 on Oct 21, 2010 5:06:31 GMT
A single part question today: *Click image for a larger version*
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2010 9:13:02 GMT
Rickmansworth subway?
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Post by SE13 on Oct 22, 2010 5:36:29 GMT
Answer: Rockmansworth - subway *Click image for a larger version*
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2010 8:55:15 GMT
Can't say I've heard of Rockmansworth before
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2010 12:03:43 GMT
It's near Crixley! ;D
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Post by SE13 on Oct 22, 2010 13:09:27 GMT
Can't say I've heard of Rockmansworth before Oops!
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Post by harlesden on Oct 22, 2010 14:09:16 GMT
When I was a nipper (mid-60's), I used to see Rickmansworth mentioned in a series of children's books (don't remember which series). I thought it was a fictional place.
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Post by norbitonflyer on Oct 22, 2010 16:40:30 GMT
Can't think of a children's book, but it has some literary connections (thankyou Google). George Eliot lived there, and it features in the works of John le Carré. The Rickmansworth Conservative Association, features in The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, a film written by Barry Humphries. (hardly children's literature, I know)
I did once read an article suggesting that the "William" books are set in that general area
But surelyRicky's most famous claim to fame is that it is the place that the Ultimate Question to the ultimate answer of life, the universe and everything (42) was discovered, (only to be lost again five seconds later when the Earth was destroyed to make way for a hyperspace bypass).
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Post by SE13 on Oct 22, 2010 16:54:36 GMT
It set me thinking as well, I wasn't a nipper until the late 60's/early 70's and there's nothing I can recall..... Childrens TV, and TV in general hardly broadcast in those days, most of the day was a test card.
Not so sure it might have been the radio perhaps? I know my parents listened to the then new Radio 1, and I was sat down for "Listen with mother" on Radio 4 at whatever time that was...... Then Capital Radio came along, and the dial never moved, "Watch with mother" was all the rage.
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Post by harlesden on Oct 22, 2010 21:03:15 GMT
Although I was born in Staines, the mid-60's was actually the period I was living in Grimsby (1961-73) in the first high rise block of flats in the area. Even my African-American fiance can detect my northern accent despite my 37 years living in London.
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Post by ruislip on Oct 23, 2010 4:33:03 GMT
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