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Post by rincew1nd on Nov 9, 2018 0:47:52 GMT
It's my favourite, four-part Friday! Question: Identify these locations and the link between them Location A:  (click for a larger version) Location B:  (click for a larger version) Location C:  (click for a larger version) Location D:  (click for a larger version) |
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Post by brigham on Nov 9, 2018 8:35:12 GMT
St. Pancras' roof is vaguely seen in A, with a new type of banner repeater.
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Post by xplaistow on Nov 9, 2018 9:03:18 GMT
I think D is looking east from Canonbury.
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Post by pgb on Nov 9, 2018 9:45:58 GMT
B could be Willesden Junction (the link between the DC and NNL?)
D inset (outset?) I think is Aberdeen
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Post by arun on Nov 9, 2018 11:43:05 GMT
Outset in B looks almost like Islamic tilework - How about the Registan in Samarkand [just dropping names!]
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Post by Chris M on Nov 9, 2018 12:08:06 GMT
"Background" is the term I use in the answer file! |
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Post by humbug on Nov 9, 2018 16:22:08 GMT
My aesthetic side likes the colour purple as the link.
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Post by arun on Nov 9, 2018 18:28:47 GMT
Like Brigham, I note the red brick and the Eurostars in the background of A - I'll go with St Pancras also
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Post by westville13 on Nov 9, 2018 21:36:20 GMT
Outset in B looks almost like Islamic tilework - How about the Registan in Samarkand [just dropping names!] Or somewhere nearer home - Leighton House? |
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Post by xplaistow on Nov 10, 2018 0:11:51 GMT
Bit of a guess but is A where the WLL used to go under Earl's Court Exhibition Centre?
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Post by Colin D on Nov 10, 2018 11:19:18 GMT
Answer: Location A: Between Kensington Olympia and West Brompton - view north from Lillie Road in August 2016 [Chris M]  (click for a larger version) Background A: St Pancras International Station Eurostar Platforms [ Deep Level ]  (click for a larger version) Location B: Between Kensal Rise and Willesden Junction - new lines [Chris M]  (click for a larger version) Location D: Between Canonbury and Dalston Junction - view east from Cannonbury platform 2 [Chris M]  (click for a larger version) Background D: Aberdeen station concourse: January 2017 in the latter part of rincew1nd 's #GrandUKtour [ rincew1nd ]  (click for a larger version) Clue: Background B:  (click for a larger version) |
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Post by Chris M on Nov 10, 2018 11:25:30 GMT
A respectable tally between you, but there is still more to get. First, here is what you got correct: Location A: Between Kensington Olympia and West Brompton - view north from Lillie Road in August 2016 [Chris M] (click for a larger version) Background A: St Pancras International Station Eurostar Platforms [ Deep Level] (click for a larger version) Location B: Between Kensal Rise and Willesden Junction - new lines [Chris M] (click for a larger version) Location D: Between Canonbury and Dalston Junction - view east from Cannonbury platform 2 [Chris M] (click for a larger version) Background D: Aberdeen station concourse: January 2017 in the latter part of rincew1nd 's #GrandUKtour [ rincew1nd] (click for a larger version) Next the clues: The link isn't related to colours, although I have saved that idea for later Background B - this is Islamic tilework, but geographically it's somewhere closer to midway between London and Uzbekistan than to either of them. (click for a larger version) Still to find therefore: Background B Location C Inset C Link |
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Post by arun on Nov 10, 2018 13:10:50 GMT
Regarding Background B, the wikimapia suggests that this is located in Yaroslavl on the Volga. Yaroslavl has no shortage of churches and chapels with onion domes so I suspect the tilework [in the Islamic style but without the calligraphy element ] comes from a church rather than the sole mosque in the city. How about St Alexander's chapel?
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Post by Chris M on Nov 10, 2018 13:19:57 GMT
This doesn't come from a religious building or from a building in Russia. The Wikimapia link is an accidental left-over from a previous question.
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Post by xplaistow on Nov 10, 2018 13:47:34 GMT
Does the link have anything to do with the fact that these locations are all DC electrified parts of the Overground?
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Post by Chris M on Nov 10, 2018 14:01:39 GMT
That they are all on the Overground is one part of the link, but the main part is nothing to do with electrification.
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Post by Dom K on Nov 10, 2018 14:23:32 GMT
C looks like it is between Bruce Grove and White Hart Lane
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Post by Chris M on Nov 10, 2018 23:17:26 GMT
It's not adjacent to either of those stations, does this help? Location C:  (click for a larger version) |
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Post by westville13 on Nov 11, 2018 17:50:41 GMT
This doesn't come from a religious building or from a building in Russia. The Wikimapia link is an accidental left-over from a previous question. Is it a building in Istanbul? 19thC. Maybe Haydarpasa or Sirkeci stations? |
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Post by Chris M on Nov 11, 2018 18:57:12 GMT
Background B: Tiling at Haydarpasa disused station, Istanbul [ londonstuff] (click for a larger version) |
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Post by xplaistow on Nov 12, 2018 8:47:08 GMT
Is C the bridge next to South Tottenham?
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Post by Chris M on Nov 12, 2018 12:47:38 GMT
Location C: Between Harringay Green Lanes and South Tottenham - bridge over Seven Sisters High Road [Chris M]  (click for a larger version) |
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