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Post by afarlie on Nov 30, 2009 18:34:13 GMT
And today's cryptics are :
All 3 are tube or rail stations in London.
- Confused by the wood, on Oxford Highway...Hanger Lane
- A queen would not be amused here. Victoria
- Gone Completely, Not likely...Marylebone
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Post by sammyj on Nov 30, 2009 18:53:40 GMT
Is the Middle one, Park Royal ??
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Post by stuartpalmer on Nov 30, 2009 19:06:48 GMT
Victoria for no.2?
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Post by metman on Nov 30, 2009 19:34:33 GMT
1) How Wood?
2) Tower Hill?
3) Blackfriars?
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Post by norbitonflyer on Nov 30, 2009 20:57:02 GMT
No 3 is Marylebone (GC was at one time said to stand for "Gone Completely")
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Post by astock5000 on Nov 30, 2009 21:58:32 GMT
1:  (How Wood station is in Hertfordshire, not London). 2: Victoria. 3: Marylebone. |
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Post by messiah on Dec 1, 2009 22:37:52 GMT
1. Baker Street?
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Post by afarlie on Dec 1, 2009 23:17:37 GMT
No, I can't even see how you would get that from the clue.. |
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Post by mrfs42 on Dec 2, 2009 1:18:20 GMT
No, I can't even see how you would get that from the clue.. Think of 221B Baker Street: ' In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason backward', ' You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles' or 'It is, of course, a trifle, but there is nothing so important as trifles' and ' I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles'. |
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Post by Rich32 on Dec 2, 2009 11:30:03 GMT
1 - Royal Oak?
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Post by afarlie on Dec 2, 2009 16:45:06 GMT
It's not even on that line IIRC!! |
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Post by crystal on Dec 7, 2009 10:50:20 GMT
1 - Marble Arch (where the wooden Tyburn Tree stood at the end of Oxford Street)
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Post by afarlie on Dec 7, 2009 14:16:43 GMT
1 - Marble Arch (where the wooden Tyburn Tree stood at the end of Oxford Street) It's not Marble Arch. Sorry |
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Post by Colin D on Dec 7, 2009 15:39:39 GMT
1-Woodford?
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Post by afarlie on Dec 7, 2009 19:55:09 GMT
Nope , And Woodford's nowhere near an Oxford Highway  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2009 20:07:44 GMT
1 Hillingdon?
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Post by Oracle on Dec 7, 2009 22:33:42 GMT
Shepherd's Bush?
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Post by afarlie on Dec 7, 2009 23:39:08 GMT
Nope, Although Hillingdon is close to the A40 |
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Post by afarlie on Dec 7, 2009 23:39:47 GMT
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Post by norbitonflyer on Dec 8, 2009 0:07:24 GMT
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Post by Oracle on Dec 8, 2009 9:16:37 GMT
Coo! A hanger is indeed a woodland area on the side of a hill! |
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Post by afarlie on Dec 8, 2009 11:47:59 GMT
It is indeed Hanger Lane, If you read the Wikipedia article on the station it says part of the station is right in the MIDDLE of one of the roundabouts of the gyratory |
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Post by norbitonflyer on Dec 8, 2009 19:29:32 GMT
If you read the Wikipedia article on [Hanger Lane] station it says part of the station is right in the MIDDLE of one of the roundabouts of the gyratory Which shows how reliable Wikipedia is - the gyratory only has one roundabout, and the entire station, (not just part of it) is within the roundabout. |
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Post by Chris M on Dec 9, 2009 2:39:49 GMT
the entire station, (not just part of it) is within the roundabout. Actually that's not quite true - the western bridge passes over the station and the extreme western end of the platforms (including part of the passenger area) is west of the western edge of the bridge and thus outside the roundabout. Google maps satellite photo |
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Post by norbitonflyer on Dec 9, 2009 12:45:50 GMT
the entire station, (not just part of it) is within the roundabout. Actually that's not quite true - the western bridge passes over the station and the extreme western end of the platforms (including part of the passenger area) is west of the western edge of the bridge and thus outside the roundabout. Google maps satellite photoThe platform ramp, plus a wedge-shaped piece of the platform proper - about two feet at the westbound platform edge. Easier to see on Multimap |
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(How Wood station is in Hertfordshire, not London).
