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Post by afarlie on Dec 6, 2009 12:29:21 GMT
By request, I am going to halt on posting these until the new year,
Partly to ensure the Christmas Quiz gets looked at, and partly
so that you can tackle the clues that have remained unsolved.
With that in mind, todays clues ( the last until January)
All are LU, None are DLR, Overground or National Rail...
1. If you go upstairs you used to find silver by the thames West Hampstead
2. Midland ghost parks car in goods yard. Finchley Road
3. Alpine pub replaced at depth.Swiss Cottage
Cryptic Hint: The third tunnel will not catch you out.
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Post by Chris M on Dec 6, 2009 12:42:51 GMT
3 sounds like Swiss Cottage - named after a pub, the original sub-surface Met station was replaced by a deep level one that's now on the Jubilee Line.
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Post by norbitonflyer on Dec 6, 2009 14:27:42 GMT
3, Swiss Cottage - former Met and current Jubilee stations
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2009 18:33:10 GMT
1 Charing Cross?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2009 18:41:48 GMT
Is silver a reference to the Crown Jewels? In that case, my guess for number 1 is Tower Hill.
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Post by afarlie on Dec 6, 2009 21:21:57 GMT
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Post by afarlie on Dec 6, 2009 21:22:28 GMT
Is silver a reference to the Crown Jewels? In that case, my guess for number 1 is Tower Hill. Nope... The three clues are linked, as is the hint  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2009 22:16:29 GMT
The Cryptic hint sounds like cricket => Lords
So - that area - time for wildish guess:
2 - Finchley Road - the Met/Midland (goods) interchange sidings are now a car park.
And even wilder
1. St John's Wood (or Marlborough Road?)
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Post by stuartpalmer on Dec 7, 2009 10:03:52 GMT
1 - Silver(link) and Thames(link) could have been found together at West Hampstead.
So, West Hamps, Finchley Rd, Swiss Cott: next stop Lords!
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Post by Oracle on Dec 7, 2009 10:13:24 GMT
Oh yes...third tunnel: Lord's! Well thought Sir! There are are two disused train tunnels under the Nursery Ground, and there is the third tunnel that is the ex-GCR line.
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Post by afarlie on Dec 7, 2009 14:19:59 GMT
The Cryptic hint sounds like cricket => Lords So - that area - time for wildish guess: 2 - Finchley Road - the Met/Midland (goods) interchange sidings are now a car park. And even wilder 1. St John's Wood (or Marlborough Road?) Well , It's not St Johns wood. But someone else worked thought along the same lines... |
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Post by afarlie on Dec 7, 2009 14:21:39 GMT
1 - Silver(link) and Thames(link) could have been found together at West Hampstead. So, West Hamps, Finchley Rd, Swiss Cott: next stop Lords! The answers are indeed West Hampstead, Finchley Road and Swiss Cottage. |
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Post by afarlie on Dec 7, 2009 14:27:46 GMT
Oh yes...third tunnel: Lord's! Well thought Sir! There are are two disused train tunnels under the Nursery Ground, and there is the third tunnel that is the ex-GCR line. XD , And that's something I didn't know when I actually set the clue! It's a much nicer explanation though XD The cryptic hint was only that the third station was 'tube'. The explanation for the other clues has I think already been given in the text. |
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Post by Oracle on Dec 7, 2009 14:46:03 GMT
along the same lines...
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