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Post by SE13 on Sept 2, 2008 4:32:37 GMT
The second day of the month, and with it, the second two part question of the month. Today, a bonus point for working out why this location was chosen for today. Part one below, with part two to follow at some point later today, maybe 6pm-ish.  *Click for a larger version* |
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Post by sammyj on Sept 2, 2008 8:13:37 GMT
Is The Station Bank?
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Post by Oracle on Sept 2, 2008 10:43:35 GMT
I was goin gto suggest that the other shot is on the GWR main line to Bath, next to the Kennet & Avon is it, near Bathampton?
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Post by SE13 on Sept 2, 2008 17:48:53 GMT
Part Two:  *Click for a larger version* |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2008 17:58:40 GMT
Monument?
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Post by Chris M on Sept 2, 2008 18:45:18 GMT
Don't forget there is a bonus available for identifying the reason the reason why the station in the question was for today's quiz.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2008 18:47:55 GMT
2 September 1666 was the day the great fire started, to which the Monument is a monument.
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Post by Oracle on Sept 2, 2008 21:33:43 GMT
Started by an escaped burning ember I think in the King's bakers, very near the site of the Monument monument. Ironic, because it was Charles II that subsequently ordered the rebuilding of the city. Advantageous because London was in the grip of a plague epidemic and the Great Fire killed off the rats whose fleas carried the plague virus.
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Post by SE13 on Sept 3, 2008 4:24:49 GMT
Well done to john3ners who was first in via PM yesterday morning, and to all who identified Monument. Chosen because The Great fire of London started 2nd September 1666. The station is named after the monument to the fire. Also well done for spotting Kennet and Avon Canal and Great Western Main Line, Bath.  *Click for a larger version* |
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Post by Oracle on Sept 3, 2008 8:54:56 GMT
It's a lovely area just off the A36 heading north where it meets the canal onwards.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2008 23:12:29 GMT
Never seen it from the top of the wall. Used to drive along the line two or three times a week on the Hallen Marsh gas trains so I presume its a little way east of Sydney Gardens. Nice angle.
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