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Offline Yorkie

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #3315 on: October 19, 2013, 04:34:37 pm »
Paul Raymond ?

Does he still have that review bar in Soho?

Different Paul Raymond!   _))*
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« Reply #3316 on: October 19, 2013, 04:39:32 pm »
I am led to believe that the subject of my quiz is Mick Grabham but as I don't know him personally it could be one of the others.  He now refers to himself as Jose. 
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« Reply #3317 on: October 19, 2013, 08:05:25 pm »
           Where is this building and for what purpose was it built?

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« Reply #3318 on: October 19, 2013, 08:33:28 pm »
I'll guess it is in Wales, now to find out exactly where and for what purpose! :D
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« Reply #3319 on: October 19, 2013, 09:06:32 pm »
Might it be one end of a suspension bridge?

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« Reply #3320 on: October 19, 2013, 10:13:14 pm »
      Is that a question or an answer Mike! I only ask that as you got the correct answers to my two previous questions on the whereabouts of the clock towers in Llanrhos and Penmaenmawr, (now I know why you are called Mike the Watch!)        This is another view of the same building from another angle.

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« Reply #3321 on: October 19, 2013, 11:42:31 pm »
Ok it's Telfords suspension bridge

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« Reply #3322 on: October 20, 2013, 08:43:21 am »
                 Well done Mike, I presume you mean the Menai Suspension Bridge. I know that Telford  built the Conwy Bridge and the Bristol Suspension Bridge I think as well. I believe the building is used to monitor the amount of traffic that uses the bridge as well as housing the securing points of the suspension chains into the bedrock.

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« Reply #3323 on: October 20, 2013, 08:56:26 am »
Nice to see one of Telford's 'Sunburst' gates in the photo too. They were made of wrought iron with radiating bars forming a sunburst design.

http://www.geolocation.ws/v/P/88233498/sunburst-gate-from-original-menai/en

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #3324 on: October 20, 2013, 09:18:26 am »
Gwynant, be careful your search for the ultimate quiz question doesn't land you in hospital. The view from the second photo, straddling double white lines in the middle of the road looks a bit precarious!
Great photos though especially the ones from unusual angles.
Jack, thanks for mentioning about the gates. I hadn't noticed them properly before.

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« Reply #3325 on: October 20, 2013, 11:18:43 am »
                 Hollins, thank you for your concern about my safety but I was actually stood on the central island area of  pavement and using the zoom lens. I certainly haven't got suicidal tendencies and it looked far more daring than it was!
         While we are on the subject of tall structures where would you find this tower in the North Wales area?

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #3326 on: October 20, 2013, 12:26:03 pm »
Headlands hotel

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« Reply #3327 on: October 20, 2013, 12:41:54 pm »
I don't know what the place is called but it's that lovely building next to the Promenade in Llanfairfechan ( alongside the river) 

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« Reply #3328 on: October 20, 2013, 01:06:59 pm »
                 Correct again Hugo, I forgot to check the name of the building at the time but you might be able to pick it out on the left-hand gate of the property in the photos below, it looks like "Morannedd" or something similar. The right-hand gate post says "Private- Keep out!" It's a beautiful old house in a lovely location and very close to the excellent cafe which is a perfect place to end the day after a walk in the Carneddau.

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #3329 on: October 20, 2013, 04:33:46 pm »
A row of beautifully maintained Georgian town houses - which UK town?