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    Bank Hol w/e (Sat) - drinking ideas wanted.

    Castleton - Blue Pits (John Willie Lees - acquired taste) Mills Hill - Rose of Lancaster (also Lees) Salford Central - Egerton Arms, Kings Arms or (for those with deep pockets) Mark Addy Wigna - Anvil (excellent) Rochdale - nothing near the station. Don't be tempted by The Baum...
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    Would you second any Third Forth Bridge title?

    ...(continued from Post 15) - although my Sixth Sense tells me that the promoters will be in Seventh Heaven un the unlikely event of the bridge being regarded as the Eighth Wonder of the World...
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    Would you second any Third Forth Bridge title?

    If you asked me to second the Third Forth Bridge I would have to plead the Fifth Amendment...
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    Correct.
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    What nationality was the third person to reach the summit of Mt Everest?
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    Is there a Gatting at Sussex? Steve Gatting played in the FA Cup final for Brighton, whilst Mike of that ilk played cricket for England - can't recall when they got to the WC Final, though (I lost interest in cricket when Sir Geoffrey Boycott retired!)
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    Most "complete" non-preserved disused station?

    Waterloo International. Or maybe Matlock Riverside?
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    The last steam loco plant in the world.

    Depends on definitions, but Boston Lodge Works on the Ffestiniog Railway is still going. And don't Alan Keef Ltd make small tea-making devices? Good phots though...
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Or Newark Castle! I'd forgotten there were two stations there when setting this.:cry: Your go...
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    York to Whitby £13.30 CDR?

    A bit off-topic, but this thread inspired me to check out certain possibilities for my semi-regular Rochdale to Chathill return journey. Splitting at Micklefield and Shildon, and walking from South Milford to Sherburn(!) produces a useful saving, and enables a visit to the NRM Annexe enroute...
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Replacement needed after gopher wood attacked by pair of woodworm and termite duo.
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    As far as I was aware the actual teaching was done by one M'Choakumchild Its been 15 years since I read the thing… Open floor!
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    Right author but wrong book!
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Blackwater?
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    No - he's the mill owner.
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    Manchester Metrolink master thread

    http://www.tfgm.com/journey_planning/Tickets/Pages/tickets_day_adult.aspx Found it - £4.90!
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    What was the rather appropriate name of the schoolmaster in Hard Times?
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    Stations with no road access such as Berney Arms

    A few on Heritage lines: Snowdon Summit (and others on the SMR?) Totnes Littlehempston? - Remember using a footpath from the main station. Southend Pier Head/Ryde Pier Head? Shelley (Kirklees Light Railway)?
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    Howard Goodall, composer in residence for Classic fm. Explorer - dunno, but I remember a mini-series about Shackleton, which presumably had theme music?

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