Cryptic clues = station name

[madannie77]

I shall submit one this time:

At Liz's behest no brass instruments were allowed: strange for this place.

 

[DaleCooper]

I confess, I'm struggling with this one. Any chance of a hint?

 

[madannie77]

As my clue is clearly proving rather more difficult to solve than I expected, a little pointer, perhaps.

There is an anagram in the middle with the rest of the clue giving hints to the solution. An alternate (perhaps now archaic) form of the short female name might be a useful starting point.

 

[DaleCooper]

Besses o' th' Barn?

 

[madannie77]

Besses o' th' Barn?

Is the right answer.

 

[DaleCooper]

Next clue:

Who's John?

 

[neilmc]

Prescot?

 

[DaleCooper]

Prescot?

No, that's not it.

 

[Harbornite]

Folkestone Central

 

[DaleCooper]

Folkestone Central

No but I'd like to know the thinking behind that one.

 

[Karl]

Chapelton?

 

[DaleCooper]

Chapelton?

It's not Chapelton.

 

[Karl]

Entwistle?

 

[DaleCooper]

Entwistle?

(John) Entwistle (of The Who) is the correct answer, your turn...

 

[Karl]

Nice one, cheers!

This place is a railcar's halt only!

 

[neilmc]

Must be Carshalton!

 

[Karl]

It is of course! I could't think of a decent one

Your turn.

 

[neilmc]

Confused, chooses bad huts in Arran, and gets off two stops short of the ferry!

 

[johnnychips]

Ardrossan South Beach?

 

[neilmc]

Correct, johnny. (This clue is no way infers that holiday accommodation on the West Coast of Scotland is liable to be of a disappointing standard, it's just a cryptic clue!)

 

[johnnychips]

Bird the French follow at this station.

 

[Calthrop]

Bird the French follow at this station.

Crowle? ("Crow", followed by "le" -- French masculine form of "the".) Open floor if correct.

 

[johnnychips]

That’s correct!

 

[DaleCooper]

As it's open floor - next clue:

Two features of Threadneedle Street.

 

[duncanp]

Bank Hall?

 

[DaleCooper]

Bank Hall?

Good try but not the answer I'm looking for.

 

[Calthrop]

Two features of Threadneedle Street.

Ladybank? Again, open floor if correct -- weather permitting, I'm about to set off for a week in No-Net-Land.

 

[DaleCooper]

Ladybank? Again, open floor if correct -- weather permitting, I'm about to set off for a week in No-Net-Land.

Correct, open floor...

 

[neilmc]

How about:

Where is a cake not a cake? Where the solarium fitting offers a third rail solution!

 

[DaleCooper]

Pontefract Tanshelf?