Cryptic clues = station name

[neilmc]

Henllan? (Teifi railway)

 

[Calthrop]

Afraid not. It's a longer name than any we've had to date (including the "comedy" ones).

 

[D6130]

Cynheidre?

 

[Calthrop]

Again, I fear not -- longer still (count syllables !)

 

[DaleCooper]

Again, I fear not -- longer still (count syllables !)

Tynllwynhen (I'm not sure why apart from "tin" and "hen".)

 

[Calthrop]

Tynllwynhen (I'm not sure why apart from "tin" and "hen".)

All hail the bard DaleCooper -- sorry I don't know that in Welsh ! You have it -- Tynllwynhen Halt on the Talyllyn. Idea of clue: poor linguist re, etc. -- an English person with little clue about Welsh spelling vis-a-vis pronunciation, might render the name as "tin loo: in, hen" -- thus, instruction to the bird, or Scottish lass (addressed affectionately as "hen", as they tend to up there), to go into the lavatorial shanty concerned. The "lamely" bit: with Tynllwynhen being officially a Halt -- in King James Bible English, "halt" is the equivalent of "lame".

DC, your go.

 

[DaleCooper]

All hail the bard DaleCooper -- sorry I don't know that in Welsh ! You have it -- Tynllwynhen Halt on the Talyllyn. Idea of clue: poor linguist re, etc. -- an English person with little clue about Welsh spelling vis-a-vis pronunciation, might render the name as "tin loo: in, hen" -- thus, instruction to the bird, or Scottish lass (addressed affectionately as "hen", as they tend to up there), to go into the lavatorial shanty concerned. The "lamely" bit: with Tynllwynhen being officially a Halt -- in King James Bible English, "halt" is the equivalent of "lame".

DC, your go.

Thank you.

Next clue:

Strange name for a station, is this an anagram?

 

[Calthrop]

Don't quite see how; but, St. Germans?

 

[RDP]

Manea?

 

[DaleCooper]

Don't quite see how; but, St. Germans?

A good attempt at an anagram of "Strange name". Alas, it's not the answer.

Manea?

Another good try but not the answer.

 

[DaleCooper]

Strange name for a station, is this an anagram?

Hint:

Managed and served by Northern Trains it has a very limited service.

 

[DaleCooper]

Another hint:

The clue could be reduced to just three words but then it would be literal rather than cryptic.

 

[DaleCooper]

No more guesses?

Hint:

It serves a small market town in Yorkshire and I think you're going to kick yourselves when you find out the answer.

 

[Calthrop]

Snarnt Eegam (second word, variation on "ee ba gum") ?

 

[DaleCooper]

Snarnt Eegam (second word, variation on "ee ba gum") ?

You're wasting all your deciphering effort on the wrong letters.

An interesting fact: Mugabe, former president of Zimbabwe, is "e ba gum" backwards.

 

[Calthrop]

An interesting fact: Mugabe, former president of Zimbabwe, is "e ba gum" backwards.

Zimbabweans who during that gentleman's regime, opposed him and his doings -- at some risk to themselves -- referred to him, in cryptic throwing-folks-off-the-scent, as "the Yorkshireman".

 

[RDP]

Snaith?

 

[DaleCooper]

Snaith?

Yes, Strange name for a station is "this an" anagram? Your turn...

 

[RDP]

Cheers. Another which I rate as easy.

Lancashire open space gets relocated.

 

[DaleCooper]

Lancashire open space gets relocated.

Preston Park

 

[RDP]

Preston Park

That's the one.

Your turn.

 

[DaleCooper]

That's the one.

Your turn.

Thank you, open floor...

 

[Loppylugs]

Ok, here's a quickie:

Sounds as though Mrs. Tiggywinkle is in a bad way after trying to cross the North Circular in rush hour.

 

[Calthrop]

Ok, here's a quickie:

Sounds as though Mrs. Tiggywinkle is in a bad way after trying to cross the North Circular in rush hour.

I momentarily thought Maenclochog (Pembrokeshire) -- "my" / "cloch" (squashing sound) / [hedge]"hog"; but that closed in 1937 .

 

[RDP]

Hedge End?

 

[Loppylugs]

I momentarily thought Maenclochog (Pembrokeshire) -- "my" / "cloch" (squashing sound) / [hedge]"hog"; but that closed in 1937 .

You are a mind of information @Calthrop !

Hedge End?

Good thinking, but not Hedge End.

 

[DaleCooper]

Crossflatts

 

[Loppylugs]

Crossflatts

I like that, even though it's wrong.

 

[DaleCooper]

Preston Road

 

[Loppylugs]

Preston Road

That's it. Mrs. Tiggywinkle didn't travel far before suffering her demise.

Over to you.