Cryptic clues = station name

[IanD]

Aston

Part of GlAstonbury and also an area in Brum.
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Here's my next clue:

Mexicans start to return from the west.
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Aston

Part of GlAstonbury and also an area in Brum.

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Here's my next clue:

Mexicans start to return from the west.

Here's another clue, same place:

The sound a cat makes when coming back

 

[hmp455]

Purley?

 

[IanD]

Not Purley.

Another noise a cat makes (but backwards).

 

[madannie77]

Wem

Open floor if correct.

 

[IanD]

That's correct

Wem = meW backwards.

Mexicans start = Me, to return (ie reverse that) = em, West = W which gives Wem

 

[Seacook]

Wem

Open floor if correct.

OK then, try

prophet is around in the morning

 

[IanD]

Seamer!

 

[Seacook]

Seamer!

Of course. I must find out if there are any other stations on the network.

 

[IanD]

Here's one

Scotch alternative available in double measures in every English pub (but not Seamer yet).

 

[Seacook]

Here's one

Scotch alternative available in double measures in every English pub (but not Seamer yet).

Rye (twice)

Make mine three fingers - two would not be appropriate.

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Thinking...


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This, I hope, is easier than it looks at first sight:

Leading article shows Handsworth needs rebuilding but the penny dropped years ago in the West Midlands

No, it is not Seamer.

 

[plymothian]

The Hawthorns

 

[Seacook]

The Hawthorns

Quite right.

 

[plymothian]

Blockhouse for the waltzing one

 

[Seacook]

Blockhouse for the waltzing one

Fort Matilda


The next is:

Canal feature in part of Birmingham

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Break this down as

Canal feature
in
part of Birmingham

 

[Meridian richard]

Aslockton

 

[Seacook]

Aslockton

Yes lock in Aston.

 

[Meridian richard]

What a hard up farmer might do

 

[madannie77]

Sellafield

 

[Meridian richard]

Correct!

 

[madannie77]

As I never expect to solve the cryptic clues I haven't got any prepared, so I shall call an open floor.

 

[plymothian]

ok then

Cake puts abbot on mount

 

[Meridian richard]

Pontefract Monkhill

 

[plymothian]

your turn

 

[Meridian richard]

Extended posh boys school

 

[gg1]

Long Eaton?

Open floor if correct

 

[Meridian richard]

Correct

 

[Welshman]

OK- try this:-

Did Beatrix Potter's badger live here?

 

[Seacook]

OK- try this:-

Did Beatrix Potter's badger live here?

Is it Brockholes?

 

[Welshman]

It is indeed. Well done!

 

[Seacook]

The next clue is

Bashful about the North West