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Obscure london places quiz - answer and ask
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Originally posted by Drewster View PostMet line - mid 1800s
Whats on ALL the plinths in Trafalgar Square?
Where is Black Rod's Garden? (No googling)We don't have to save the world. The world is big enough to look after itself. What we have to be concerned about is whether or not the world we live in will be capable of sustaining us in it.
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Originally posted by PorkPie View PostStatues
Where is Black Rod's Garden? (No googling)
Which famous pub was attacked by masked robbers in the 50s?Hard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostLincoln fields at a guess?
Which famous pub was attacked by masked robbers in the 50s?
Is Lincoln Fields intended to be Lincolns Inn Fields......?
Is it famous for being attacked by masked robbers.... or was a famous pub attacked by masked robbers?Comment
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostLincoln fields at a guess?
Which famous pub was attacked by masked robbers in the 50s?Originally posted by Drewster View PostI would have guessed at "behind his house" (which is in the Palace of Westminster I think)
Is Lincoln Fields intended to be Lincolns Inn Fields......?
Is it famous for being attacked by masked robbers.... or was a famous pub attacked by masked robbers?
In answer to Sasguru's qn, I'll guess the Blind Beggar in Whitechapel.
What connects hampton wick and tilbury dock?We don't have to save the world. The world is big enough to look after itself. What we have to be concerned about is whether or not the world we live in will be capable of sustaining us in it.
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Originally posted by PorkPie View PostDrewster is correct.
In answer to Sasguru's qn, I'll guess the Blind Beggar in Whitechapel.
What connects hampton wick and tilbury dock?
Where is London's (and Britain's) oldest off licence?
(Bonus question: who had a special embassy in a small building at the back?)Last edited by swamp; 3 July 2009, 14:26.Cats are evil.Comment
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Originally posted by swamp View PostRiver Thames.
Where is London's (and Britain's) oldest off licence?
(Bonus question: who had a special embassy in a small building at the back?)
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Where did Dick Whittington "turn again"? (the site is now marked by a statue of his cat).Comment
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Originally posted by thunderlizard View PostI think you're talking about the Texas Embassy, which would make the offy Berry Bros. and Rudd on St James's Street. It's also the only offy where you never get gangs of youths asking if you'll go in and get some cider for them.
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Where did Dick Whittington "turn again"? (the site is now marked by a statue of his cat).
I do hope so - I have always wondered why its called black cat!
What is the "Doyen" of the Court of St James? (and for a supplementary Who is.....)Comment
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Originally posted by Drewster View PostWould that be the junction of the A1 and A428... Black Cat Roundabout??
I do hope so - I have always wondered why its called black cat!
What is the "Doyen" of the Court of St James? (and for a supplementary Who is.....)Cats are evil.Comment
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Originally posted by Drewster View PostWould that be the junction of the A1 and A428... Black Cat Roundabout??
It is almost-but-not-quite on the A1 though.Comment
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