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Obscure london places quiz - answer and ask
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Originally posted by Lockhouse View PostI met my Titanic missus in there but that's another story....
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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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Well yes, but Mr Pie got there first, in the spirit of it.Originally posted by Drewster View PostEric Blair
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Sorry, I thought - George Orwell? was his question!Originally posted by realityhack View PostWell yes, but Mr Pie got there first, in the spirit of it.
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Ah, fair enough!Originally posted by Drewster View PostSorry, I thought - George Orwell? was his question!
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Ok, here's a question then:
What do the locals nickname the bridge at Hornsey Lane, Highgate that crosses the A1, and why?'Orwell's 1984 was supposed to be a warning, not an instruction manual'. -
Nick Pickles, director of Big Brother Watch.Comment
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The Suicide Bridge - anecdotally a popular place to lob yourself off, though I'm not sure how true that is.Originally posted by SantaClaus View PostOk, here's a question then:
What do the locals nickname the bridge at Hornsey Lane, Highgate that crosses the A1, and why?
Another one from that area: what used to be on Madras Place that made it a popular meeting place for certain elements of the 1960s underworld?Comment
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A gents toilet, where Joe Meek was arrested for soliciting unmanly love.Originally posted by thunderlizard View PostThe Suicide Bridge - anecdotally a popular place to lob yourself off, though I'm not sure how true that is.
Another one from that area: what used to be on Madras Place that made it a popular meeting place for certain elements of the 1960s underworld?
What features of a famous London landmark were made by recycling some of Napoleon's cannons?Last edited by realityhack; 6 July 2009, 15:35.Comment
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Cleopatra's Needle? (Lions either side.)Originally posted by realityhack View PostA gents toilet, where Joe Meek was arrested for soliciting unmanly love.
What features of a famous London landmark were made by recycling some of Napoleon's cannons?Cats are evil.Comment
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Nope, but you're thinking along the right lines.Originally posted by swamp View PostCleopatra's Needle? (Lions either side.)Comment
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