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Previously on "Obscure london places quiz - answer and ask"
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Originally posted by eliquant View PostYour back garden and Highgate public toilets !
It was the gay mens' bathing pond at Hampstead Heath and the public toilets opposite Elstree and Borehamwood Station.
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Originally posted by swamp View PostSuicide bridge was actually a tunnel which collapsed due to poor engineering. So they dug it out as a big trench and built a bridge over the new chasm.
Returning to the last question
Hampstead Heath is one. LA is another but that's not really "around London".
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Suicide bridge was actually a tunnel which collapsed due to poor engineering. So they dug it out as a big trench and built a bridge over the new chasm.
Returning to the last question
Name 2 places in or around London that George Michael has been found in lewd conduct?
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Originally posted by thunderlizard View PostThere must me some truth in it then. I expect part of its grim charm is the view it affords of the Archway Tower, that houses the offices of the DSS, CSA and various other government agencies that might have driven the suicidee* there in the first place.
*or suicidant. Amounts to the same thing.
There is a reason why the climb from Archway to Highgate is so steep though. It's to keep out Chavs and drunks
But the reward for a would be suicide case who can make it up the hill to Suicide Bridge and over the high railings is death into the oncoming traffic of the Archway road.Last edited by SantaClaus; 6 July 2009, 16:57.
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There must me some truth in it then. I expect part of its grim charm is the view it affords of the Archway Tower, that houses the offices of the DSS, CSA and various other government agencies that might have driven the suicidee* there in the first place.
*or suicidant. Amounts to the same thing.
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Ok, this one includes an area just on the edges of London:
Name 2 places in or around London that George Michael has been found in lewd conduct?
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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.
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Originally posted by swamp View PostCleopatra's Needle? (Lions either side.)
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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.
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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?
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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?
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Originally posted by Drewster View PostSorry, I thought - George Orwell? was his question!
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