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Simonb

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3750 on: 29 March, 2011, 09:28:40 am »
A Russian author.
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clarion

  • Tyke
Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3751 on: 29 March, 2011, 12:19:02 pm »
Gorki?
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RJ

  • Droll rat
Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3752 on: 29 March, 2011, 12:53:39 pm »
Bulgakov?
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Cudzoziemiec

  • Ride adventurously and stop for a brew.
Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3753 on: 29 March, 2011, 12:57:23 pm »
Mayakovsky?
(Ok, just guessing now)
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Simonb

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3754 on: 29 March, 2011, 02:12:50 pm »
Quote from: clarion on 29 March, 2011, 12:19:02 pm
Gorki?

Bingo!

Sorry. Bit of a difficult one, that.
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Simonb

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3755 on: 29 March, 2011, 02:13:47 pm »
Quote from: RJ on 29 March, 2011, 12:53:39 pm
Bulgakov?

Bulgakov's is just around the corner (and much, much grimmer).
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clarion

  • Tyke
Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3756 on: 29 March, 2011, 02:47:28 pm »
Quote from: Simonb on 29 March, 2011, 02:12:50 pm
Quote from: clarion on 29 March, 2011, 12:19:02 pm
Gorki?

Bingo!

Sorry. Bit of a difficult one, that.

Very lucky guess, I'm afraid.
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RJ

  • Droll rat
Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3757 on: 29 March, 2011, 04:58:50 pm »
Quote from: Simonb on 29 March, 2011, 02:13:47 pm
Quote from: RJ on 29 March, 2011, 12:53:39 pm
Bulgakov?

Bulgakov's is just around the corner (and much, much grimmer).

Logical really, as I don't think he was quite as much in favour with the Party ...
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3758 on: 29 March, 2011, 07:57:26 pm »
No, they were dog people!
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fuzzy

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3759 on: 30 March, 2011, 01:03:30 pm »
Mine is nothing to do with Barbara Cartland.

Occupant was English though.
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3760 on: 30 March, 2011, 01:10:03 pm »
Fuzzy's pic:

The water looks more like a lake or perhaps even a river than the sea. So it could be... No, sorry, no idea!
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Ian H

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3761 on: 30 March, 2011, 01:15:47 pm »
Quote from: Ian H on 29 March, 2011, 08:34:55 am
Quote from: Simonb on 29 March, 2011, 03:53:22 am
Not the Lubyanka, not the Kremlin. Home of an author.

Maugham?

I realise I'm replying to Simonb, but Fuzzy's picture. Must pay more attention.

To Fuzzy:-

Somerset Maugham's place?
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Jurek

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3762 on: 30 March, 2011, 01:19:16 pm »
Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat.

David Niven's house.
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RJ

  • Droll rat
Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3763 on: 30 March, 2011, 01:20:10 pm »
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fuzzy

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3764 on: 30 March, 2011, 01:24:17 pm »
Jurek gets it :thumbsup:
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Jurek

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3765 on: 30 March, 2011, 01:44:28 pm »
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Ian H

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3766 on: 30 March, 2011, 01:49:05 pm »
Haworth?
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Jurek

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3767 on: 30 March, 2011, 01:57:13 pm »
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David Martin

  • Thats Dr Oi You thankyouverymuch
Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3768 on: 30 March, 2011, 04:06:44 pm »
It isn't Beatrix Potters cottage in the lakes. George Orwell's cottage on Islay?
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Jurek

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3769 on: 30 March, 2011, 04:36:46 pm »
Quote from: David Martin on 30 March, 2011, 04:06:44 pm
It isn't Beatrix Potters cottage in the lakes. George Orwell's cottage on Islay?

You're right. It isn't  ;)
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clarion

  • Tyke
Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3770 on: 30 March, 2011, 04:56:04 pm »
Had we not established this was in Italy?  Or am I getting confuzzled?
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3771 on: 31 March, 2011, 12:33:34 am »
I don't think I could even narrow Jurek's down to a continent, but it looks so lovely I'm determined to visit it when someone gets the answer.
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Ian H

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3772 on: 31 March, 2011, 07:54:38 am »
Quote from: Jurek on 30 March, 2011, 04:36:46 pm
Quote from: David Martin on 30 March, 2011, 04:06:44 pm
It isn't Beatrix Potters cottage in the lakes. George Orwell's cottage on Islay?

You're right. It isn't  ;)

Ambleside?
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Jurek

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3773 on: 31 March, 2011, 08:18:35 am »
Not Ambleside.

It has a railway connection.
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Tim Hall

  • Victoria is my queen
Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3774 on: 31 March, 2011, 08:44:48 am »
Given that The House With Three Chimneys, from the Railway Children was fictional, is it Rev W Audrey's house? So on the IOM?
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