Author Topic: The "guess the place" thread (Read 912845 times)

Peter · « **Reply #5400 on:** 03 April, 2013, 11:49:24 pm »

Quote from: Exit Stage Left on 03 April, 2013, 07:22:40 pm

Quote from: Peter on 03 April, 2013, 06:41:23 pm
Of course The Herd(wick) was another band..... But compared with The Band they were wick, as we'd say in the north east.

Peter Frampton was the lead singer, he always looked a bit unshorn.

Deano · « **Reply #5401 on:** 06 April, 2013, 11:23:35 am »

I'll throw in this very easy one, to keep things moving:

Jaded · « **Reply #5402 on:** 06 April, 2013, 11:28:45 am »

Gray Street, Newcastle?

(probably spelled Grey)

Deano · « **Reply #5403 on:** 06 April, 2013, 11:36:52 am »

Spot on. It was voted the best street in Britain:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/newcastles-grey-street-is-voted-the-finest-in-britain-643359.html

Jaded · « **Reply #5404 on:** 06 April, 2013, 11:44:04 am »

It still looks familiar after 35 years

clarion · « **Reply #5405 on:** 06 April, 2013, 11:50:39 am »

I used to work in the Theatre Royal!

clarion · « **Reply #5406 on:** 06 April, 2013, 11:52:23 am »

I love the memorial erected because of Geordies' love of Earl Grey's tea.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #5407 on:** 06 April, 2013, 11:07:21 pm »

A memorial to tea is good by me! Is there one to Earl Battenburg for his cake?

hellymedic · « **Reply #5408 on:** 06 April, 2013, 11:24:35 pm »

Didn't Battenburg anglicise to Mountbatten?

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #5409 on:** 06 April, 2013, 11:31:36 pm »

That's what I presume. I'm not aware of a Mountbatten Monument anywhere but bet there is one somewhere - doubt if it actually mentions cake though. $:-\$

hellymedic · « **Reply #5410 on:** 06 April, 2013, 11:50:59 pm »

Whitehall.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZFdISD3FDcE&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/ZFdISD3FDcE&rel=1</a>

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #5411 on:** 07 April, 2013, 12:11:55 am »

Quote from: hellymedic on 06 April, 2013, 11:50:59 pm

Whitehall.

As I suspected - no cake was mentioned!
(Was that 1983? It looks positively historic. I bet a primary school child would say it was something like Victorian. I'm going to ask tomorrow... )

Jaded · « **Reply #5412 on:** 07 April, 2013, 08:03:53 am »

OK, following in the vein of easy ones...

Ian H · « **Reply #5413 on:** 07 April, 2013, 08:29:12 am »

Is that what they've done to Bristol?

Jaded · « **Reply #5414 on:** 07 April, 2013, 08:43:21 am »

Ian H · « **Reply #5415 on:** 07 April, 2013, 11:06:39 am »

Quote from: Jaded on 07 April, 2013, 08:43:21 am

No

Brum?
(I'm sure I've seen it somewhere)

Jaded · « **Reply #5416 on:** 07 April, 2013, 03:10:57 pm »

Not Brum...

longers · « **Reply #5417 on:** 07 April, 2013, 05:11:16 pm »

We think that's Liverpool One, or nearby.

Jaded · « **Reply #5418 on:** 07 April, 2013, 05:14:21 pm »

It is - the office/hotel end, past John Lewis.

longers · « **Reply #5419 on:** 07 April, 2013, 05:30:46 pm »

Just the name of the village needed.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #5420 on:** 09 April, 2013, 04:36:34 pm »

Jerome K. Jerome's house.

longers · « **Reply #5421 on:** 12 April, 2013, 03:10:47 pm »

Very good!

I'll go back and edit it but meant to put: Just looking for the name of the village in the original post.

longers · « **Reply #5422 on:** 14 April, 2013, 07:05:45 am »

Apologies for terrible choice to guess

It's not far from this bus stop.

Deano · « **Reply #5423 on:** 17 April, 2013, 10:21:07 pm »

Wild guees: Plockton?

(actually, that looks extremely unlikely, looking at the second pic...)

Salvatore · « **Reply #5424 on:** 17 April, 2013, 10:24:59 pm »

I've seen bus shelters like that near New Abbey