January Quiz - Day 6

[SE13]

The background from yesterday is still open as nobody guessed the answer.

Like with yesterday, a single part question with a bonus point up for grabs,



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[ruislip]

Baker Street Met.

[Deleted]

I think it's Acton Town but I'm not too sure

[Deleted]

Soho Square as a backdrop?

As for the station, Im going to guess Gunnersbury?

[chrish]

Ah.. it's on my territory!

I won't ruin the fun of others though!

Not Gunnersbury though! ;D

[Deleted]

Whitechapel, looking west from platform 3.

[Rich32]

Jan 6, 2009 5:50:49 GMT @mackenzieblu said:

Soho Square as a backdrop?

+1

As for the station, I'm stumped

[stuartpalmer]

I don't think the square is Soho - wrong sort of pavilion. Looks more Bloomsbury-like to me, but I can't pin it down.

[happybunny]

I have no idea what the station is
I have no idea what the garden is

So I will go with errrmmmmmmm Chesham (never been anywhere near there) and Victoria Gardens

[Deleted]

Jan 6, 2009 13:41:59 GMT @happybunny said:

I have no idea what the station is
I have no idea what the garden is

So I will go with errrmmmmmmm Chesham (never been anywhere near there) and Victoria Gardens

I don't know where it is but I'm 100% certain it's not Chesham!

[Dstock7080]

Lincoln's Inn Fields as background?

Answer to station is already there, i'm sure!

[glasgowdriver]

+2 for soho square
+1 for baker street met line

[Colin]

Jan 6, 2009 13:41:59 GMT @happybunny said:

I have no idea what the station is

tut tut Happybunny!!

Jan 6, 2009 7:56:38 GMT chrish said:

Ah.. it's on my territory!

I won't ruin the fun of others though!

Now he know's, but look who spoiled the fun!.....

Jan 6, 2009 11:13:13 GMT @adw said:

Whitechapel, looking west from platform 3.

I shall +2 that! ;D ;D ;D

[johnb]

+3 to Whitechapel, fairly sure none of the bridges at BS are that lovely shade of turquoise ;-)

[Deleted]

Jan 6, 2009 17:16:18 GMT Colin said:

Now he know's, but look who spoiled the fun!.....

Jan 6, 2009 11:13:13 GMT @adw said:

Whitechapel, looking west from platform 3.

This is the first time in ages I've actually known a quiz answer!

Anyway, it seems others are still not convinced and it wouldn't be the first time I've got a District location wrong.

[metman]

Not Baker Street Met, but could be Aldgate middle roads. Most likely to be Whitechapel looking west from 3-4.

[stuartpalmer]

Knew I'd track it down eventually: the people in the picture looked like students and I was focusing on the University of London. Then broadened out to City University and bingo! Northampton Square. A well-hidden oasis.

[SE13]

Jan 6, 2009 7:56:38 GMT chrish said:

Ah.. it's on my territory!

I won't ruin the fun of others though!

Not Gunnersbury though! ;D

And you PM'd me the correct answer.

Quite a few correct, and the background identified eventually as well.

Whitechapel - view east - taken by TMBA


Background: Northampton Square, Islington [Chris M]


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[Colin]

Your answer sheet is wrong SE13 - that is looking west at Whitechapel, not east!

[Chris M]

The error is either mine or TMBA's, but as I've had this picture in reserve for a long time (possibly over a year) I've got no way of checking which of us erred. As I do get my west and my east mixed up on occasion[1], I'll hold my hand up as the likely culprit.

[1] although I have no problems with left and right and my only foible with north-south is a tendency to assume that north is uphill This got confusing when I mislabelled half by photos of Nottingham trams between the Depot and the Hysons Green area where northbound trams descend a steep hill on a section of track that runs east-west!