Gruffalo Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I'm waiting for a "B"..... And in deference to an old quiz-master: Give us a P please Bob! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) Enumclaw (WA) - in the shadow of Mt. Rainier - a 14,000' stratovolcano and named for Rear Admiral Peter Rainier - a friend of Captain George Vancouver, with whom he served in the Carribean. I'm waiting for a "B"..... And in deference to an old quiz-master: Give us a P please Bob! I could use a "c" a "b" or a "w". (I put a "w" out there so I need someone to return the favour.) Edited April 10, 2013 by Ozexpatriate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruffalo Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Weston on the Green - place for young squaddies / airmen to conquer their fears and boldly go forth out of the door of a small aeroplane above Oxfordshire's green countryside with nothing but a sail on their backs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) Newport (OR) - home of Rogue Brewery, lighthouses and the lovely Yaquina Bay bridge. Edited April 10, 2013 by Ozexpatriate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted April 10, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 10, 2013 Taplow - Bucks very old anglo saxon village outside Slough! (I'd like a "W" also please) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) Woolloongabba (QLD) - as spelled according to locals or 'Woloongabba' (according to the Railways) - the locomotive sheds for the southside lines and eponymous branch line to the docks. They happen to play cricket there too. Edited April 10, 2013 by Ozexpatriate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Winchcombe - scene of a derailment that closed the Stratford to Cheltenham line in 1976. Bah! Simultaneous posting again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted April 10, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 10, 2013 Ashford- been a big railway town twice in its existance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Duns Tew - Oxon. Tiny village Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castle Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Hi All, Didcot - where the Great Western still reigns supreme Or Didcot - Little Swindon Predictable again... All the best, Castle 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) Topsham, on the Southern! Edited April 10, 2013 by BlackRat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted April 10, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) Minehead- Terminus for the WSR Also the subject for my next project! Edited April 10, 2013 by Sasquatch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted April 10, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 10, 2013 Durango - as in Durango and Silverton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) Everett (WA) - where Boeing makes big aeroplanes in a really big building. (The largest in the world by volume, they say.) Edited April 10, 2013 by Ozexpatriate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted April 10, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 10, 2013 Thurso- most northerly terminus in Great Britain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Oxenhope – Terminus of the KWVR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted April 10, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) Eagle Point OR- It's a dank day here, home to the only working watermill west of the Missisippi. Also there's not much woodwork going on! Edited for lack of interesting content. Edited April 10, 2013 by Sasquatch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) Evesham - home of a battle. (I'd like a "W" also please)I was going to follow with Marlow (to get your W) Thorpe St Andrew - because it ends in a W ... and this grim factoid from Wikipedia: East Anglia's worst rail crash happened at Thorpe St Andrew in 1874, killing 25 people and injuring 75 Edited April 10, 2013 by Ozexpatriate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted April 10, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) Woodingdean- largest suburb of Brighton, has the worlds deepest hand dug well at 1250 feet and a saxon camp that was one of the first settlements in Sussex that is now just a hole in the hill side! Edit; Also where sasquatch grew up! Edited April 10, 2013 by Sasquatch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruffalo Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) Towcester races away into the distance Oops, very slow to refresh so pipped at the post so to speak Edited April 10, 2013 by Gruffalo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) Nelson, NZ - named for the admiral. Edited April 10, 2013 by Ozexpatriate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruffalo Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Ningwood, IoW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) Dawlish - lovely! Pipped again - bah! Edited April 10, 2013 by Rugd1022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted April 10, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 10, 2013 Heidelberg - somewhere in Germany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruffalo Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) Harlestone - before a local worthy adds it! Can't Heidelberg end in urgh? Edited April 10, 2013 by Gruffalo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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