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Post by whitstabletangerin on Dec 31, 2011 15:26:05 GMT 1
Somewhere about 1937 and was it a guy by the name Glendening.
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Post by yenilira on Dec 31, 2011 15:42:11 GMT 1
Neither.
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Post by yenilira on Jan 2, 2012 11:38:45 GMT 1
Question # 64 is now held over and on to Q # 65
Who was the literati that lived in the Mearns?
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Post by whitstabletangerin on Jan 2, 2012 12:17:33 GMT 1
Charlie Adam.
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Post by yenilira on Jan 2, 2012 12:19:20 GMT 1
Naw, he' taken the Road an' Miles frae Dundee'
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Post by whitstabletangerin on Jan 2, 2012 12:46:14 GMT 1
Of course he did, how stupid of me.
What about that poet guy... Robert Burns, would he fit the bill?
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Post by yenilira on Jan 2, 2012 13:08:00 GMT 1
Sorry, you're about 150 miles out.
Rabbie Burns was Ayrshire on the Clyde coast.
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Post by whitstabletangerin on Jan 2, 2012 13:12:04 GMT 1
My nephew lives at Aberdour, is that close, I can always call a friend, or is that not on.
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Post by yenilira on Jan 2, 2012 13:20:42 GMT 1
Aberdour, by the Forth Rail/Road Bridge? Nope, but you're getting warmer - down to 84 miles Clue, for what it is worth(?) A school colleague of mine was descendant of Rabbie. You're not on bloody 'Millionare' you know!
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Post by yenilira on Jan 3, 2012 15:18:31 GMT 1
Question 65 also held over....no takers.....
and so on to Q# 66
'Pop', 'Plugstreet', and 'Wipers' are all etched in the annals of history. Where, and what are they, and how are they connected?
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Post by whitstabletangerin on Jan 3, 2012 15:40:18 GMT 1
I would say they are WW1, Flanders battlefield links
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Post by yenilira on Jan 3, 2012 16:06:39 GMT 1
The towns of Poperinge, Ploegsteert, and Ypres/Iepers, all in Belgium, formed part of the Ypres Salient Battlefront during the First World War.
Your Question, Whit.
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Post by whitstabletangerin on Jan 3, 2012 17:08:34 GMT 1
It was the wipers thing that gave me the clue, now for; Q#67
Some years ago back in the 80's, a roll on roll off ferry sank off the coast of Belgium, it was of course the................... and owned by ...................shipping company.
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Post by yenilira on Jan 3, 2012 22:25:23 GMT 1
That's an easy one - it's etched in my memory:
1987 - Free Enterprise, due in at Zeebrugge, the T/Thorensen line.
Sorry - first week in March of the above year.
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Post by whitstabletangerin on Jan 3, 2012 22:50:15 GMT 1
Correct, although it was the Herald of Free Enterprise and she was leaving Belgium for England. Over to you Yeni.
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Post by yenilira on Jan 4, 2012 0:38:32 GMT 1
Yes, my apologies - out of Zeebrugge.
In France it is occasionally known as "La Tapisserie de la Reine Mathilde" , but we know it as what? which is now exhibited at a museum in France... but where was it originally hung?
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Post by yenilira on Jan 4, 2012 15:35:31 GMT 1
Q # 69 -
Where and when was the first airmail flight scheduled?
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Post by whitstabletangerin on Jan 4, 2012 16:53:10 GMT 1
I hope it's tomorrow when my tickets arrive from Blackpool for the Ipswich game.
On a more serious note, was it that Amy lady the first one, no not Winehouse, the other one just before we were born, Pittsburg to New York, 1924
Edit. Amy Johnson
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Jan 4, 2012 19:36:50 GMT 1
Thought the first one was made in 1911 in the UK?
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Post by yenilira on Jan 4, 2012 20:05:39 GMT 1
No, Whit. Neither part is correct.
Just a few years out, Sher, but place incorrect.
The known answer will be revealed around 2030 hours, if nobody gets it before then.
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Post by yenilira on Jan 4, 2012 21:45:30 GMT 1
The world's first airmail flight was scheduled to take off from Washington DC' s Potomac Park at 11.30.am. on May 14th, 1918, with President Wilson present.
and so to Q # 70:-
KUT was previously a group of royal colonies in Africa. What are they called today?
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Post by whitstabletangerin on Jan 5, 2012 0:26:04 GMT 1
Just come on here Yeni, bit late for me to put my thinking cap on, have been watching Mamma Mia, again, brilliant film if you like ABBA of course. Africa.....KUT..one try tonight then South Africa. Goodnight.
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Post by yenilira on Jan 5, 2012 12:17:40 GMT 1
Good morning, Whit.
Sorry, you're around 1,900 km too far south.
I'll give it until noon.
Oh, I'm not into Abba by the way; more the Corries, Tommy Makem & Clancy Bros., even.
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Post by whitstabletangerin on Jan 5, 2012 12:37:33 GMT 1
Royal colonies, would that be the old Belgium Congo ?
Edit. Tickets arrived.
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Post by yenilira on Jan 5, 2012 14:17:14 GMT 1
Sorry, no.
On to Q # 71:
What is the second-longest river in Europe and where does it start and finish?
Ahh. The Royal Mail does work at this time of year!
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