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Post by nightowl on Aug 21, 2008 13:13:00 GMT
Oo-er, what's that all about then?  |
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Post by Barbara on Aug 21, 2008 15:11:57 GMT
andrew gormley made metal statues and put them on the beach staring out to sea N O  |
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 24, 2008 11:08:14 GMT
Built in the mid 19th century, part of it is decorated with four bronze panels, cast from captured French guns, depicting the four great victories of the person it was built to commemorate.
In the early 1900's a confidence trickster "sold" it to an unknowing American tourist for £6,000 claiming it was for sale to pay off Britain's war loan to the United States.
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Post by nightowl on Aug 24, 2008 17:15:01 GMT
The Cenotaph?
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 24, 2008 17:19:00 GMT
You're in the right city NO!  |
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Post by nightowl on Aug 25, 2008 10:15:08 GMT
Nelson's Column?
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 25, 2008 10:25:51 GMT
Well done NO! |
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Post by nightowl on Aug 26, 2008 9:02:31 GMT
In a barren and rocky place, further north than Moscow, about the same latitude as Hudson Bay, a colourful surprise.
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 27, 2008 6:44:23 GMT
Are we in the UK NO?
You soon won't be will you? It's your holiday soon isn't it?
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Post by nightowl on Aug 27, 2008 7:10:08 GMT
Yep! Off on Friday  And yes, we are in the UK |
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 27, 2008 8:03:29 GMT
Lucky you - you should be guaranteed 2 weeks of sunshine! Is the place Inverewe Gardens, Ross-shire? |
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Post by nightowl on Aug 27, 2008 8:07:07 GMT
It certainly is Jas , over to you |
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 28, 2008 9:20:08 GMT
I overlook a bend in a river, was built by William the Conqueror early in the 11th century and was converted in to a country house in the early 17th century. Am rumoured to be haunted and have featured in an episode of Most Haunted.
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Post by farmersboy on Aug 28, 2008 16:26:38 GMT
Lucky you - you should be guaranteed 2 weeks of sunshine! Is the place Inverewe Gardens, Ross-shire? Iwas only in those gardens in June |
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Post by nightowl on Sept 21, 2008 12:39:20 GMT
I overlook a bend in a river, was built by William the Conqueror early in the 11th century and was converted in to a country house in the early 17th century. Am rumoured to be haunted and have featured in an episode of Most Haunted. I haven't a clue Jas, but didn't want the thread to disappear |
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 21, 2008 18:47:08 GMT
Welcome back NO - hope you had a good holiday!
I'd forgotten about this!
The place is the UK andwhen it says it was converted into a country house it is on a par with saying something the size of Buckingham Palace is a country house!!
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Post by nightowl on Sept 22, 2008 13:05:02 GMT
Chatsworth?
Haddon Hall?
Berkeley castle?
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 22, 2008 20:16:27 GMT
None of those but it is a castle!
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Post by Plocket on Sept 23, 2008 7:23:56 GMT
Tutbury Castle?
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Post by nightowl on Sept 23, 2008 7:34:56 GMT
Windsor?
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 23, 2008 8:19:23 GMT
Neither of those - it is in a town with a university!
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Post by blodau on Sept 24, 2008 7:16:38 GMT
Oxford Castle?
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 24, 2008 12:36:51 GMT
Not Oxford Blod. |
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Post by Plocket on Sept 24, 2008 14:35:57 GMT
So it's not Chiddingstone then!!! ;D
Warwick Castle?
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 24, 2008 15:42:13 GMT
Chiddingstone castle is on our list of places to visit and you are right Plocket - it isn't that one! ;D But...Warwick Castle is right! |
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Post by Plocket on Sept 24, 2008 17:06:51 GMT
I've never been to either but I love castles. I was supposed to go to Warwick once but the car broke down Right! I'm from Clydebank but am soon going to Dubai |
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Post by Plocket on Sept 25, 2008 6:52:54 GMT
Please ignore my previous submission - I was having a blonde moment and for some reason didn't do a "WHERE AM I?" but a "WHAT AM I?".
Try this one: I'm a listed building and am linked to Malcom X.
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 25, 2008 12:47:07 GMT
I've never been to either but I love castles. I was supposed to go to Warwick once but the car broke down Warwick is well worth a visit Plocket. We took the boys a few years ago. It was spring and the grounds were beautiful - carpets of daffodils everywhere. There were also people dressed up in medieval costume, sword fighting and tents where dressed up folk were acting out being medieval doctors  , herbalists etc... |
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 26, 2008 19:56:34 GMT
I'm a bit stuck with this one Plocket. Are we allowed to know if this place is in the UK?
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Post by Plocket on Sept 27, 2008 8:25:09 GMT
No it's not in the UK Jasmine In fact it's probably not a place you'd actually want to visit |
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