OhNoAPacer
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I will try Cottingley
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Cryptic clues = station name
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DaleCooper
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If you think it's Cottingley because of the Arthur Conan Doyle fairies hoax you are correct. Your turn...
OhNoAPacer
Member
This might indicate an agricultural transaction.
Loppylugs
Member
Haymarket ?
OhNoAPacer
Member
A good attempt but not the station I have in mind.
Loppylugs
Member
Ok, let's go for Sellafield ?
OhNoAPacer
Member
Loppylugs
Member
Thank-you.
Elimination of a former rock band at the front entrance here reveals a location where their dismissal is not the only one.
Caboose Class
Member
Eaglescliffe?
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Slade Green?
Loppylugs
Member
Sadly, no.
Not Slade Green.
Think of another word for elimination. The rock band disappears from the front of this word revealing the station in question.
DaleCooper
Established Member
Oval?
Loppylugs
Member
Oval it is. REM are taken away from removal and of course plenty of dismissals are achieved nearby! Howzat ? All yours.
DaleCooper
Established Member
Thank you.
Next clue:
Q: "Can I have a clue to the name of the station?"
A: "Not likely!"
Caboose Class
Member
Ilkley?
DaleCooper
Established Member
That anagram of likely is correct. your turn....
Caboose Class
Member
Thank you.
Caboose Class
Member
New clue:- Unevenly ascending the icy tramway, flamboyant Bostonian finally reached the top
Caboose Class
Member
Hint(s):- The station is unmanned with no ticketing facilities, has 2 platforms and was renamed in 1975.
Caboose Class
Member
Additional clue:- Unevenly = not even = odd and the station is in Welsh Wales!
RobertsN
Member
Twywn?
Caboose Class
Member
Is the correct answer! Unevenly (i.e. oddly) ascending t(1)he icy(3) tramw(5)ay, flamboy(7)ant Bostonian(9) finally reached the top.
Your shuffle!
RobertsN
Member
My reasoning was completely based on the wavy patterns of the "w"
Next clue:
Short breathed and surprised hillybilly musician missed petite Josene leaving.
Next clue:
Short breathed and surprised hillybilly musician missed petite Josene leaving.
RobertsN
Member
Hint #1:
Station will normally see things like 15x DMUs.
Station will normally see things like 15x DMUs.
DaleCooper
Established Member
Parton?
RobertsN
Member
Sorry, not Parton (guessing you were thinking of Dolly). Right north-south of the UK, but not really close.
Initial hint (not #1) has 3 parts (or 2 and 1/2).
Initial hint (not #1) has 3 parts (or 2 and 1/2).
DaleCooper
Established Member
Newport (South Wales)?
RobertsN
Member
Sorry, no. Quite a bit further north.
RobertsN
Member
Hint #2:
Station name is not really long
Station name is not really long
RobertsN
Member
Having few takers, the station in question was Oban.
Oh (short breathed and surprised -> O) + Hillibilly musician (BANJO) - Missing Josene (JO for short -> so BANJO becomes BAN) = OBAN
Open floor.
Oh (short breathed and surprised -> O) + Hillibilly musician (BANJO) - Missing Josene (JO for short -> so BANJO becomes BAN) = OBAN
Open floor.