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793660. Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:10 am |
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Watching one of the guys teaching his daughter how to make/maintain them was amazing to see, they pass this knowledge from generation to generation and keep it going.
This programme only touched a little on this, I'd like to see a dedicated programme to it, but would recommend the Human Planet series for anyone to watch. |
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Spud McLaren
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797996. Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:31 pm |
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India's train stations with the longest and shortest names - the shortest being Ib. |
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suze
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797999. Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:40 pm |
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There is no British railway station with a two letter name; there are eleven with three letter names - Ash, Ayr, Ely, IBM, Lee, Lye, Ore, Par, Rye, Wem, and Wye.
But what is Britain's longest station name?
Beware of the klaxon ... |
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Spud McLaren
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798001. Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:45 pm |
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Sir Muhammad Iqbal - that's not the name of the station, to which subject I may return, but of Pakistan's national poet; however he died before the formation of Pakistan. Quite an interesting chap.
"Nations are born in the hearts of poets; they prosper and die in the hands of politicians." |
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sjb
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798005. Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:56 pm |
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suze wrote: | But what is Britain's longest station name? |
Is it:
Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station
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:) |
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suze
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798007. Sat Mar 19, 2011 8:00 pm |
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sjbodell wrote: | Rhoose Cardiff International Airport |
Yes.
In the nicest possible way, damn you! |
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sjb
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798008. Sat Mar 19, 2011 8:06 pm |
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Hehehe, your hint in white helped me. I was thinking of the klaxon-worthy answer before I saw that. |
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Spud McLaren
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798009. Sat Mar 19, 2011 8:14 pm |
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I knew it wasn't going to be the klaxonworthy answer, but hadn't bargained on the simple reason: that there's a longer one. I assumed it would be because (I reasoned) the klaxonworthy one's official rail name was its shortened version. I was about to look this up when.... |
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suze
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798012. Sat Mar 19, 2011 8:26 pm |
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The klaxonworthy answer is officially called Llanfairpwll, yes.
There was a station with a longer name than the klaxonworthy version of that one, viz Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion.
But this has three points against it:
1. It's not the official name of the station, that being Golf Halt.
2. It's on a miniature railway which has never formed part of the National Railway System.
3. The name of the station is bad Welsh, and doesn't stand up to proper scrutiny. |
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Spud McLaren
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798066. Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:20 am |
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suze wrote: | ... The name of the station is bad Welsh... | Sounds like somewhere in Westphalia. |
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