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« Reply #2295 on: October 19, 2012, 07:56:38 am »
Thanks for that Jack, how fascinating.
So were these the precursor to the Crosby ones, do you know?

Hi Hollins, No it was the other way round! The Crosby sculptures were commissioned in 1997 while the 'Inside Australia' sculptures were put on Lake Ballard in 2003 as part of the 50th Anniversary of the Perth International Arts Festival even though Lake Ballard is 780km from the city of Perth.

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« Reply #2296 on: October 20, 2012, 11:58:06 am »
              Where would you find this striking piece of modern art?


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« Reply #2297 on: October 20, 2012, 01:37:51 pm »
 RNLI Memorial in Poole, which commemorates those who lost their lives at sea while saving others from the early 1800s to the present day.

Hope this is the one!   :D
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« Reply #2298 on: October 20, 2012, 02:50:24 pm »
       $good$ Well done Yorkie. We had a look around the RNLI Headquarters while we were there and it is a very impressive set-up.  There is an indoor  pool where they can simulate storm conditions and all manner of high-tech facilities available for the training of lifeboat crews. Also in the area (see below) was the bronze statue of Baden Powell sat looking across Poole harbour over to Brownsea Island where the inaugural Scout Movement camp was held in 1907.

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« Reply #2299 on: October 20, 2012, 04:07:38 pm »
This is CHARLES - where is he located now that he is in retirement?
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« Reply #2300 on: October 20, 2012, 05:37:45 pm »
Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum?

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« Reply #2301 on: October 20, 2012, 05:55:41 pm »
Absolutely correct Bri!  Nice little group of exhibits they have.   Didn't think it would last long but I'm sure the NT will be grateful for the exposure.   ;)
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« Reply #2302 on: October 20, 2012, 06:48:54 pm »
And the sisters of Charles, Linda and Blanche are still running on the Festiniog Railway, we travelled behind Blanche just 2 weeks ago  D)
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« Reply #2303 on: October 20, 2012, 08:01:55 pm »
This is the decapitated statue of a famous (or infamous man),  but who is he, where is the statue and (if possible) why was it beheaded? 

Had to remove picture as it showed the name!!!    _))*  Now back blocked out!
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« Reply #2304 on: October 20, 2012, 11:25:21 pm »
Statue of António de Oliveira Salazar

Santa Comba Dao, Portugal
 Date of incidence: 1974
This bronze statue of former dictator António de Oliveira Salazar of Portugal was beheaded with dynamite in the 1974 “Carnation Revolution”, a military-led coup d'état, started on April 25, 1974, that replaced the dictatorship with a democracy after two years of a transitional period known as PREC. Located in Salazar’s city of birth, Santa Comba Dao, the statue’s head has been stored for over 30 years in the attic of City Hall. There is current discussion that the statue may be restored and placed in a newly planned Salazar museum

The Portugese writing on the base gave it away.
 

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« Reply #2305 on: October 21, 2012, 08:43:24 am »
What a mine of information is contained within the four walls of this Forum!   Correct again.

Is it maybe bout time we got a quiz team together to challenge those Eggheads on the BBC?   :D
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« Reply #2306 on: October 21, 2012, 12:01:56 pm »
What a mine of information is contained within the four walls of this Forum!   Correct again.

Is it maybe bout time we got a quiz team together to challenge those Eggheads on the BBC?   :D


I'm pretty sure they don't allow Google searches on Eggheads!
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« Reply #2307 on: October 21, 2012, 01:22:31 pm »
Where is this building and what is it used for?  Easy peasy!   :D
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« Reply #2308 on: October 22, 2012, 08:28:01 pm »
I never use Google seaches for these quizzes, it spoils the fun.
I like to have a guess, or  I know it for sure, I state the answer.

In this case, I'll have a guess at The Bodleian Library in Oxford?   I've been there, it looks very much like it.
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« Reply #2309 on: October 22, 2012, 08:31:22 pm »
That was on a few months ago|  Not the Bod but a good place for information gathering!   :D
The clue is in the caption.

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