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« Reply #2310 on: October 23, 2012, 03:50:59 pm »
I'm stumped, but was Fester in the right area as the old building looks like it is made from Cotswolds stone?

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« Reply #2311 on: October 23, 2012, 04:58:50 pm »
Another clue, many a politician has passed through its portals, and it is also a delicious mess.   ;D
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« Reply #2312 on: October 23, 2012, 05:08:35 pm »
Another clue, many a politician has passed through its portals, and it is also a delicious mess.   ;D
            With the last clue, I reckon it has to be one of the Buildings at Eton College, but I'm afraid I don't know which one exactly.

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« Reply #2313 on: October 23, 2012, 05:25:28 pm »
Absolutely correct Gwynant!  It is a view of the main building front elevation.   In the centre of the pic is a statue but is not clear in this pic.   Eton is anagram of note, lots of MPs went there and, of course there is a nice desert called the Eton Mess.   &well&
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« Reply #2314 on: October 23, 2012, 05:50:54 pm »
         In which English city would you find this lady, and what record-breaking building is she striding away from?

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« Reply #2315 on: October 23, 2012, 06:27:18 pm »
Salisbury Cathedral.  The Walking Madonna by Elisabeth Frink (1930-1993)

The long shadows provided a clue.
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« Reply #2316 on: October 23, 2012, 07:12:50 pm »
               
           $good$    Well done Yorkie, and after I had spent ages learning how to digitally scratch out the title on the plinthe of the statue as well!  The statue is in the shadow of Salisbury Cathedral which has the tallest spire in Britain with a height of 123 metres (404 ft.). You can see her in the picture below, she is the 6th person from the left.   $good$

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« Reply #2317 on: October 23, 2012, 07:47:14 pm »
What people? ;D
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« Reply #2318 on: October 23, 2012, 08:03:18 pm »
Here is another easy one.  Who is this and where is it?
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« Reply #2319 on: October 23, 2012, 08:15:53 pm »
Memorial to Edith Cavell at St. Martin's Place, London.
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« Reply #2320 on: October 23, 2012, 08:22:38 pm »
Well done!   Not too difficult that one. 
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« Reply #2321 on: October 24, 2012, 01:20:16 pm »
What is the building that is reflected in this photo and where is it?

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« Reply #2322 on: October 24, 2012, 04:40:26 pm »
I got a blank on this one so far.  Too little evidence!   :D

Bit like the construction of the Canton Tower in China but I don't think that is the one.
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« Reply #2323 on: October 24, 2012, 05:38:02 pm »
No, much closer to home and in the UK. It is made largely of stainless steel.

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« Reply #2324 on: October 24, 2012, 05:55:31 pm »
Is it called the Lowry Tower by any chance? That would put it in Salford Quays.
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