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Acrylic-bob 27-11-2004 12:58

Puzzle 3
 
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This one is a bit easier. It has not been used for years and is now almost derelict, but what is the connection between this shop and transport?

The correct answer will win you...

1000 MONEY!

lettie 27-11-2004 14:59

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I'm only hazarding a guess here, so it's probably wrong. Was this place some sort of ticket office for the trains????

Doug 27-11-2004 15:11

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Newsstand "W.H.Smith" type of thing....................

WillowTheWhisp 27-11-2004 15:13

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Taxi office

Acrylic-bob 27-11-2004 19:14

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Sorry chaps, you are going to have to try harder. Wait while you see some of the stinkers I was out snapping this morning. Everyone is going to hate me!:D

Doug 27-11-2004 19:16

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It's not the loo's is it.

Acrylic-bob 27-11-2004 19:18

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You are dead right there mate, it isn't!

Doug 27-11-2004 19:29

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Travel Agency.............?

Acrylic-bob 27-11-2004 19:31

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What makes you think that?

Doug 27-11-2004 19:36

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It's the only connection between the shop and transport I can think of ....other than the place use to sell models of trains and busses maybe?

Acrylic-bob 27-11-2004 19:50

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Sorry mate. Care to try your luck again with another guess?

Margaret Pilkington 27-11-2004 19:56

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I know the location is next to the gold shop on Blackburn Road...... and the only link with Transport that I can think of is......it is close to the bridge that the railway line runs on.

Doug 27-11-2004 20:05

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob
Sorry mate. Care to try your luck again with another guess?

Give us a couple of hours and we will crack it. When was it last used A-B and for what Purpose.........;)

Doug 27-11-2004 20:09

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Transport Cafe...........

Acrylic-bob 27-11-2004 20:11

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It's been closed for years. I'm sorry I havent a clue what it was last used for,

Doug 27-11-2004 20:27

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It use to be a bus shelter...........?

Acrylic-bob 27-11-2004 20:30

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Nope. Not a bus shelter.

WillowTheWhisp 27-11-2004 20:31

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tram shelter

Acrylic-bob 27-11-2004 20:35

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No, not a tram shelter either.

Doug 27-11-2004 21:19

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Garage........?

WillowTheWhisp 27-11-2004 22:42

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bike shed .....................

Doug 27-11-2004 22:47

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Quote:

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
bike shed .....................

B****r that's daft enough to be right.............

WillowTheWhisp 27-11-2004 22:50

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It could be something even dafter - like the guy who owned it used to be a train driver.

Doug 27-11-2004 22:56

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You daft b****r willow, he'll never get a train in there.......:p

Have checked out the link: http://www.spacia.co.uk/

WillowTheWhisp 27-11-2004 23:50

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He could if it was a littl'un. ;)

Margaret Pilkington 28-11-2004 12:43

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Did it used to be the booking office for Robinsons Coaches?????

Acrylic-bob 28-11-2004 13:07

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Well Done Margaret Pilkington. The Money should be in you bank account about nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn-ow!

It was also the local office for Ribble Buses, remember them?

Doug 28-11-2004 14:38

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Well done Margaret.....this one was beginning to drive me mad....lol

WillowTheWhisp 28-11-2004 15:55

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Ooh I remember Ribble buses. I always used to think they were a bit special. Somehow they seemed posher than the average Accy Transport bus.

Well done Margaret by the way. :)

Margaret Pilkington 28-11-2004 17:10

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Thanks A-B......I feel quite rich now!

Acrylic-bob 28-11-2004 19:40

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Don't mention it Margaret. Care to have a go at some of the others?

tosh 20-01-2008 17:38

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the ribbel office

flashy 20-01-2008 18:18

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tosh this was 3 and a half years ago love, its already been answered

beechy 21-01-2008 05:41

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it was the first bus stop out of accrington
for the blackburn bus

Tony Ireland 21-01-2008 12:48

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was it a taxi office
tony

MovedtoBolton 21-01-2008 21:12

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I could be way off here but I seem to remember a travel agency there. Could it have been "pendle travel" - went on to become airtours? I know they had one on Little Blackburn Rd, perhaps this preceded it?

Ian

Atarah 31-01-2008 21:01

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Lost property office?

Atarah


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