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Thursday, 4 October 2012

Look for Longer

How well do you know the London Underground? Test your knowledge with this cool on-line game that was launched yesterday.  Look-for-longer is a quirky montage (see below) of puns that show 75 stations. So far I've identified 49. It's getting harder.  See how well you do and report back to me in a few days. I'll be incredibly impressed with anyone who can do it in one day.


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  1. On 72 in one day...

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  2. Remianing: 4 nuns, glue on road, and the facade at the top of the hill on the right

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  3. Anonymous, the 4 nuns is nunhead. Can't figure out the glue yet.

    Mo

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  4. 2 to go - The man in the street with the TV wrapped in rope, and the rat with the cheese - Any ideas?? Willing to swap answers.

    Topps

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  5. Haha! Love this... I got 21.... In my defense, I haven't lived there in a few years!

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  6. the rat with the cheese - leicester square.

    one more to go.. the guy with the telly...

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  7. Many thanks - 1 to go!!!

    I'm sure it will be obvious when I see it - but, don't think I'd have got the rat/cheese.

    Topps

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  8. Got it - All done!!!

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  9. I'm sure I'd fail miserably but what a fantastic idea! So creative and of course now I'm going to go click on it and try my luck.

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  10. which one is the guy with the telly... driving me crazy !!!!!!!

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  11. What fun! But I really shouldnt waste any more time... but what the hell!

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  12. Only up to 19 in 20 mins. Will spend more time later.

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  13. Guy with telly is all i'm missing.... Please help! My head hurts!

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  14. Watch out 'cause there are actually 76. I've done 72 and am left with 1) the fish 2)the bloke with the rope/draw 3) the 3 chip fryers 4) the hay stack rolling down the hill!

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  15. the fish is a red herring.... gettit....


    the chips are frying in what ..... blackfriars

    hainault

    cant get the man with the tv tied with rope

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  16. nuns is covent garden
    what colour are the friers ?

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  17. TV tied up with rope = bound screen = bounds green

    But what is the rabbit poking out of the hillside... not warren street apparently... last one !

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  18. The rabbit in the hole is Borough.

    I need the lady with up hair and the drum. Anyone can help?

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  19. High Barnet - geddit?
    Snare is broke!

    Bounds Green picture was just too vague. Luckily Bounds Green is in the Bs of the Tube station list!

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  20. I can't get the cityscape at the back or the dog, which I think is golders green but it won't accept that?

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  21. Just one to go - the thing on the left that looks like a fountain with a broken pot. Please help - been trying all day. And I live in Yorkshire!

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  22. the pot is a toiler and the fountain has water. I need the green dog!

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    1. The green dog is Parsons Geeen

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  23. Think the dog is hither green.

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  24. One to go ... I know it's going to be obvious, but what's the cake on the road ? Thanks

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  25. Cake in the road is Victoria!

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  26. rosiemarsupialOctober 06, 2012

    I only have 3 left...

    The fish on the road

    The german/swiss lady holding beer

    The guns on the hill

    Any help?

    The cake on the road is Victoria :)

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  27. rosiemarsupialOctober 06, 2012

    Actually, not the fish, the wizard turning people green! Can't work it out!

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  28. The dog is bounders green.

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  29. No it's not. The dog is Parson's Green.

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  30. My son and I got them all. The hardest was the glue, think what glue does to two items, and the Dog. Went through all the greens and I'd love to know how the first part is signified. The TV too was a problem but saying what the rope is doing and to what gives it.

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  31. Please help me with the white flag !!!!!!!

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    1. What country's flag is it?

      I'm stuck on the wizard on the hill, the airplane, the big white dome with something on top and the white structure next to the woman marrying the bone...any ideas??

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  32. What is the ham and football??!! I have put Fulham and it says that I am nearly there. What am I missing??!!

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  33. Alan carter -The dog is a Parson Russell Terrier

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  34. any1 help me with the glue

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  35. ham and football west ham










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  36. what is the wizard please

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  37. wizard turning green men!

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  38. whats the fish????
    someone please help

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  39. What is the ham right next to the football (not the ham next to Barbie and Ken, I know that is West Ham). I have put Fulham and it tells me that I am almost there. I don't know what I'm missing and I have also tried Fulham Broadway.

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  40. Balham. What is te airplane?

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  41. I must be stupid, 'cos no-one else has mentioned these. Footballer in red ? Lips ? Fire in the middle of the road ? Person watering the tree ? Man firing into the sky ? And, like others, the wizard. What a shame I can't enter, 'cos I don't subscribe to either Facebook or Twitter - any other way ?

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  42. the fire in the middle of the road is holburn

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  43. the airoplane is a lancaster bomber so its lancaster gate

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  44. thsnks for help with the wizard

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  45. anyone know what the big plank is up above the bridge

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  46. Plank above the bridge - Wood Green.
    Did I miss it - what's the wizard ?

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  47. Wizard is turnham green. Only 1 left the flag. Please help its driving me crazy!!!

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  48. The flag is Cyprus - footballer in red anybody ?

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  51. Help! What is the man watering that small plant?

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  52. Sheep in bath is Lambeth North and construction above bride is Archway. man firing iun sky is Mudchute.

    Topps

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  53. its lambeth. and gate by bride could be whitechapel

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  54. What is the Q shaped hedge and the fountain?

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  55. Heavy load up in the air? Thanx!

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  56. Q shaped hedge is kew gardens. Fountain is Waterloo and heavy load in air is wood green.

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  57. Yahay..........just one more to get, now.
    Please tell me what those lips are all about (if they are indeed lips) ?

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  58. anyone help with the torn tree????

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  59. Torn tree ? The 'burnt' tree is Burnt Oak, if that's the one you mean

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  60. no its not that one, the one below it where there appers to be a corner turned up.

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  61. Oh....you've just helped me. I thought they were lips, but it's a beak........hence....Becontree.
    Thanks a lot - that's them all

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  62. Heavy load in the air is Brixton.

    Topps

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  63. two to go: the guns on the hill and the white cross. any help please?

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  64. white cross = new cross
    what about the 'pressed' on the road?

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  65. man watering plant????

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  66. i also need help with the guns on the hill please

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  67. guns on the hill is Arsenal

    Does anyone know what the woman carrying the beer is please - thats my last one?

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  68. swiss cottage

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  69. Woman carrying beer - Maida Vale (maid of ale ?)
    Man watering plant - Bayswater (bay trees)
    'Pressed' on the road - Preston Road

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  70. Guns on the hill = Arsenal

    Topps

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  71. Just two left to go! The stone with late written on it and the metal hammer and block thing at the front...??

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  72. stone = Leytonstone
    Metal hammer= Hammersmith

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  73. What a young ballerina's sitting on bridge? only three more to go..

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  74. oh just saw 1 ton thing is Brixton... just ballet dancers and two chess pieces (tried Kings Cross, Queensbury etc)

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  75. I'm on my last one and I really need some help! I bet its obvious but I really cant figure out what the skyline at the back is!

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  76. my last 2 the leaf stuck to the road and the mound of dirt with the white thing sticking up can anyone help

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  77. the girls sitting on the bridge is seven sisters

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  78. skyline is white city

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  79. leaf on road= canada water

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  80. thanks for canada water

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  81. just stuck on white tower with gold top

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  82. What is the crushed drinks can please?

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    1. It's a can on street, cannon street

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  83. White tower with gold top is Monument

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  84. i have all but the round haystack with a hole ? willing to share info for all

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    1. Hainault (check spelling!)

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  85. got 74/75 but cant find last one cant find one to click onto please help.

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  86. What's the dead pig?

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  87. I have Bond Street but cant't figure out the one next to it, I've answered 75 so perhaps it's a mistake. It's the one underneath the Bow Tie.. It's driving me nuts! Help please!

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  88. i have 74, just left withthe fish on the street... first thing i thought was that looks like what type of fish.. a red herring.. so was thinkhing hmmm Heron Quays maybe... i got to the stage of thinking was it a type of fish i didnt know.. i even googled if Fairlop was a type of fish.. im thinking now that if i type in Red Herring will that complete the quiz.. cant do it in work as though so waiting to go home and try on laptop, can anyone confirm what the deal is with the red herring.. ive tried everything else
    cheers

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  89. dead pig is Hampstead
    "pressed" on road is Preston Road

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  90. The red herring IS "Red Herring" just type it in.

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  91. Well i got 60 before resorting to help... thanks for answers above - seems we were all struggling with the more obscure puns. I need:
    a. pile of earth with white shape
    b. outline of man on fire
    c. man between chess pieces holding something in hands

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  92. What is the Bride with top hat?

    Thanks!

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  93. a. pile of earth with white shape:

    That is a "Fin" that has been "buried".

    b.outline of man on fire:

    A "Killed" man that is "Burnt"

    I'm stuck on the nuns on the right and the man behind the chess pieces.

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  94. thanks for not giving the clue exactly - allows for a bit more thought.
    The nuns - I thought it was All Saints at first, but try thinking of where nuns live and they are hiding behing a hedge!

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  95. Hey
    Does anyone know the barber and ken one? Last one willing to swap answers

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  96. What is the well please?

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  97. What is the Bride with top hat?
    what is she marring ? (a bone)

    Stuck on the thing that looks like the taj or a mosque under redbridge any clues please

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  98. yes, she is marring a bone..

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  99. Anyone know what the drum is?????

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  100. Place that looks like Taj Mahal is Temple

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  102. 73. Nearly There. Am i the only one thta cannot get the kings crossing the road? the red fish? and the shepard and the bush?

    i thought they were kings cross and sheperds bush but it just says nearly lol

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  103. @London_TimesOctober 08, 2012

    75 all done & one ignored - superb idea, great fun and hugely addictive. Loved it!

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  104. I still need

    > the brown building next to the hill
    > Westminster sign
    >Alsation dog
    >giant pink pig

    which makes 4 more but i only have 70 is there a tiny small one somewhere im missing?

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  105. manor house
    barking
    bank

    idk what the sign is either.

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  106. whats the windmill?

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  107. ok, i just need the sign with the 4 queens heads on, the cross with the top hat (?) and the bent cross...

    PLEASE HELP

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  108. s'long suckas i did it

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  109. Thanks, Manor House is saying its close but not right????

    got barking and bank, so now just need the house (as above) and the westminster sign...Anyone?

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  110. Stuck on the tree with the beak, I typed in Becon Tree. didnt work. Also left with the little blue door. the last 15 I've entered, needed help with those but I was suprised how many I did get on my own :D

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  111. the little blue door is a gate and its really old :)

    what is the thing on the hill above royal oak?

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  112. Got to 74/75 and theres nowhere left to click!!! I've done them all but cant submit.

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  113. This game is so addictive!

    Done all 75 :D

    4 queens heads is queensway and the cross with hat on it is hatton cross

    Becontree is all one word :)

    That "thing" I think it's monument you're talking about.

    Try hovering over the page..

    Good luck all :D

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  114. Kings cross keeps saying nearly....Shepherds bush too. Why?? can anybody tell me the exact spellings that go in pleassseee.

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  115. Ive got 74 out of 75! can't find anymore...someone before said there is a stone with late on it and the answer is Leytonstone, but I can't find it! Where is it near?

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  116. its next to barbies shoes.....Can you please tell me the kings cross and sheperds bush please

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  117. Brilliant thanks.
    Shepherds Bush, spelt like that.
    What do you mean by Kings cross? The chess pieces? Or the shiny cross because that's New Cross.

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  118. the chess pieces thanks. ive tried that exact spelling but it keeps saying “nearly there’ its sooooo frustrating. They are the last two left.

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  119. Kings cross
    Shepherds bush

    Just type them in, Bobs yer uncle.

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  120. thanks..i wish. For some reason it always comes back “nearly there’. very frustrating as i have everything else. There must be some sort of ‘system problem'

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  121. Yeah, sounds like you've hit a snag.
    Maybe close the page and log back in again?

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  122. I also had 74 out of 75, and even had the red herring, but couldn't even find the last one, just wouldnt pop up, then i found it!! Bottom left hand corner, there is an "Oval" on the pub wall, Hurrah!!! Nice One CBS!

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  123. try king's cross and shepherd's bush :) good luck!

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    1. Just 2 to go, pls help with:-
      1. Make with the cake in his hand
      2. Building far back on top of hill
      Thanks :)

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  125. man with cake in his hand - baker st
    building on the hill is tower hill.

    Does anyone know what the drum is, its my last one!

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    1. Snaresbrooke-chk spelling ;)

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  126. The bride is of course mary a bone

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  127. I am TRAPPED!
    72/75

    Windmill
    Drum
    Lime on house

    HELP!!!

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  128. Windmill on a hill on the east
    Someone answered the drum above
    "Lime House"

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  129. Am I just being stupid, I have all the others, what is the cross on top of the Shard?

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  130. Cross on top of shard? It's my last one!!

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  131. Whitechapel.

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  132. Anyone know what the bridge in the background is?

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  133. redbridge

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  134. Last one... What is the tree with a crown on top?? Can't figure it out!!!

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  135. Whats the black horse you can see underneath 'Marble Arch' ?
    Comments above are most helpful :)

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  136. Oh god, just realised it's Blackhorse Road. Duh!!!

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  137. Whats the Hay rolling down the hill? My last one

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  138. The tree with the crown is Royal Oak

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  139. What is the mill, the p sign, the building behind woman marrying the bone?

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  140. Just need the 'p' sign now

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  141. im trying to find the one with the nuns any help?? pleaseeeeeee

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  142. pn;y one more to get - what is the man with the gun on the top of the mansion house please?

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  143. mudchute


    whats the archway behind the bride?

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  144. what is the water well next to the broken drum kit ?!?!?! im lost :/

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  145. nuns- covent garden :)

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  146. p sign- green park
    archway

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  147. Just done :) a little with your help! Thanks

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  148. The green rings anyone?

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  149. 2 to go and I'am getting crazy
    the bent cross near new cross and the ballet dancer near seven sisters

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  150. the green rings are "Q's" its Kew Garden

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  151. I was thinking Hatton cross because of the hat. But your bent cross comment got me thinking.Its Brent Cross. Thanks All 75 done!!

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  152. Just the crushed tin can on the road to go...help?

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  153. Just the crushed tin can on the road to go...help?

    the can is on a street

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  154. try cannon street

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  155. Got them all!! With a little help from family & friends :)

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  156. I wish I had been told about this forum 2 days ago as I might have been able to sleep longer. I have found 72 and need help.
    Bale of straw,
    Burning figure on ground,
    Windmill.
    Any help would be appreciated.

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  157. Only one left! What's the fire on the road?
    I tried Kilburn, but that comes up as Nearly.

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  158. Bale of straw: hainault
    Burning fire: holborn
    Burning figure: kilburn
    Windmill: mill hill east

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  159. I may have missed a, but the oval on the wall by barbie and ken, the red pin on the hill and the large building with the gate on the roof...

    Please please help??

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  160. the oval on the wall: you already have the answer!!

    the red pin: look on the metropolitan line.

    the gate one is made up of the bomber plane and the gate itslef...

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  161. It's not manor road, it's mansion road, that's why it won't work.

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  162. I mean mansion house, not road.

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  163. What's the firing hole on the road?? i can't guess it!!

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  164. Fire in the hole - Holborn

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  165. Please would someone tell me what the man watering the small tree on the right hand side is??

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  166. Help with last one please - what is the tree with the crown on it?

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  167. Got it! Royal oak :)

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  168. need the :
    well
    White Cross
    & Building behind bride

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  169. the white cross is "new cross", the gate is actually unknown for me

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  170. the building behind the bride is archway, the white cross is new cross, the tree is royal oak, teh drum is snaresbrook, the crushed tin is can-on street

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  171. Why am I getting NEARLY for East Ham and West Ham

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  172. Finally got my Hams the right way round Got my 75? Well I certainly feel like it after all that!!!

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  173. ok so was on 74/75 for ages, then got the fish..... but it still says I have 74 and cannot click on anything!!! any help please?!?!?

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  174. Toni- try the far left at the bottom, there's an oval on the wall that I didnt notice until I was also on 74 and couldnt click anything!

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  175. the well is stockwell, i don't know how that thing is stock? eh.

    the man with the watering can and the tree is bayswater. i assume its a bay tree.

    the gate on the roof of the building is lancaster gate - there's a lancaster bomber above it.

    the red pin is pinner

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  176. One left! The tower on the grey hill at the back?!
    Thanks anyone

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  177. the TOWER on the HILL...mmm?

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  178. i am stuck on my last one - the shark fin!!! Can I have some help please

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  179. The fin is buried in a park...

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