+Hellfire1917 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I think Leeds has the first permanent set of automatic lights, in 1928. A clue: So did the town I'm looking for, but it also had a set for a temporary, experimental period, in 1927. Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 We're thinking London, specifically to enable MPs to get to the Houses of parliament - just a distant thought that s ringing a bell. Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Good thinking - there was a set of "traffic lights" somewhere in London in the 1800s. They looked just like railway signals, and had gas lights for visibility at night. But there had to be a policeman in a hut somewhere, pulling levers to control them, so they weren't automatic. They didn't last long, either, as a gas leak caused an explosion and injured the policeman on duty at the time. So your clues are: - it was in 1927 - it was a temporary, experimental installation - the lights were automatic, not requiring anyone to operate them and some new clues: - the place was a town in 1927. It's a city now and has been since 2000 - historically in Staffordshire, it's now part of the Metropolitan County of the West Midlands Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 Killed the policeman. They were at the west end of Westminster bridge, close to the clocktower for Big Ben. I'll say Wolverhampton for the more modern lights, as I know it had the first Zebra Crossing in Britain. The poles now at the site have the old-fashioned black and white markings as a little nod to this. Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Wolverhampton it is/was. So that's a Red - Amber - Green - DING! to Paul. HF Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 Thanks for that. I was there recently. It was cold. My question: What's the function of Britain's most southerly building? Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I will take a stab at it being, a lighthouses Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 A scientific research station of some form (on Antarctica). Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 A toilet?! Quote Link to comment
+Pajaholic Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 It depends on what you mean by "Britain". If you mean the geographical area of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, it's probably either Bishop Rock lighthouse, off the Scilly Isles, or the battlements at Europa Point, Gibraltar (since Gib is politically part of South West England). If you mean mainland Great Britain, it's probably the Lizard lighthouse. If you mean "British Sovereign Territory", it's probably a research facility in Antarctica. Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Lizard Point lifeboat station? Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 A toilet?!Ding! Yes, on the tiny Channel Island of Maîtresse (50x20m) on the Les Minquiers reef, south of Jersey has a (non-flushing at the time of my visit in 2010) loo at the edge of a 'village' of tiny stone cottages. A sign on the door reads "This Toilet has the distinction of being the most southerly building in the British Isles. Use with care..."(By Britain I meant the British Isles rather than Great Britain - the island [disused lifeboat station, or small shop on Lizard Point] - or British Overseas Territories [not actually part of Britain, just under its control], etc. Sorry for the confussion.) Over to Yorkshire Yellow! Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 A lucky guess! Okay, here's the next one: - Who were the first professional football club in Britain to install floodlights and in what year were they first used? Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 (edited) A lucky guess! Okay, here's the next one: - Who were the first professional football club in Britain to install floodlights and in what year were they first used? My Dad was, and my brother is, staunch Owls and I am sure it was one of the Sheffield clubs. I am going for the Blades, Sheffield United in 1892 (date a guess!). ddd PS I saw the first match under lights at Saltergate (the last league ground to install lights!), Chesterfield played Wednesday! Edited January 23, 2015 by dodgydaved Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Sorry dodgydaved, not right, according to my sources. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Bump - can we have a clue please? Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Bump - can we have a clue please? They're a league club, located in the south of the county, but no longer at the ground where the first floodlights were installed. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I can remember a club named Darwin FC or something like that but not sure. I have no idea about a date. Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I can remember a club named Darwin FC or something like that but not sure. I have no idea about a date. No, not Darwen. And that's in the north of the country in any case (Lancashire). Would you like another clue? Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Yes Please Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 The club concerned is currently in League Two. Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Was it Southampton, at The Dell? HF Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Was it Southampton, at The Dell? HF Nope. Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Was it Southampton, at The Dell? HF Nope. Surely not Luton Town FC Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Was it Southampton, at The Dell? HF Nope. Surely not Luton Town FC Fulham ? Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I think it was my club, Portsmouth. I don't know which year but will say 1949 simply to say they won the league that year! Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Sorry, but none of the clubs above. The club concerned is currently in League 2. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 A very wild guess, Wimbeldon? Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) as this is now a guessing game lets try Wolverhampton Edited January 29, 2015 by martin&lindabryn Quote Link to comment
+Clue-72 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 My wild guess is Dagenham and Redbridge. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 Cheltenham? (a guess too) Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Portsmouth was definitely the first club to play a league game under lights. But that isn't the question... If I'm allowed a 2nd guess then Oxford - they no longer play at the same ground. Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 If I'm allowed a 2nd guess then Oxford - they no longer play at the same ground. Well done - it's a 'nearly ding' for you - for the 'full ding' someone needs to tell me what name Oxford United were known by at the time. Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 If I'm allowed a 2nd guess then Oxford - they no longer play at the same ground. Well done - it's a 'nearly ding' for you - for the 'full ding' someone needs to tell me what name Oxford United were known by at the time. God I hate football Headingly United ? Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 It would be Headington United, I think. (Headingley is in Leeds.) Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 It would be Headington United, I think. You think right - DING! Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Not really sure I deserve that, but let's set one which is hopefully a bit easier! According to a famous poem, what did "the six hundred" do? Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 That would be the charge of the light brigade in Tennyson's poem I think. Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Forward, the Light Brigade! "Charge for the guns!" he said: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 A speedy response! I'm going to give the DING to martin&lindabryn, as they gave the poet's words (which is what I was looking for). Apologies to TheOldfields. Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 A speedy response! I'm going to give the DING to martin&lindabryn, as they gave the poet's words (which is what I was looking for). Apologies to TheOldfields. Thanks for the ding. I am off on holiday on Tuesday to a place that has a Calf. Can you name the island I am going too? Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 (edited) Isle of Man? (I think the Calf of Man is also an island so you may be going there, too). HF Edited January 31, 2015 by Hellfire1917 Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Indeed the Calf of Man is an island, as you say, I am going to the Isles of Mann for a caching trip. Over to you Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Have a good trip. Always fancied going there myself. My question. What did Walter Hunt invent that mothers and babies used to find very useful? HF Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 We'll have a guess at disposable nappies. Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 We'll have a guess at disposable nappies. No, but you're on the right track! Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 safety pin Quote Link to comment
+Pajaholic Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I note the past tense in the question -- so I thought perhaps terry towel nappies rather than disposables. However, the origin of terry nappies is probably lost in the annals of time and so I'll hazard a guess at nappy pins (i.e. the adaptation of safety pins used to hold terry towel nappies together). Quote Link to comment
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