MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Stanley]

[Stanley]

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[Big Kev]

Mobile phone masts disguised as trees?

[Gloria]

Mobile phone masts near Lancaster.

[chinatyke]

They have these here too and they are very effective camouflage, even in parkland in cities. A great idea.

[Stanley]

That was short-lived! I will think again.

[Stanley]

Where is it and what is it?

[Stanley]

There's a deathly hush. You must find this a boring image....

[Gloria]

Going on from your boring comment.Is it an ornamental air vent for a tunnel, or a memorial for people who died whilst digging a tunnel?

[Tizer]

A religious monument?

[PanBiker]

It's in America somewhere I reckon and I have seen images of it before but can't just place it. Hang on, San Francisco, Alcatraz maybe?

[Gloria]

It's in America somewhere I reckon and I have seen images of it before but can't just place it. Hang on, San Francisco, Alcatraz maybe?

Been there, don’t remember that, but you could be right, the lighthouse looks similar.

[Stanley]

Ian's in the right city. Now what it's called and what it is.

[Gloria]

Coit Tower in a Telegraph Hill?

[Stanley]

You've got it Gloria. Erected by Mr Coit's widow in memory of him and regarded by many as an unabashed phallic symbol.
Next one?

[chinatyke]

It's in America somewhere I reckon and I have seen images of it before but can't just place it.

That's all that I could remember too.

[Gloria]

I wouldn’t have got it if I hadn’t taken the clue from Ian as regards San Fransisco.

[Stanley]

It wasn't easy.... (Featured in the film 'Bullit', remember that?)

[PanBiker]

I think it was included in the opening credits of "The Streets of San Francisco" (Karl Malden and Michael Douglas) cop series.

Just checked this YouTube link and I was right! Very short clip but it must have stuck in my memory.

The Streets of San Francisco - Opening and Closing Credits

[Tizer]

Can you tell me where this is and what is special about the building?

[Stanley]

Cast iron construction? It's in England I think.

[Big Kev]

Cast iron construction? It's in England I think.

Liverpool if I'm not mistaken.

[Tizer]

Another quick one - you're both getting too good at this! Yes, Oriel Chambers, Water Street, Liverpool, built 1864 of cast iron construction. The architect a local man, Peter Ellis. Oriel Chambers Detailed history: History

[Tripps]

I just looked up oriel window and I was surprised to see that in fact I've got two - one front and one back. Good to know what it's called.

PS The bottom story doesn't look perpendicular to me - or is it the camera?

[Stanley]

I see what you mean David. Looks as though the windows are angled back a bit.



What's this? The central feature is 2" in diameter.