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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #40 on: July 20, 2017, 10:24:28 am »
Done a few of my own. :D

31. Housing contract indebted.
32. Spock bids farewell to a friend.
33. Theft for unknown reason.
34. Associate of famous Bruce.

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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #41 on: July 20, 2017, 10:32:30 am »
32  Kirkby
34 Roby (Robin)?
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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #42 on: July 20, 2017, 10:33:59 am »
32  Kirkby
34 Roby (Robin)?

32 is right.
34 isn't Roby

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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #43 on: July 20, 2017, 10:36:11 am »
32 is right.
34 isn't Roby

Was thinking maybe 33 is Rob-y, but it just doesn't sound like it at all.
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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #44 on: July 20, 2017, 10:40:05 am »
22. Whiston
:lmao

That really is terrible.


I still think 23 has to end in -by, but I can't think of any more -bys.
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You're right about 23, but try to think more about where the old folks mentioned might be. I did give fair warning about how awful it is  ;)

23 is Granby, no?
Soz, nerp. But take that concept a bit further, and you'll have it. The honey supplier may also work with other vulnerable people.  :)
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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #45 on: July 20, 2017, 10:42:29 am »
Was thinking maybe 33 is Rob-y, but it just doesn't sound like it at all.

It is. :D Rob - why?

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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #46 on: July 20, 2017, 04:25:35 pm »
They have life in them, they have humour, they're arrogant, they're cocky and they're proud. And that's what I want my team to be.

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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #47 on: July 20, 2017, 04:47:47 pm »
;D


You're right about 23, but try to think more about where the old folks mentioned might be. I did give fair warning about how awful it is  ;)
Soz, nerp. But take that concept a bit further, and you'll have it. The honey supplier may also work with other vulnerable people.  :)

I'm thinking either Formby or West Kirby as both are full of retired people.
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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #48 on: July 20, 2017, 08:13:18 pm »
31. LEasowe
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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #49 on: July 20, 2017, 08:17:08 pm »
34.  Tarbock
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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #50 on: July 20, 2017, 08:49:17 pm »
I'm thinking either Formby or West Kirby as both are full of retired people.
It really isn't anywhere near that clever and well thought-out, Rob mate.  ;D


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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #51 on: July 20, 2017, 08:59:21 pm »
It really isn't anywhere near that clever and well thought-out, Rob mate.  ;D


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Fucks sake   ;D
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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #52 on: July 20, 2017, 09:01:55 pm »
It really isn't anywhere near that clever and well thought-out, Rob mate.  ;D


'Care bee'

= Kirkby.



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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #53 on: July 20, 2017, 09:57:47 pm »
Fucks sake   ;D


Exactly what I just said. ;D
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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #54 on: July 20, 2017, 10:05:58 pm »
Couple of unsolved ones on the previous page....

Full list:

1.     Direction meets horse race  West Derby.

2.   Communicate Speke

3.   Iron a child’s bed  Prescot

4.   Hurry, it’s a foot complaint Runcorn

5.   New grassed area  Freshfield

6.   Recreation ground with a garden entrance  Parkgate

7.   Gnarled tree Knotty Ash

8.   Shout over the big pond Hoylake

9.   A bad tempered insect Crosby 

10.    Healthy timber Halewood

11.    This bird's over the hillOld Swan

12.    Book components meet an old racing driver  Pagemoss

13.    Infant before a barrier Childwall

14.    Church in a valley Kirkdale

15.    Body of water just misses out on a medal  Seaforth

16.    A soggy mammal’s playground Otterspool

17. Forever heavy  Everton

18. Aloft living   Hightown

19. Kick the French   Bootle

20. Chuck's herb  Norris Green

21. Swampy's demise  Croxteth

22. Donald's penchant  Whiston

23. Old folk's honey supplier  Kirkby

24. Le station daze  Garston

25. Oviparity  Aigburth

26. Mum's returned.

27. Militant secularist wouldn't be caught dead here

28. Roger did this several times in several years

29. A very honest and blunt letter

30. Fake palace.

31. Housing contract indebted. Leasowe

32. Spock bids farewell to a friend. Kirkby

33. Theft for unknown reason. Roby

34. Associate of famous Bruce.  Tarbock
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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #55 on: July 20, 2017, 10:13:58 pm »
30 could be Kensington?

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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #56 on: July 20, 2017, 10:17:30 pm »
35... Shit air pistol in a big field.
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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #57 on: July 20, 2017, 10:20:31 pm »
30 could be Kensington?

Nope. Its shitty cryptic, more along the line of the first ones.
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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #58 on: July 20, 2017, 10:35:38 pm »
30. Vauxhall
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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #59 on: July 20, 2017, 10:36:16 pm »
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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #60 on: July 20, 2017, 10:37:04 pm »
Few more -

36 - One lawn
37 - Greeting a psychologist
38 - A retired duck

Nope. Its shitty cryptic, more along the line of the first ones.

edit - Vauxhall, eh? Clever one, that.



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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #61 on: July 20, 2017, 10:39:21 pm »
If your moral compass is Piers Moron then I ask you to think whether someone who oversaw illegal phone hacking and published fake pictures depicting War Crimes is an appropriate person to look up to. In fact, I'd suggest you're a bit of a c*nt.

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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #62 on: July 20, 2017, 10:42:00 pm »
37. Haydock
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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #63 on: July 20, 2017, 10:42:39 pm »
37. Haydock

Correct! I thought I was being clever with the psychologist bit too! ;D

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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #64 on: July 20, 2017, 11:01:31 pm »
More of a guess...

35 Gateacre
36 Anfield
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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #65 on: July 20, 2017, 11:07:40 pm »
More of a guess...

36 Anfield

Correct!

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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #66 on: July 20, 2017, 11:30:47 pm »
More of a guess...

35 Gateacre

Correct!
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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #67 on: July 21, 2017, 09:33:10 am »
28. Roger did this several times in several years

Hunts Cross?

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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #68 on: July 21, 2017, 09:34:28 am »
28. Roger did this several times in several years

Hunts Cross?
Correct!

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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #69 on: July 21, 2017, 09:49:09 am »
Is 38 Old Swan? We had that already.







39. A brickie owns this town.
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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #70 on: July 21, 2017, 10:43:51 am »
Is 38 Old Swan? We had that already.

39. A brickie owns this town.

It is, yeah.

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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #71 on: July 21, 2017, 10:48:50 am »
Tough one to add to the list.

40. Could be brown,a leader with our King in the middle.
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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #72 on: July 21, 2017, 10:52:33 am »
Tough one to add to the list.

40. Could be brown,a leader with our King in the middle.
Birkenhead.
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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #73 on: July 21, 2017, 10:58:42 am »
Birkenhead.

Correct.
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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #74 on: July 21, 2017, 11:01:48 am »
It is, yeah.

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They were easier than your first ones, still puzzling over those!
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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #75 on: July 21, 2017, 02:27:39 pm »
31. LEasowe

Yes

34 is not Tarbock.

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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #76 on: July 21, 2017, 02:40:54 pm »
Stumped with the ones outstanding meself too.

Quite an easy one for ya's..

A very noisy german vehicle.



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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #77 on: July 21, 2017, 03:02:53 pm »
Ok, here's a clue to 26.

26. Mum's returned from the grave.
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« Reply #78 on: July 21, 2017, 03:12:05 pm »
And another new one.

42. Chopped sour fruits without direction.
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Re: Merseyside / wool place names quiz...
« Reply #79 on: July 21, 2017, 10:05:37 pm »
Shake a bush.

Wavetree .

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