Google Street View treasure hunt!

Can you identify a station from just a paving slab? Sadly, some people can
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Iain wrote:http://goo.gl/maps/PE4rE

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http://goo.gl/maps/cl7BW

Find me a sleeper train.
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I believe this is the sleeper...

http://goo.gl/maps/dcCHd

Please find me a train in Silverlink livery
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tractakid wrote: Please find me a train in Silverlink livery
http://goo.gl/maps/Tfcjw

Find me this sign

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A bit dirty, but.......

http://goo.gl/maps/SyVCw


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2 attempts
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(Not getting much quicker)
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Complete with club

http://goo.gl/maps/V7ER5

Find me a clock face showing a time between 9 and 10
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The Raven wrote:Complete with club

http://goo.gl/maps/V7ER5

Find me a clock face showing a time between 9 and 10
digital or analogue?
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Analogue
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Urzzz1871 wrote:A bit dirty, but.......

http://goo.gl/maps/SyVCw


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Damn too late!!

http://goo.gl/maps/usFkI
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The Raven wrote:
Find me a clock face showing a time between 9 and 10
http://goo.gl/maps/zkYu4

Fine me a Ladbrokes shop front with the old style chevron logo as detailed below:
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Bonus marks if you can find the store in London with the unique shop front displaying an upper case serif style logo.
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Hahaha, just found this while looking for clocks... still didn't find a suitable one. Plenty of 8 and 10 oclocks...

http://goo.gl/maps/7wI7d
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I found a weird looking house while looking.

http://goo.gl/maps/gUfmv
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joy54 wrote: Fine me a Ladbrokes shop front with the old style chevron logo as detailed below:
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Bonus marks if you can find the store in London with the unique shop front displaying an upper case serif style logo.
So its been over five days since this was posted and as the rules state it is now open floor again.

When I set this question I thought it would actually be quite easy as there were at least three pictures on Google that I had found with the aforementioned shop fronts. However one in Ireland and one in Oxford both had their shop fronts changed recently to the new style and so it seems there is actually only one correct answer left in the country: http://goo.gl/AOiw0

The serif style Ladbrokes logo, http://goo.gl/0Yoyk, actually appears to be a complete anomaly though as it does not seem to have ever been used by the parent company and is the only example of its kind certainly in London and possibly across the UK - experimental perhaps?
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Hmm - I was trying allsorts of obsucre places (Thurso, Wick etc) to try to find old images of Ladbrokes, but they're all up to date enough.

So, I guess that round's over with no winner; who's asking next?
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Should be easy enough...

Find me a lorry with Fraikin (Truck Hire) wording or livery.

NOTE: I do mean lorry (and not a van).
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Not a truck?
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