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Posted on 06/01/23 08:24:53 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Challenge 937: Groovy underground
A visit to the London Transport Museum over the Christmas period presented me with many splendid artefacts, most of then impossible to photograph due to the lack of distance and the crowds in the museum. But I was very taken with this tube carriage. It's car no 4248, built in 1923 and renovated in the 1930s. Here it is at the end of its life, before being withdrawn from service in 1971. You can tell the date by the funky threads on the cool dude at the back. I've never seen a tube carriage this empty, though. And can you release it from the confines of the museum? High res is here.  |
Posted on 06/01/23 09:04:31 AM |
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michael sinclair
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Re: Challenge 937: Groovy underground
Phew! This is gonna be time-consuming to be a "goodun"  |
Posted on 06/01/23 10:05:14 AM |
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Mariner
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Re: Challenge 937: Groovy underground
I hope you enjoyed your very recent trip to Paris. Any photographs? |
Posted on 06/01/23 10:20:36 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Challenge 937: Groovy underground
It was La Rochelle again, not Paris! And will rummage for photos. |
Posted on 06/01/23 10:58:01 AM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 937: Groovy underground
I remember that art deco London Transport fabric pattern clearly. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 06/01/23 4:44:10 PM |
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lwc
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Re: Challenge 937: Groovy underground
A quick one that came in at near 40mb... the most difficult part was compressing and optimizing it down to under 20mb for uploading. Quality suffered a bit, but it is what it is. |
Posted on 07/01/23 3:54:16 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 937: Groovy underground
One aspect of seventies tube travel you may have forgotten! 
For non anglos, smoking was permitted on London's underground rail network until 1978 when a discarded match caused a disastrous fire which swept through King's Cross station leaving thirty one dead and a hundred more injured. Bonus points to anyone who can name the station! It's quite recognisable to them as knows. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 07/01/23 7:21:01 PM |
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GKB
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Re: Challenge 937: Groovy underground
For those of you not familiar with what was one of the funniest BBC Radio comedy panel games, “I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue”, Mornington Crescent was a completely incomprehensible game played by the panel. The rules changed every week and became more and more absurd. It involved finding your way to Morningtopn Crescent Tube station (real) by the most convoluted route imagineable. The show was hosted by jazz musician Humphrey lyttleton who played the part extremely dead-pan and it was written by some of the greatest comedy writers on this, or any other plane including Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Grahame Garden, John Cleese and Willy Rushton to name but a few. I was brought up on this stuff.
With a fair contribution from Photoshop London. And Steve, yes that is Humph with the guitar and, yes, I do know he was a trumpeter _________________  |
Posted on 07/01/23 8:25:09 PM |
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michael sinclair
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Re: Challenge 937: Groovy underground
Loyd excellent! 
David, the only thing stopping you getting ten-out-of-ten is the dude in the striped pants: reduce the contrast, and, or brightness and all will be well.  |
Posted on 07/01/23 8:48:46 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 937: Groovy underground
Mornington Crescent ..... it was just a few stops away, on my way home, on the Northern Line. It was closed for many years and I believe I am correct in saying that it's eventual reopening was in some degree due to pressure from this show which campaigned vigorously, in its bizarre way, for it's reopening. Sorry folks this is a completely uninteresting comment for non Brits, even for non Londoners come to that, but, even though I no longer consider myself one of the breed, I can still relate to it because it's so terribly, terribly British! Like Gordon it's what I was brung up on. (My english teacher will be rolling in her grave to read that, but I hope she'll understand.). _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 07/01/23 9:00:49 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 937: Groovy underground
Absolutely spot on Michael! I think I ignored him because he is part of the original and simply 'belonged there'. So I didn't really look or bother. Problem is when I start just having fun, which this entry was, I tend to get carried away with the spirit and lose focus on the details. Sometimes spelt l a z i n e s s.  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 07/01/23 10:19:58 PM |
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michael sinclair
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Re: Challenge 937: Groovy underground
Ahh, the important thing David is that you were "well aware" of the dude sticking out like a sore thumb.
The tube station is to be found in the human body. ; [wink] |
Posted on 07/01/23 11:49:56 PM |
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Ben Boardman
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Re: Challenge 937: Groovy underground
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Posted on 08/01/23 09:20:05 AM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 937: Groovy underground
Now that cryptic clue escapes me. But, whatever it is, it doesn't fit the right answer.  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 08/01/23 10:32:46 AM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 937: Groovy underground - For Michael
Ever since you pointed him out he's been an itch I wanted to scratch! 
 _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 08/01/23 10:32:46 AM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 937: Groovy underground - For Michael
Double post removed _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 08/01/23 4:05:53 PM |
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Ant Snell
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Re: Challenge 937: Groovy underground
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Posted on 08/01/23 8:19:28 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5575 Reply |
Re: Challenge 937: Groovy underground
Clever, Ant!! _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 08/01/23 8:41:36 PM |
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michael sinclair
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Re: Challenge 937: Groovy underground
Okay David think "internal organs." It's not the heart, It's not the lungs, it's not the liver, Its not the kidneys, and it's not the adrenal glands, so what's left? Whoever gets this will be a saint.
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Posted on 09/01/23 09:17:49 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5575 Reply |
Re: Challenge 937: Groovy underground
Aha! Got it!. Steve should like that, it's a very neat pun.
Sadly, however, it is not the correct answer to my question as to which station is shown in my image ...... _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
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