Bristol Channel Quiz (24)

[damo]

They were all BC steamers.

Others included Waverley, Glen Usk, Glen Gower and several more. If you are looking for a build/commission date sequence then I'm not bored enough to trawl with google /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Wunja]

OK Damo, you get it by default/lack of interest.

The answer is Waverley. They were all steamers that were based at Clevedon pier, from the last, heading back to the first.
<ul type="square"> [*]Britannia in 1896 [*]Cambria in 1895 [*]Westward Ho in 1894 [*]Ravenswood in 1891 [*]Waverley in 1886 [/list]

 

[damo]

OK then - a literary question /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Barrack-room ballads, Captains Courageous and Snow Petrel are all associated with a certain building in a certain BC town. But what is the unique feature the town is famous for?

 

[damo]

Was the question too ruddy'ard then?

 

[NJMcK]

Yes.

 

[mrbloto]

is it some thing to do with rudyard kipling the book captain courages snow the boat?maybe gloucester its all abit cryptic /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[seedog]

Damo I haven't got anywhere but thanks to the question I've been reacquainting my self with Kipling. Apart from him going to school at Westward Ho I can't find another connection with BC. I'm obviously missing something but I'm clueless. Is it time for a further clue?

 

[Csail]

Clifton???????? only a wild guess?

 

[damo]

Kipling went to the United Services College in Westward Ho! It is now apartments (Kipling Terrace - the big white building you can see for miles), where I lived for a couple of years, with great views of Lundy and the bay.

Westward Ho! is the only place name which officially has an exclamation mark in it /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Over to you seedog....

 

[mrbloto]

and i certainly know a lot more about kipling thanks to you damo, and google /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[graham]

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and i certainly know a lot more about kipling thanks to you damo,

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Isnt he the guy that makes exceedingly good cakes? /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[damo]

Careful though - kipling in a public place is an arrestable offence /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[seedog]

Did I stumble into the right answer without realising? I didn't think Westward Ho! was in BC but when I got the map out to check I realised it is, but only just.

 

[damo]

For the purposes of the forum, the BC is Lands End to St Davids Head, including the Severn Estuary which is navigable by a yacht /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Otherwise it would be far too exclusive!