Every Friday at 1300 hours, Tally-Ho Corner’s cleverest clogs come together to solve a ‘foxer’ handcrafted by my sadistic chum and colleague, Roman. A complete ‘defoxing’ sometimes takes several days and usually involves the little grey cells of many readers. Don’t be shy. All are welcome to participate.
To fully defox the following geofoxer, identify all twelve locations plus the theme that links them.
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SOLUTIONS
Last week’s ‘England’ cluster foxer:
Events of 1967 (defoxed by Viscount)
a1. Battle Beneath the Earth released (Viscount)
b1. Jimi Hendrix sets fire to guitar during performance at Rainbow Theatre (Viscount)
a2. Cyclist Tom Simpson dies (Electric Dragon)
b2. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead’s London premiere (ylla)
a3. Sealand declares independence (Colonel_K)
Only Fools and Horses theme (defoxed by Electric Dragon)
c1. Trevor Francis tracksuits (Viscount)
c2. Deep freeze (ylla)
c3. Gold chains (Phlebas)
d3. Shepherd’s Bush (gusdownnup)
c4. David Bowie LPs (Phlebas)
Things painted by Dame Laura Knight (defoxed by Colonel_K)
d1. Bofors gun breech ring (Colonel_K)
e2. Bertram Mills circus (Colonel_K)
d2. Short Stirling interior (Colonel_K)
e2. Lamorna Cove (gusdownnup)
e3. Nuremberg Trials (Nutfield)
Sonderfahndungsliste G.B. (defoxed by Colonel_K)
b3. Clement Atlee (gusdownnup)
a4. Jacob Epstein (Phlebas)
b4. Franz Six (Electric Dragon)
a5. Black Book (gusdownnup)
b5. Vera Brittain (Electric Dragon)
Cricket teams in ‘The Hundred’ (defoxed by Colonel_K)
d4. Oval Invincibles (Phlebas)
e4. Birmingham Phoenix (Colonel_K)
c5. Northern Superchargers (Phlebas)
d5. Trent Rockets (Colonel_K)
e5. Southern Brave (ylla, Electric Dragon)
h. The Hotel-Dieu Hospices de Beaune
C: National Monument on Dam Square Amsterdam
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.373065,4.8932634,3a,75y,173.93h,102.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sjA0ZR4Rnc8zmU-FYRXtC8g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en
G: Lombard St in London – https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5128163,-0.0875462,3a,75y,121.24h,97.01t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1stRM-bQYDuMPPmQeBGsnQsQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
The big building in the background is 20 Fenchurch Street – commonly know as the Walkie-Talkie
e. The Hall of Mirrors, Palace of Versailles.
E: Hall of Mirrors, Palace of Versailles
E: The Hall of Mirrors at Versailles
I: Sainsburys on Station Road in Cockermouth – https://www.google.com/maps/@54.6619993,-3.3642608,3a,75y,354.33h,86.08t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sGLbFbStLxco7vxMv01ZqmA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
I have no idea if this is relevant but there’s actually no station on Station Rd in Cockermouth any more. It closed in 1966 and apparently was immortalised in the song Slow Train by Flanders and Swann
There might be no dam in Dam square, but I naively trust that there are mirrors in the Hall of Mirrors.
Built on the site of the former livestock auction market created by Robinson Mitchell who seems to have pioneered the auctioning system.
There’s a statue of him in the front which was vandalised and is missing a gavel.
There’s a huge gavel sculpture blurred out in the last photo with the judicial center in Ohio.
The Hospices de Beaune have a famous wine auction, but I haven’t got much further than that…
Solid defoxing. You’ve flushed out the theme.
A) Grand Palais, Paris (link to Google maps)
J. Yankee Air Museum, Willow Run Airport, Van Buren Township, Michigan
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.239064,-83.5080474,3a,75y,262.16h,86.11t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAF1QipOJYPutZE1CFLlrHO3QML8nhQN9-WAKuTH6L5mU!2e10!7i13312!8i6656
It burnt down in 2004, if that’s a clue.
F. Biswa Bangla Gate in Kolkata, India
https://www.google.com/maps/@22.5786875,88.4707929,3a,75y,88.92h,101.88t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPfO_PRvZoDL5e51R6hgLiiFWqudm5ClDV8iezM!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPfO_PRvZoDL5e51R6hgLiiFWqudm5ClDV8iezM%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya131.09908-ro-0-fo100!7i10240!8i5120
With something called the ‘Mirror House’ approx 60 degrees to the right.
So clearly something do to with mirrors.
The Walkie Talkie building gained notoriety when it was built because the concave windows acted as a mirror and focused the sun’s rays so they melted things on the ground.
Regarding J. Yankee Air Museum, the F-84F and the aircraft next to it are painted in the colors of the USAF Thunderbirds.
The exhibit is centered around Col. Doug Roach who started on Thunderbird 6.
In *mirror* formations Thunderbird 5 is always inverted and the opposing solo is Thunderbird 6.
Fun fact, they sometimes even painted Thunderbird 5’s number upside down: https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/5015/why-is-thunderbird-5s-number-upside-down
K: Federal Reserve Building, Consitution Avenue, Washington
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8920923,-77.0455901,3a,75y,336.95h,100.1t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sP48T_sB9vEIiGNi1dQ7vCA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
In full, Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building.
I’m dialling back the enthusiasm for mirrors. Goon Show characters? Cakes with mirror glaze?
One thing that stands out for me is the symmetry.
I can’t find any mirrors in Cockermouth – generally once you’ve got the theme it starts popping out everywhere…
L. Supreme Court of Ohio with the art-deco LeVeque tower in the background (right).
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9594022,-83.001858,3a,75y,2.8h,88.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soqb4chiG5Plh5XBjPIe_Gw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
D. No. 8 creative sound & vision studio in Soho, London
https://www.google.com/maps/place/No.8+London/@51.5142691,-0.1360744,3a,75y,51.15h,89.9t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sbkRMW2tMyTsYcaY-JEWJ9w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m5!3m4!1s0x4876052f6275cfcd:0x87f2e27463ebf308!8m2!3d51.5143193!4d-0.1359062
B. Slave Auction Block in Fredericksburg, US
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.3029516,-77.4616586,3a,75y,258.44h,92.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1snyBR1aLt8zAvLv_SvkmA6g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Another one for auctions.
So I’m calling the theme as Exchange.
A. Cultural exchange, for a change, no idea really
B. Slave auction
C. Dam market square
D. Portland Mews and the Berwick Street Market
E. Maybe a reference to the book Hall of Mirrors about the Great Depression and Great Recession, kind of stretching it though.
F. Kolkata financial hub
G. Lombard St. and the (Ex)Change Alley
H. Beaune wine auction
I. Former livestock auction market and statue of Robinson Mitchell auction pioneer
J. Yankee Air Museum on the site of Henry Ford’s Camp Willow Run social experiment
K. Federal Reserve
L. Gavel sculpture
1). According to the Wikipedia pages on Auction / Auction Theory, the following are types of auction:
C. Amsterdam
F. Calcutta
J. Yankee
(It would probably be too vague if they were representing those that shared their name with nations, ie. A. or E. French, C. Dutch, D. English).
2). Not sure about K. ‘Price of Anarchy’? [/sarcasm] Actually, it’s probably just the Reserve price.
3). Re: A – Grand Palais
The first image on the Wikipedia entry for Bonham’s auctioneers shows 110 years of the Automobile at that location. (This year we should be up to 120 years).