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Same generation, but different family from the opposite end of England.
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Humphry Davy
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Right county, but you need to go back to Stephenson's field.
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Richard Trevithick......................nice one

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That's the feller! Invented the first steam locomotive, much to my surprise.
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I am hopeless with the cryptic clues, but I thought right away .....Little Eva ..... Loco motion......Rocket man......Stephenson............but did not pay attention to the "not quite"
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Who is this WW1 hero, who after the war returned to life as a fisherman, uncomfortable being called a hero.
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:laugh: dozer, I've changed the picture for you - yours had the answer incorporated into the photo name.
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Thanks for that BB.
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He was involved in a major battle for the control of the Gateway to the Adriatic.
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Joseph Watt VC

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dtaai-maai wrote:Joseph Watt VC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Watt
Yep, that's the guy
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This may be easy or not for some of you historians :)
Can you name this building?
Can you tell me what it is famous for being?
I also have given you another clue to help you.
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Is it the College of Bologna
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dozer wrote:Is it the College of Bologna
Yes correct. Do you know what it is famous for being?
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