Guess this photo - January 2018

[Ann]

Patrick, maybe it's time for a clue???

 

[PatrickLondon]

Fair enough. It's in a city which in mediaeval times was part of a territory later much contested and ultimately divided between major powers, with the end result that it's now very near a national border, and in this city a great twentieth century national leader was born.

 

[Ian Sutton]

Good clues, I was thinking perhaps Lech Walesa related, but it appears he was born near Poznan, which is fairly central, so not really near a border. That's my guess, but I think it's wrong!

 

[PatrickLondon]

Much further west! An easy journey from London.

 

[Eleanor]

The first time I tried to do a Google image search, it didn't produce anything but when I tried again just now, it has thrown up Lille Cathedral of Notre Dame de la Treille. The famous persion born in Lille in 1890 was Charles de Gaulle.

 

[Ann]

I had the same experiece, Eleanor -- some of the photos allow a Google image search and others don't. Anyone know why?

 

[PatrickLondon]

Bingo, Eleanor! I was there this last weekend.

(Can't help with the Google image search problem, I'm afraid)

 

[Eleanor]

Stepping back in time, but where?

 

[Colo]

With the flag in the background it has to be in the UK
The plant behind the trolley surprises me - seems out of place
Grange Laundry sign would indicate it may be in Grange Over Sands
However, The Shields Gazette would be Newcastle upon Tyne
Since it is a 1953 photo
I am guessing, and I mean guessing - Newcastle upon Tyne

 

[PatrickLondon]

That baby buggy and the clothes aren't from 1953, much more contemporary. I guessed from the Shields Gazette and the pristine shininess of the tram that this is probably a place I'm ashamed to admit I still haven't visited: Beamish?

 

[Eleanor]

Well worked out from the clues. It is Beamish - which is well worth visiting

 

[Colo]

HaHa - I right clicked on the photo and looked at the name real quick (09-32-53-png.8623/) and with Eleanor's introduction comment of stepping back in time I assumed 1953.

Guess what there are not 32 days in September. So Private Investigator is not in my future.

 

[Eleanor]

HaHa - I right clicked on the photo and looked at the name real quick (09-32-53-png.8623/) and with Eleanor's introduction comment of stepping back in time I assumed 1953.

Guess what there are not 32 days in September. So Private Investigator is not in my future.

 

[Eleanor]

That was the time I downloaded the picture onto the desk top.....

 

[PatrickLondon]

I thought I'd posted this, but maybe I'd only previewed it.

If you don't already recognise this place, these figures will tell you what sort of building it might be, and perhaps the style of the background mosaics might suggest the city.

 

[jonathan]

The Palau de la Música, Barcelona. Your clues were a help: when we visited, last March, we were a bit high up to get a good view of the sculptures.

 

[PatrickLondon]

Correct! I did the tour rather than a concert. Your photo's really impressive.

 

[jonathan]

Staying with a musical theme: a major modern reshaping of a 19th-century building.

 

[Colo]

Opera House in Lyon?

 

[jonathan]

Correct!