Name That Skyline - Picture Game

[SteveH aka shetc]

High school doesn't mean quite the same thing here, most secondary schools are not called high schools. They're more likely to be "oddities" with some history behind them, as here.

And that's before we get onto public schools, which are all private schools...

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I'm a dual US/UK so I'm familiar with the school systems there. My older son went briefly to an English state school, which of course was run by the C of E

 

[duncan.brown]

@D.B.Moody has it! Nottingham High School it is. Founded by Dame Agnes Mellers with a deed sealed by Henry VIII, it is an independent day school that was boys-only from 1513 to 2015, when it became co-educational (21 years too late, if ask me...). And it is where I first learned about Gaius Plinius Secundus.

The stone is Bulwell limestone from the southernmost outcrop of the Cadeby formation. I initially though that it was Ancaster stone, as that is what nearly Wollaton Hall was constructed with. The main school in the picture was built in 1866/7 and a basement floor was added a few years later. Adding a basement floor to an existing building was very unusual for this era and was only possible because the school sits on a ridge of Nottingham sandstone that is very easy to excavate.

Legend has it that you could get from the trap door in the floor of Language Lab 2 into the caves of Nottingham, and down to Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem (aka The Trip). However, despite our best efforts we never managed to do so.

And my west-coast double IPA is called "Canis in via est..."

Spoiler: the dog also dies when Vesuvius explodes.

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

@D.B.Moody has it! Nottingham High School it is. Founded by Dame Agnes Mellers with a deed sealed by Henry VIII, it is an independent day school that was boys-only from 1513 to 2015, when it became co-educational (21 years too late, if ask me...). And it is where I first learned about Gaius Plinius Secundus.

The stone is Bulwell limestone from the southernmost outcrop of the Cadeby formation. I initially though that it was Ancaster stone, as that is what nearly Wollaton Hall was constructed with. The main school in the picture was built in 1866/7 and a basement floor was added a few years later. Adding a basement floor to an existing building was very unusual for this era and was only possible because the school sits on a ridge of Nottingham sandstone that is very easy to excavate.

Legend has it that you could get from the trap door in the floor of Language Lab 2 into the caves of Nottingham, and down to Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem (aka The Trip). However, despite our best efforts we never managed to do so.

And my west-coast double IPA is called "Canis in via est..."

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Spoiler: the dog also dies when Vesuvius explodes.

The Trip was definitely a trip. I remember putting the beer mat on top of the glass to stop stuff from dropping into my pint - I guess it was sandstone dropping from the ceiling

 

[D.B.Moody]

Here's a school I visited in 1988:

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Is that school in the US or Brtish sense?

Could easily be an Oxbridge college, but I don't recognise it.

 

[bruce_the_loon]

Sure looks like a college from Morse or Lewis. I assume random-Oxford college is too vague?

 

[D.B.Moody]

It's Brasenose, but Oxford was allI I was looking for. I don't know if Brasenose was ever in inspector Morse or Endeavour, but I enjoyed those shows. You're up @bruce_the_loon.

P.S. @Northern_Brewer: I used that picture first because it is less recognizable. Had Oxford not been named by bruce-the-loon, I would have responded to you with something like "I'm looking for the university and city name." I was riffing on @duncan.brown's Nottingham school and city and limestone school building. Had I taken a picture of it, I would have used Christ Church College, because it was founded by Henry VIII.

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

Skylines, y'all.

 

[bruce_the_loon]

Interestingly, after looking around a bit, Brasenose is the most frequently used college in Morse, Lewis and Endeavour. The faculty must like the publicity and filming fees. Guess that's why it felt so familiar.

Here's my challenge, night time for hopefully more of a challenge.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

I would have used Christ Church College, because it was founded by Henry VIII.

[draws breath] Despite having gone to the other one, even I know not to call Christ Church a college like that...

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Meanwhile, in Starkville, Mississippi, this metal building was my high school.

While in college, I did a summer exchange at the University of Bristol. They put me up with a family that lived nearby and took in boarders. One of the girls there was showing me pictures of the house in which she grew up. When she told me how old it was, I commented that her house is older than my country!

 

[D.B.Moody]

[draws breath] Despite having gone to the other one, even I know not to call Christ Church a college like that...

Sorry, I didn't. Of course I'm a Yank with his degrees from The University of Missouri - Columbia. Totally out of the loop. I'm only vaguely aware of how Henry VIII acquired the college and then renamed it. I should probably not have used a capital C on college at the very least

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

I was a warden in this hall of residence. My room was the one with the open window.

 

[dirkomatic]

Interestingly, after looking around a bit, Brasenose is the most frequently used college in Morse, Lewis and Endeavour. The faculty must like the publicity and filming fees. Guess that's why it felt so familiar.

Here's my challenge, night time for hopefully more of a challenge.

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Cape Town, South Africa?

 

[Northern_Brewer]

@shetc - ha, there's only one city that could be! Is that the bit up by the castle?

I'm only vaguely aware of how Henry VIII acquired the college and then renamed it. I should probably not have used a capital C on college at the very least

It's OK, it's an oddity that it took a while before Oxbridge colleges became known as colleges - the oldest one at Cambridge is just Peterhouse. Christ Church is a bit of a weird one because of its intimate relationship with the Diocese of Oxford which means it really is a church, it's a college and a cathedral simultaneously.

When she told me how old it was, I commented that her house is older than my country!

I've attended two educational establishments that are pre-Columbian, and another that only just misses out...

 

[bruce_the_loon]

Cape Town, South Africa?

While the rest have been reminiscing about their school days, you got it. You're up.

 

[dirkomatic]

Not the best photo, but this is a skyline:

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

@shetc - ha, there's only one city that could be! Is that the bit up by the castle?

Yeah, it's the close that runs through the Mylnes Court residence. All connected with the General Assembly Hall for the Church of Scotland.

 

[duncan.brown]

Yeah, it's the close that runs through the Mylnes Court residence.

I turned down my Cambridge offer after 13 years of private school and went to the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (my dad's alma matter) instead. Two of my friends were up in Edinburgh and I spent many a fun night up there especially since in those days the pubs closed at 11pm in England, but not in Scotland!

But I digress...

@dirkomatic's picture looks European to me. I want it to be the Old Market Square in Nottingham, but the building at the back of the square is too wide to be Nottinghams's Council House.

I'm going to guess the Custom House in Dublin but I don't see the River Liffey in the foreground, so I'm not 100% on that.

 

[dirkomatic]

Well... It's not the UK and I'll even go as far as shooting down the European guess.

 

[duncan.brown]

Hmmm... then my North American guess is the Michigan state capitol in Lansing.

 

[dirkomatic]

Not North America, either

 

[D.B.Moody]

Buenos Aires, Brazil

 

[dirkomatic]

Buenos Aires, Brazil

It is Buenos Aires... but Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina, not Brazil. I'll let that slide, I guess....

You're up @D.B.Moody

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

It is Buenos Aires... but Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina, not Brazil. I'll let that slide, I guess....

You're up @D.B.Moody

You'll have to forgive him, he went to the University of Missouri. Go Gators!

 

[D.B.Moody]

It is Buenos Aires... but Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina, not Brazil. I'll let that slide, I guess....

You'll have to forgive him, he went to the University of Missouri.

Oops! And the bad news is that I graduated with a lifetime certificate to teach all social studies subjects, including geography. The good news is that I don't. Thanks for letting it slide; I'm afraid it was just a case of the old brain getting creaky and jumping the tracks.

Here's one from 2012:

 

[duncan.brown]

That's a fairly substantial cruise ship in the background so wherever it is, that isn't a shallow water way.

 

[D.B.Moody]

A different view showing more of the water @duncan.brown mentioned and the old town not front and center:

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Presumably that's SEB as in the Swedish bank, so we're either in Sweden or at least somewhere in the Baltic/Scandinavia, which would fit the vaguely Germanic architecture.

 

[D.B.Moody]

Not Sweeden, but @Northern_Brewer is right on the area. This view pans to the right from the second picture: