Wow, thanks for these, I am stunned at the number of replies in such a short time.

At the mo' am pretty sure 1) is poplar. 3) I'm allmost certain is heathrow terminals because of the loop in the map to take in the 4 terminals. My wife thinks it's Cutty Sark because it was a tea clipper and sailed in the "roaring 40's"but neither would explain "when orange trees died" . As for 2) I think Brent Cross is the more likely but thanks Patrish, your answer was highly inventive.

will post the whole quiz if you want, it might amuse a party crowd so long as the have a large underground map to hand (downloadable from www.thetube.com)

thanks again

cheers

bill