High Holborn Picture Hunt

Quiz start: Please note the 1.30pm start. Bring a pen please. We meet outside Holborn tube.
Quiz road length: 700 metres.
Quiz finish: Wetherspoon Penderell’s Oak.

Early History
The area has roots dating back to the Roman period, originally part of a road leading west from the City of London.
The earliest records of buildings in the area date back to 1183, when the site was associated with a leper hospital.
Name Origin
The name "Holborn" is believed to derive from the Middle English words for "hollow" (hol) and "brook" (bourne), referring to the River Fleet that once flowed through the area.
Historical accounts suggest that the name may also relate to a small stream known as the Old Bourne.
Key Landmarks
Cittie of Yorke: A notable pub established in 1430, known for having the longest bar in London.
Embassy of Cuba: Located at no. 167, it is one of the prominent buildings along the street. -----------------------------

Picture Hunts are a great new way to get up to speed with slices of London history while sleuthing around the area.

Everyone is presented with twenty partial photos of objects around an area. Your team mission is to find them. Some well known, some well unknown!

This makes Picture Hunts more interesting and challenging, bringing out the best of your teams detecting skills.

You will also have a map of the area, in this case, High Holborn. Only the south side of the road will be used for safety purposes.

It will be sub-divided into four sections, P, Q, R, S. Each photo will come from one of these.

Four players max per team, but the lower number teams get a point per player start from the biggest team.

For example, four teams of one, two, three and four. Four player team, no advantage, (the biggest and theoretically the more knowledge between them, except it doesn't always work like that). Three player team, one point start. Two player team, two point start. One player team, three point start.

Scores are always close and around the 15-20 points mark. How many players do you want in your team? There's a dilemma!

The clipboard holder enters one of the letters to note its area location. Dead simple, right? 90 minutes to do the hunt.

We have the usual prizes of chocolate, including some great new varieties.

There is also an equal prize for the funniest team name judged by Sue, my glamorous assistant. Names win prizes too! So there’s everything to play for.

We mark up at the quiz finish.

Hunts are good fun and the proven experience so far is that members get to know each other better after working in teams as you all have to communicate. Great icebreakers. This is what Meetup is all about. Come and join us.

There is a £7 cash/card charge for this event.

Contact number on the day is 07422334411 if your transport is delayed.

If you can’t make it, please cancel using the “Edit RSVP” button. Your consideration is greatly appreciated.

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