County Durham
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Episode 6.13
12 May 1988
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| Contestants |
Pearl Munns, analytical chemist, and work colleague
Prunella Clemens, lab technician; both from Poole, Dorset |
| Hint to the Treasure |
Safety first |
| Clue 1 |
Break the ice at the miner’s gala place with a visit to
the Wasp’s nest. Find Robin Goodfellow hand-in-glove with the minder. |
| Leads to |
Durham Ice Rink –
with goalkeeper in ice hockey match |
| Clue 2 |
Use your pollex to reach Cuthbert’s heritage, and visiting
vellum from his holy isle. 1 |
| Leads to |
Durham Cathedral –
beside display case containing Lindisfarne Gospels |
| Clue 3 |
Before the hexadic bridges where hopes are fostered and
the terraces crammed, here’s Annie’s chance for a runaway victory |
| Leads to |
Gateshead Stadium –
Annie takes part in a 100m race and is given the clue by the timekeeper |
| Clue 4 |
To the Jabberwocky boy to buy posser, Bisto and liberty
bodice – and collect the divi |
| Leads to |
Beamish Open Air Museum – Annie goes shopping in the
Co Op and receives the clue with her change |
| Clue 5 |
Just a few lines to reach the home of a type of shorthand.
In the 90s a sort of soap opera, Davy’s alighted on a winner.
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| Leads to |
Beamish Open Air Museum – a Davy miner’s lamp in a pitman’s
cottage |
| Result |
The contestants ran out of time on the final clue |
| Notes |
| 1 |
‘Pollex’ is the medical name for the thumb, so the clue
means ‘thumb a lift’. |
| 2 |
A ‘miner’ in a pitman’s cottage (Pitman invented shorthand)
is having a bath (soap opera) in front of the fire, and the treasure is
his Davy safety lamp (Davy’s alighted on a winner, safety first). |
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