Bournemouth History: Tucktonia Traditional Geocache

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Lost2011: Time for this series to go. Container not found when collecting. Keeping a few in the series for stand alone caches, but this one did not make the cut. Thanks for all the finds.

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Hidden : 1/27/2014
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is my town. I live here. I love it.

This series of 10 stand alone caches, with a bonus at the end, will take you on a journey through Bournemouth, visiting a mix of urban and residential areas, and hopefully learning a little bit of history along the way. For the most part I have tried to make the caches accessible to all.

Following the support and kind comments I received from the "Bournemouth's Past" series, I posted on a social media site for thoughts and suggestions for another series about the town I love. I already had a few ideas left over after the first series, and I was certain my geocaching friends could help me with enough material to make another series, which they did in abundance! I couldn’t choose them all, and some locations weren’t suitable, but I hope you like the choices I have made. Many thanks my friends!

You can find the original "Bournemouth’s Past" series at the following link, which will take you to the most popular cache of the series, Jon Egging, and you will be able to find the other caches in the series from there.

In this "Bournemouth History" series, each cache has a number needed to locate the bonus cache, so you may wish to make notes as you go along.

Due to the urban nature of this series and the high probability of muggles, I have tried to make all the caches easy to find by providing detail in the hints, so please use the spoiler.



A generation brought up in the 1970s remember the Tucktonia theme park with great affection.

Tucktonia was billed as 'Britain in miniature' and as the country's biggest tourist attraction 'after The Tower of London'.

Tucktonia featured scale models including Stonehenge, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and even an airport, all over a four acre site.



But 10 years after it opened in 1976, the park suddenly closed amidst rumours that the owners wanted to build a roller coaster at the rear of the site, but were refused permission by the local council.

The 7.25-inch narrow gauge ride-on steam train and some additional fixtures and fittings, were moved to the Moors Valley Railway in the Moors Valley Country Park near Ringwood, Hampshire.

This cache is placed overlooking where the site used to be. The houses around the corner are now where Tucktonia was. Please ensure the container is put back the right way up on the side that is facing the water.
 Source
FTF: Fudgeman
Bournemouth's History series:
GC41YWV: Pier Bandstand (M)
GC4NTAN: Tucktonia (N)
GC4NTAP: The Shell House (P)
GC4NTAQ: Moordown Halifax Memorial (Q)
GC4NTAR: Racecourse (R)
GC4NTAT: Moordown Tram Depot (T)
GC4NTAV: Waterfront (V)
GC4NTAZ: A338 Wessex Way [BONUS] - N50 MN.PQR W001. TV.694

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Zntargvp xrlfnsr ng onpx bs raq bs oevqtr, arne byq terra obk va ohfu.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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