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Offline Beachbum

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9090 on: October 17, 2023, 11:42:03 PM »
Thanks John Walker and MartinR, it's good to be back and getting the Brain cell searching.

Next one caught my eye and some nice thatching........

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9089 on: October 17, 2023, 11:37:26 PM »


@John - is it wastewater (presumably a polite term for sewerage) of is it part of the water supply?

It's part of the water supply MartinR.  It reads like it's the main supply for Tunbridge Wells.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9088 on: October 17, 2023, 09:40:33 PM »
Well done Beachbum.  I never knew that was there, and I've driven along the A228 often enough.  Camera position:
  • Nat Grid:                    TQ 62931 42584
  • Nearest Post Code:   TN2 4AR
  • Co-ords (WGS84):     51°09'34"N,000°19'43" or 51.159311,0.328634

@John - is it wastewater (presumably a polite term for sewerage) of is it part of the water supply?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9087 on: October 17, 2023, 09:39:27 PM »
You have it Beachbum.  Over to you...

There's quite an impressive Water Treatment Plant at one end.  The reservoir is fed by the Alder Stream which flows to the River Medway.  It's prone to cause flooding in the Five Oak Green area at times.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9086 on: October 17, 2023, 08:32:22 PM »
Pembury Water Treatment Works?

Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9085 on: October 17, 2023, 04:36:21 PM »
Not Maidstone - head SW

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9084 on: October 17, 2023, 03:14:47 PM »
Is the town Maidstone?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9083 on: October 17, 2023, 08:58:04 AM »
Not far from a large town and even closer to a village on the edge of that town.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9082 on: October 16, 2023, 07:59:44 PM »
Not a mill pond JohnFilmer.

There is a mill and mill pond quite close.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9081 on: October 16, 2023, 07:41:52 PM »
Millpond?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9080 on: October 16, 2023, 07:31:56 PM »
Right - here we go.  Next one.

Where and what is this?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9079 on: October 16, 2023, 07:07:23 PM »
OK, confusion was in my mind.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9078 on: October 16, 2023, 06:24:14 PM »
Thanks JohnFilmer

I did spot the castle that MartinR mentioned but the chimneys didn't match up. (Image attached). It would have been a good GTP.

Next one up shortly.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9077 on: October 16, 2023, 06:14:46 PM »
Sorry for confusion Martin, I was using the Castle and church to point to their associated rectory, which was the subject of the photo, cropped to avoid the instantly revealing pub sign.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9076 on: October 16, 2023, 06:10:06 PM »
Got it!

It really is an old rectory, I checked on old OS maps, and Rectory Lane led to it from next to the school.

In recent years it has traded as “Henry’s Table”, “Chimneys” (very appropriate) and now back to “The Old Rectory”.

Used the old A228 a lot in the 70s and early 80s, worked in Snodland with the company fuel account in Larkfield. I then lived in Larkfield for about 3yrs, doubled my money on the house and moved to Grafty Green for the next 32yrs. Work and leisure meant that I drove these roads a lot over the years, we even had a firm’s Xmas “Do” at Chimneys.

Carry on JW😀
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