Guess the Place

[KeithG]

It is on the Medway shoot999

[shoot999]

Is that on the Medway?

[KeithG]

Invicta Alec..... Not a Thames Barge or Whitstable.


John Walker...... and not re-rigging at Gravesend.


Although not a very large vessel they did sail very long distances. (clue)

[John Walker]

Re-rigging?
Gravesend?

[Invicta Alec]

Looks like Whitstable harbour to me?


Is the vessel a Thames sailing barge? Used extensively because of their flat bottoms making them ideal for river freight.


Alec.

[KeithG]

Next Guess is:


What is happening here and where?

[KeithG]

Thanks John Walker....


I'll be back..

[John Walker]

You have it KeithG


I was going to add the post code district TN23 but it's a very small area and I think would have taken 'guessers' straight to it.


Great Chart was on the main A28 route but is now quite sleepy since the bypass was built.  The church looks quite large - perhaps a future visit.


Over to you

[KeithG]

Great Chart.... St Mary's is the church?

[John Walker]

Not there Keith.  You need to head to the Ashford area.

[KeithG]

Is it around 73, High St  Bridge ?

[John Walker]

Continue past the church and within a couple of kilometers you will be in a busy town.

[John Walker]

Heading roughly south east behind the camera position would eventually take you on to the bypass and later through a village with a horse on a roof.

[John Walker]

Thanks Shoot999


Very sad.  Great footage from Pathe.   Kept me out of mischief for some time trying to identify the incident.


Next one. 


Small village close to a town and a river.  The scene is very similar today, except a tree now hides the view of the church.  Was on a busy route but now bypassed.

[shoot999]

You have it John Walker. Truculent went down and all  but 10 escaped with the majority of those escaping  dying of hypothermia on the many mud banks in the Thames Estuary.


Whilst being employed by the Admiralty the vast majority  of the salvage operation; ships, tugs, divers, etc are all civilians. I joined this organisation in 1966 and spent 40 years with them.


The picture shows some of the survivors coming ashore at the Bull Nose, Chatham Dockyard.


This operation  was recorded by Pathe News and the scene depicted in the photo can be seen at 1m 15s.





Over to you.