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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5664 on: November 21, 2021, 08:59:27 PM »
Nearer the coast JW. North of A2.


There’s a church off to the south east of the map.


I found one at Newington earlier but my map showed similar but different to yours.  All my maps have water features coloured blue so I discounted it.


So my guess is Newington.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5663 on: November 21, 2021, 05:54:47 PM »
Nearer the coast JW. North of A2.


There’s a church off to the south east of the map.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5662 on: November 21, 2021, 05:36:19 PM »
Near the river Beult ?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5661 on: November 21, 2021, 04:27:38 PM »
Too far west

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5660 on: November 21, 2021, 02:55:20 PM »
Springhead, Gravesend area?

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« Reply #5659 on: November 21, 2021, 01:53:56 PM »
Well that was a surprise...
Over 20 years ago, we went to Bedgebury to collect a pig hut (as you do), the things that look like shrunken Nissen Huts. Borrowed twin axle flat bed trailer that was wider than our Land Rover Defender 110. Trundled a fair way up an unmade track to a couple of houses only to find that the hut was still in the woods. Much entertainment reversing the combo in (my wife did that, she drives better backwards ::) ) and strapping the hut down, then a simple matter of driving back home.
We came up by the pond in Goudhurst, turned right and then I had to negotiate the narrow bit around the church with its double right angle bends. Not for the faint hearted  :o
Had a bit of trouble finding a quick bit of map, as every good idea that I had, the map gave away too much information, or that was too easily googled. So its a bit small, from 1908 25inch OS, Nls maps again.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5658 on: November 21, 2021, 10:50:25 AM »
A real guess as I can’t see a picture of the font, Goudhurst?


St Mary's Goudhurst it is JohnFilmer - good guess.


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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5657 on: November 21, 2021, 10:35:05 AM »
A real guess as I can’t see a picture of the font, Goudhurst?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5656 on: November 20, 2021, 07:44:17 PM »
Nice views

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« Reply #5655 on: November 20, 2021, 02:37:26 PM »
Nice pub/hotel next door

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« Reply #5654 on: November 19, 2021, 01:27:18 PM »
SW of mid Kent

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« Reply #5653 on: November 19, 2021, 10:48:08 AM »
When I first saw the photo, I thought Rochester for some obscure reason. 


Interesting family history in Canterbury.  My ex-wife's aunt was related to the Canterbury Swain family.  I seem to remember there was talk of a murder at some point.


Next one - Find the font ...

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5652 on: November 19, 2021, 08:26:00 AM »
Sorry JW, I just couldn’t resist it :)


It is indeed 42 Stour Street, as it was in 1910. The right hand side of the building was demolished in about 1915 to enlarge access to St Edmunds road alongside. The black and white to the left is the Royal Exchange.


My great great grandfather, a saddler, moved to Butchery Lane, Canterbury in late 1850s. His eldest son followed him as a saddler, living and working at Chilham. His younger son became a baker, working for the James family business in Castle Street, Canterbury. Swains were also related to the James’s by marriage. Many of his sons also became bakers, including my grandfather. They were in Canada, South Africa and New Zealand.


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« Reply #5651 on: November 19, 2021, 12:28:33 AM »
This one threw me but the architecture of the pub rang a bell.  I think I have it now - The Royal Exchange, Stour Street.  Just along the road from my tannery offices GTP.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5650 on: November 18, 2021, 09:36:32 PM »
We are indeed in Canterbury...
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