Guess the Place

[grandarog]

Good guess but wrong.
Clue:- near water

[John Walker]

A chancer of a guess.  Remains of the Vox Amplification factory in Dartford?

[grandarog]

Thanks Beachbum.
I thought i had had a senior moment for a while there.


Lets try this one  . Clue to start you off DA postcode.

[shoot999]

I think it was near the bottom of a hill near Harrietsham,I might be wrong was years ago.
I don't think the Brands hatch site shoot999 mentions s this Cafe unless i am totally barmy.

Yes. I was mixing it up with Johnson's Cafe

[Beachbum]

Okay everyone, so it was the Halfway Cafe at Harrietsham on the A20.
It was the Hermitage Cafe in the 1920's and was famous for the Hells Angels and their Custom Bike Show in the 80's.
The Site became a property development in the 90's.
At it's peek, 4,000 bikers were there for the Custom Bike Show. The Police stayed in the Road and the Angels looked after the site.They then purchased a farm on the Marshes for their Show.
I remember passing the Lenham Cross at great speed on Sunday afternoons on the A20.
So Grandarog has it.............

[John Walker]

Going by the roofline, I was thinking it was the one near Bluewater on the old A2 now (A296).

[MartinR]

There's a suspicious looking location at 51.2439336,0.6606018 It looks like a forcourt, but there are no buildings there now.

[Dave Smith]

Prior to mods & rockers, it was the cafe of choice for cycling clubs from Kent & S/SE London. Called the Singing Kettle in those days; nearer Lenham than Maidstone & on the S.side of the A20.

[grandarog]

I think it was near the bottom of a hill near Harrietsham,I might be wrong was years ago.
I don't think the Brands hatch site shoot999 mentions s this Cafe unless i am totally barmy.

[shoot999]

Yes, still there near Brands Hatch. it's a Chartered Accountants and they have photos from the rocker days around the building, and a scrapbook in reception.

[MartinR]

Any closer location than "between Maidstone and Lenham"?  It won't help but some of the old A20 is now beneath the M20.

[grandarog]

That's the old Bikers cafe on the A20 between Maidstone and Lenham. If my memory is right I think we called it the Halfway ,Bit scary if a load of Hells Angels turned up..
Think it closed during the 1990's .Is it still there?

[John Walker]

Did it attract large numbers of rockers?

[Beachbum]

So more known as a Cafe, so good guess MartinR

[MartinR]

Two thoughts cross my mind: either a tearoom somewhere, or else a maternity hospital.  Probably weird!