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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7389 on: October 07, 2022, 10:45:28 PM »
Cobtree/Aylesford area?  Not really eastern half, but it did have a zoo and is to the east of the Mudway.


Move a long way east Martin.  Probably nearer to being a menagerie rather than a full-blown zoo now I think of it.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7388 on: October 07, 2022, 07:37:05 PM »
Cobtree/Aylesford area?  Not really eastern half, but it did have a zoo and is to the east of the Mudway.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7387 on: October 07, 2022, 07:29:36 PM »
A zoo was close by many years ago.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7386 on: October 07, 2022, 06:01:19 PM »
This brewery no longer exists and this view is not on GSV.  Now mainly residential.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7385 on: October 07, 2022, 01:06:34 PM »
Water not far away

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7384 on: October 06, 2022, 11:02:44 PM »
Eastern half of Kent.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7383 on: October 06, 2022, 12:02:19 PM »
Were the premises at some stage a maltster's?  The central building looks like the base of an old oast house, modified to be a general office or store.  The cowl beyond reinforces this, as does the "OFFice" sign.  I'd guess at a date of inter-war, or possibly as late as the 1950s?


You're right on track MartinR  :)

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7382 on: October 06, 2022, 09:04:26 AM »
Were the premises at some stage a maltster's?  The central building looks like the base of an old oast house, modified to be a general office or store.  The cowl beyond reinforces this, as does the "OFFice" sign.  I'd guess at a date of inter-war, or possibly as late as the 1950s?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7381 on: October 06, 2022, 01:18:41 AM »





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What and where was this ?




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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7380 on: October 06, 2022, 12:16:27 AM »
Yes, well done John Walker, its used as part of another Treasure/quiz trail which my wife and I do every now and again. They get you to look around parts of towns and cities where you might not normally go.


Over to you.


Thank you Lutonman.  I enjoyed that one as I visit Whitstable quite a lot and was surprised I'd not seen that artwork before.  Many of those terraced houses were under water in the flood of 1953.  Your treasure hunts sound like a lot of fun  :)


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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7379 on: October 05, 2022, 10:30:00 PM »
Well thanks to those incredibly precise coordinates¹, I can present:
  • Nat'l Grid:                 TR 10800 66542
  • Nearest Post Code:  CT5 1JF
  • WGS84:                   51°21'32"N 001°01'35"
¹Accurate to 0.03 microns!

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7378 on: October 05, 2022, 09:37:16 PM »
Yes, well done John Walker, its used as part of another Treasure/quiz trail which my wife and I do every now and again. They get you to look around parts of towns and cities where you might not normally go.


Over to you.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7377 on: October 05, 2022, 08:35:22 PM »
Google shot

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7376 on: October 05, 2022, 08:28:56 PM »
Found it at last - I had searched along that road but GSV stops before the house.      After your clue Lutonman,  I just noticed the artwork in the distance.


Gladstone Road?    51.35882879343344, 1.0263959391374182

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7375 on: October 05, 2022, 08:16:46 PM »
Certainly, it is off the High Street, a former Prime Minister might help you.