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Offline DaveTheTrain

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7559 on: November 09, 2022, 07:03:56 PM »
Is it Pilchers depot on Beacon Hill road, the old coach depot?

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Offline stuartwaters

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7558 on: November 09, 2022, 06:26:27 PM »
To be honest, I don't know. The pump is in front of what is now a warehouse.


Time for a clue methinks. The name of this place is reminiscent of the Yorkshire countryside.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7557 on: November 09, 2022, 11:58:48 AM »
Would that be a bus depot or a military depot?
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Offline stuartwaters

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7556 on: November 09, 2022, 10:59:27 AM »
Not a service station, more a former depot. Not far from Chatham Hill.
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Offline DaveTheTrain

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7555 on: November 08, 2022, 10:02:42 PM »
Is it the old Jetway Service station, Reform road, Chatham?
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7554 on: November 08, 2022, 02:38:55 PM »
Chatham Hill area ?
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Offline stuartwaters

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7553 on: November 08, 2022, 02:36:50 PM »
And yes, it is visible on GSV...
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7552 on: November 08, 2022, 02:35:03 PM »
Not in the Dockyard but not far from it. In the same general postcode area, ME4.
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7551 on: November 08, 2022, 10:31:38 AM »
I don't recall seeing it anywhere.


Visible on GSV ?
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Offline MartinR

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7550 on: November 08, 2022, 09:02:37 AM »
Quick guess, the dockyard?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7549 on: November 07, 2022, 11:17:51 PM »
Okay, does anyone know where this old fuel pump is? ME postcode area to get you going..
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7548 on: November 07, 2022, 06:43:35 AM »
I have a photo on my phone but it's far too big to add. I need to upload it to my pc and "shrink" it. Please bear with me till this evening.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7547 on: November 06, 2022, 06:04:45 PM »
Quote from: MartinR on November 06, 2022, 03:59:25 PM
If the metal disk was vertical, then it was probably a Polyphon player.  Unlike the pianola where the holes produce the notes, the holes in a polyphon are where metal has been bent back to form a pin-like structure.  There's a link below to a short video showing how the system worked.  The one in the video is horizontal, but Polyphon produced much larger vertical ones sometimes with multiple tracks, accessed by moving the disks slightly sideways.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Polyphon_Stille_Nacht_Heilige_Nacht.webm


That's it MartinR.  The one I remember at the Ringlestone was upright with the disc facing the front at around chest level.  Might have been a glass front but I'm not sure.  I don't recall hearing it play.


EDIT:  Just found this image.  Very close but I don't recall the case being so ornate.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7546 on: November 06, 2022, 03:59:25 PM »
If the metal disk was vertical, then it was probably a Polyphon player.  Unlike the pianola where the holes produce the notes, the holes in a polyphon are where metal has been bent back to form a pin-like structure.  There's a link below to a short video showing how the system worked.  The one in the video is horizontal, but Polyphon produced much larger vertical ones sometimes with multiple tracks, accessed by moving the disks slightly sideways.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Polyphon_Stille_Nacht_Heilige_Nacht.webm
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7545 on: November 06, 2022, 03:29:47 PM »
I agree with your comment about narrow lanes.  We used to drive along the single-track lane from Doddington in the dark.  Made it seem like such an adventure.  I hadn't realised it would have been an easier drive from the A20 at Harrietsham.  No Sat-Nav and no maps to hand.  I'd just been given directions to take a right fork after Doddington and keep driving through dark wooded areas until I got there.


Photo shows how narrow the lane is and it seemed to go on for miles.
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