Guess the Place

[John Walker]

I thought I knew this one, but on checking, it's similar but not the one in your photo.

East Kent ?

[MartinR]

Forge Garage location:

• Address:                   The Street, Frittenden
• Nat Grid:                   TQ 81491 41199
• Nearest Post Code:   TN17 2DG
• Co-ords (WGS84):     51°08'29"N,000°35'35"E or 51.14129,0.59308

The two previous GTPs didn't need location information IMHO.

[johnfilmer]

A disappearing breed the local garage. Here in Doddington we have a thriving Service Station, it even still sells fuel. My last local garage was Wents Service Station at the top of Ulcombe Hill, and that is still going strong, but has not sold fuel for many years.

Meanwhile, sorry to have been a while, I started to turn a replacement knob for the lid of an elderly Le Creuset pot and kept on until my wife returned home. Still all done, just going to powder coat it for best effect.

The next one was intended for use the other day, but I used another, so here it is. This is unusual as the monument is not in either a central village position, or churchyard.

[John Walker]

Well done JohnFilmer.  You earned that one.  Photo shows the later replacements after corralls discontinued petrol sales.  These have been left in place as a feature after the garage had been converted to residential use.

Over to you

[johnfilmer]

Forge Garage, Frittenden, maybe…

[John Walker]

Auto correct, or rather auto incorrect, of Egerton. But not there then…

Just found Olivers - a very similar set-up but a different brand to the one that replaced Corralls.  Now residential but they've left the latest pumps as a feature. 
You need to head South West. 

[johnfilmer]

Auto correct, or rather auto incorrect, of Egerton. But not there then…

[John Walker]

Is it Oliver’s at Everton?

Not sure about that location but it's not there.

National Trust location to the South.

[johnfilmer]

Is it Oliver’s at Everton?

[John Walker]

I presume you are all waiting for more clues?

Rumours were once started by the locals to attract visitors to the area where these old pumps were.

[John Walker]

Small village, roughly south east of mid kent.

[John Walker]

Here we go with the next GTP.

Where could we find these old fuel pumps before they were removed?

Their replacements can be seen on GSV.

[grandarog]

Stuart will correct me if I am wrong .
          I think Historic  Mortars could fire anything that fitted in them .ie;- Rocks ,Solid Iron Balls and various explosive or incendiary Balls depending if anti personel, with fragmenting cases and loose shrapnel mixed in the charge, to full explosive filled destruction balls against buildings ,ships etc.
           Modern Artillery Mortars can fire high-explosive rounds, smoke rounds, illumination rounds, and anti-personnel rounds. Depending on the situation .

[CAT]

Interesting to note that I have a sold 'cannon' ball that I recovered from a Kent beach. Weighing in at 128lbs, its most definitely solid and I assumed it to be a 'mortar' ball, which would contradict the statement by stuartwalters that mortars fired a 'hollow sphere filled with gunpowder. That would definitely fit the description of the other 'ball' I left on the beach, which possessed a bronze fuse protruding from its outer iron sphere casing and subsequently are meant to be extremely unstable. I was also informed that the 'mortar' balls were also filled with smaller lead shot/balls to act as shrapnel on explosion.

Interested to be informed further. 

[grandarog]

Thanks Stuart. Although I do know they are Mortars in the Photo others may not.
 I did not know they were used on Ships so thanks to you I have learnt something new.
I was going to tell JohnWalker there were Solid and Exploding Cannon Ball,s to inflict  damage on the enemy.
If I remember right the balls between the Mortars are solids and labelled as cannon balls in the Castle history leaflet blurb.
(Even the Alamy photo I posted is labelled Cannons at Dover Castle.)