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Stewie
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #9565 on:
February 03, 2024, 05:31:42 PM »
Yes Johnfilmer it is the goods yard at Rochester (although known as Chatham Goods Yard). There is a good link to the history of this building here:
https://kentrail.org.uk/rochester_goods_depot.htm
The shed was very large and the left hand door in the picture was for rail traffic with road traffic via the central door to the right. The wooden platform that I was standing on allowed from the transfer of goods from rail to road and vice versa. At the time I took the picture, the office attached to the building was still in use for booking freight.
The building can be seen (circled) on the 1936 OS map of the area as a comparison against the present layout of houses, shops and a hotel occupying the former yard now.
Over to you johnfilmer
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johnfilmer
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #9564 on:
February 03, 2024, 05:10:38 PM »
Rochester goods shed?
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Stewie
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #9563 on:
February 03, 2024, 03:04:51 PM »
Not Sittingbourne Martin R, stay on the train towards London.
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MartinR
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #9562 on:
February 03, 2024, 02:50:58 PM »
Well if I head towards London from Whitstable, and its not Faversham, then perhaps Sittingbourne somewhere?
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Stewie
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Reply #9561 on:
February 03, 2024, 02:38:59 PM »
Not Whitstable Martin R, head towards London
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MartinR
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #9560 on:
February 03, 2024, 02:34:09 PM »
Whitstable?
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Stewie
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #9559 on:
February 03, 2024, 01:01:01 PM »
Not Faversham, Johnfilmer but you’re heading in the right direction, the building is no longer there and has been replaced by a housing development 🤓👍
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johnfilmer
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #9558 on:
February 03, 2024, 12:28:06 PM »
Faversham?
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Stewie
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #9557 on:
February 03, 2024, 08:08:13 AM »
Not Dover JohnWalker
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John Walker
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #9556 on:
February 03, 2024, 12:10:38 AM »
Dover Docks?
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Stewie
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #9555 on:
February 02, 2024, 10:07:34 PM »
Not Strood Martin R, the building was built by the London, Chatham & Dover Railway.
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MartinR
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #9554 on:
February 02, 2024, 09:51:06 PM »
Strood?
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Stewie
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #9553 on:
February 02, 2024, 09:35:50 PM »
Not Ashford grandarog
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grandarog
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #9552 on:
February 02, 2024, 09:24:02 PM »
The old Engine maintenance yard at Ashford?
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Stewie
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #9551 on:
February 02, 2024, 08:56:04 PM »
It has most definitely a railway connection Johnwalker, you can just make out the wooden platform I was standing on.
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