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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10072 on: May 22, 2024, 08:50:06 PM »

Offline Beachbum

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10071 on: May 22, 2024, 08:40:39 PM »
Margate Old Town ?

Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10070 on: May 22, 2024, 08:27:35 PM »
Clue: Near to the site of a lost brewery.

Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10069 on: May 22, 2024, 08:26:08 PM »
Sandwich?

Not Sandwich John.  Carry on further round the coast.

Offline johnfilmer

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10068 on: May 22, 2024, 04:03:01 PM »
Sandwich?
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10067 on: May 22, 2024, 12:45:11 PM »
Not Deal, Dave.  The right end of the county though.

I've walked past this door many times and never noticed it.

Offline DaveTheTrain

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10066 on: May 22, 2024, 11:45:44 AM »
Is this Deal, John?

Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10065 on: May 22, 2024, 11:12:17 AM »
Grade 2

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10064 on: May 22, 2024, 12:15:41 AM »
Thanks DTT - I enjoyed the search for that one.

Next one - where will you find this unusual door?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10063 on: May 21, 2024, 03:18:22 PM »
Hi Rog,  No that is a mate of mines.  I was in Preston Street.  I will post a picture later!

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10062 on: May 21, 2024, 12:22:45 PM »
DaveTheTrain......Was this your Engine at Faversham ?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10061 on: May 21, 2024, 08:40:09 AM »
Wow, well done JW.  And JF was so close.

The minor road, directly next to the site is Featherby Road.  The Major Road is the one JW listed.   Featherby road, when I was a lad was passable over a footbridge.  The footbridge was removed when the link road went in.  Of interest the land here was set aside for years, since at least the 1970s in preparation for the link road.  In the end the link road was built about half a mile further West than the land set aside.

I think there was a proper crossing with a crossing here in the 1940s, just visible in the 1940s aerial view.  My grandparents worked this farmland all their lives.

A link to the KLIS map so that you can zoom out and see the other Fort, which I think is called Grange Fort further North.  On the old Forum I believe Rog (Grandarog) put up a bit of history of the site.

Of interest there has been a lot of name changes.  Originally, Featherby Road was Grange Lane.  Also Beechings Way (as it now called) and the crossing I mention above, was known as "Beechums Crossing".  A mate of mine, an old Gillingham resident still refers to the road as "Beechums Way".  I know not the reason for the change. 

The location (for those interested) is https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Featherby+Rd,+Gillingham/@51.3830754,0.5772129,451m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x47d8d29aaaaf4011:0xf9af1f3dab531d1d!8m2!3d51.3774137!4d0.5743759!16s%2Fg%2F1vxdxk8g?entry=ttu


The KLIS Map I took the image from is here, under Map Views (1946 Map):   
https://webapps.kent.gov.uk/KCC.KLIS.Web.Sites.Public/ViewMap.aspx
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10060 on: May 20, 2024, 01:34:09 PM »
That took some finding  ;D

Just off Yokosuka Way near Twydall ?  Will be interesting to learn what the guns were protecting from that position.

Yokosuka (横須賀市, Yokosuka-shi) is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

As of February 2024, the city has a population of 373,797, and a population density of 3,708 inhabitants per square kilometre (9,600/sq mi).[1] The total area is 100.7 km2 (38.9 sq mi). Yokosuka is the 11th most populous city in the Greater Tokyo Area, and the 12th in the Kantō region. The city is host to United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka.


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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10059 on: May 20, 2024, 12:57:34 PM »
Is the road running north south (ish) Bloors Lane?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10058 on: May 20, 2024, 11:37:35 AM »
Okay John, a couple of clues.  West of Sittingbourne.  To the immediate South is a very large post-war council estate that followed a road naming convention that connected it with many other parts of Kent.  And the road adjacent has a very International theme!!!  :D