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Offline Stewie

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9304 on: December 10, 2023, 06:07:31 PM »
Is this the North end of the Wansum Channel?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9303 on: December 10, 2023, 04:45:28 PM »
Until I can get out a bit more, we'll have to put up with a map one.  You'll notice that there are two blanked off labels, what I'm after is the larger label.  I've even left the benchmark in for you, aren't I nice!

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9302 on: December 10, 2023, 08:14:06 AM »
Well done MartinR. Over to you  :)

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« Reply #9301 on: December 09, 2023, 11:52:11 PM »
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9300 on: December 09, 2023, 09:33:11 PM »
I think that is the lych gate at Worth, St Peter and St Paul.  Location of the lychgate is at:
  • Nat Grid:            TR 33648 56117
  • Nearest Post Code:   CT14 0DE
  • Co-ords (WGS84):     51°15'23"N,001°20'50"E or 51.25631,1.34716

The lych gate is a grade II listed building, official listing https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1247858?section=official-list-entry.  For more information on the church see https://worthchurch.org/history-worth-church/ and its listing (II*) at https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1263919?section=official-list-entry.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9299 on: December 08, 2023, 08:28:39 PM »
East Kent ...

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9298 on: December 06, 2023, 07:59:26 PM »
Got it, but others can find this

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« Reply #9297 on: December 06, 2023, 01:35:43 AM »
Thanks JohnFilmer.  The view rang a bell from when I was searching Snodland in an earlier GTP. 
The distinctive shape of the old cinema building gave me the answer.

Next one - where is this rather nice lych-gate?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9296 on: December 05, 2023, 10:41:36 PM »
Thanks for the clarification, I was wondering about the house numbering and what you say makes sense of it.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9295 on: December 05, 2023, 05:27:20 PM »
MartinR, GSV is pretty rubbish sometimes at where named sections of road change. Once again the Post Office has history in this regard. For over 30years we lived in Headcorn Road, but maps always put us in Lenham Road. Never did get a definitive answer as to where each finished and the other began.

If you street view the old cinema you will see the road name sign "High Street" to the right of the building as you look at it. Constitution Hill ran from there up and into Paddlesworth Road, but the junction with Birling Road was changed to make that the major(!) route so making Constitution Hill a dog leg.

The cinema was a Bingo Hall when we played with its old Potterton BOA oil boiler in the 1970s. The place was very run down, and getting paid was an adventure. Since been a Potterty shop and now an antique centre, which got itself on TV recently on one of the Antique Roadtrip programmes - I forget which.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9294 on: December 05, 2023, 03:43:25 PM »
High Street?  GSV calls it "Constitution Hill".  Anyhow the view is towards the centre from just before "The Antiques Store" which in the original posting was a cinema.  More or less the new build number 1.

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« Reply #9293 on: December 05, 2023, 03:21:18 PM »
Gold Star for JW, Snodland it is, I guess about 1950ish.

I had lots of obscure clues ready as well! The High Street is unusual in that it is not the main through road, but runs at right angles to it.

So back to you.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9292 on: December 05, 2023, 02:27:55 PM »
Quick guess = Snodland?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9291 on: December 05, 2023, 01:22:41 PM »
Where is this High Street?
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« Reply #9290 on: December 05, 2023, 12:29:21 PM »
I have driven past there countless times, even did a survey in that building, which was some sort of care worker organisation. The memory is defintely getting dimmer, as I recognised it straight away but the penny took a long time to drop as to where it is.

Back with the next one soon...
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