Guess the Place

[stuartwaters]

Okay, for the sake of keeping this one alive, would the village name be Bridge by any chance?

[CAT]

I'm more than happy for any takers with this just to keep it going forwards.

Quick clue for those that don't already know this place: The name of the village is the same at a road feature seen in the pic, which despite still surviving has been encapsulated beneath a new one when the road was widened.

[John Walker]

Doesn't look like we're going to get any new participants.  Very disappointing considering the number of forum members.

[CAT]

I'm almost sure its been on here before, possibly even myself whom posted it. As its on a former main route to the coast I'd thought it might assist others in having a go. Strange to think this was once one of the principal Kentish highways from at least the Roman period.   

[Beachbum]

I remember guessing this one before, so will pass.

[MartinR]

I'm sure we've had this one before, the trees and the bridge look familiar.  Doesn't help though, I can't remember where!

[John Walker]

My route to work for over twenty years so it wouldn't be a guess.  Should be a good one for newcomers to have a go at.

Note to newcomers.

Take a guess - doesn't matter if you're wrong.  The rest of us are wrong more times than right  .

If you are the first with a correct guess then enter a photo of your own for others to guess, This keeps the thread going.  It's good fun and a great source of knowledge about Kent history.

Please don't make guesses if you don't have a photo of your own to add.

[grandarog]

Drove through there many times in the 1980,s. Pass for now.

[johnfilmer]

I’ve seen this photo before, is it one of a pair or series?

Either way I’ll keep out for the moment.

[CAT]

Many thanks Beachbum.

It's a fountain I remember from my own childhood wonderings around the Wear Bay Road area between the 'Sands' and the Warren. Nearly forgot about it until seeing your pic.

My offering is an East Kent village once on a main route, but now bypassed, not that the traffic isn't still an issue with more than the single car in my pic to contend with.

[Beachbum]

Well done CAT, you are spot on with the Sidney Cooper Weston Memorial Fountain.

Originally sited on the Leas Promenade in 1897, but moved to Wear Bay in 1920.

So a Local Pensioner+Historian (Robert Mouland) became frustrated with the decay of the Fountain, and started to paint it himself in 2020. The Council served him with an ASBO. After a Public outcry, the Council decided to work with him.

https://memorialdrinkingfountains.wordpress.com/2016/12/02/sidney-cooper-weston-fountain/

[MartinR]

Slightly more seriously, thanks to CAT the location is:

• Nat Grid:                  TR2366036362
• Nearest Post Code: CT19 6AU
• Co-ords (WGS84):   51°04'59"N,001°11'31"E or 51.082957,1.191985

[CAT]

I don't know where I stand regards being an occasional or frequent posting member, but I've not done so many recently. Because of this, I'll have a go at the Sidney Cooper Weston drinking fountain at the junction of Wear Bay Crescent and Wear Bay Road, Folkestone? 

[MartinR]

@Beachbum: Why aye canny lad, if it's the Wear you're gannin on aboot that'll be hard by Roker.

Attribution: Patrick Fleming / Roker Lighthouse

[AlanTH]

Come on Members don't be shy.
   We don't bite,its all fun and you learn a lot about whereabouts of landmarks and places in Kent. There must be at least one of the 251 members that havent had a go yet.
   We are not an exclusive club we would love more members to join in . It gets monotonous when there are only half a dozen of us playing.
              Please,Please , Join in.You will be welcomed by us all.

I would love to but after a 50 year absence my mind grows dim.... But keep up the good work as I do still like to check what others are doing.
AlanTH.