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pete.mason

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1911 on: May 20, 2020, 02:39:31 PM »
Maidstone cemetery
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KeithG

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« Reply #1910 on: May 20, 2020, 02:25:53 PM »
John.....Post Code Area???
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KeithG

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« Reply #1909 on: May 20, 2020, 01:49:57 PM »
I have been looking all over the place but could not find?......Pete`s clues were ok which is why i did not ask.


Well done John ...i was looking at more complicated names which did not pay off.

MartinR...you are allowed Postcards.
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Offline MartinR

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1908 on: May 20, 2020, 11:43:21 AM »
Some of us are simply out of photos until release date next month.
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1907 on: May 20, 2020, 11:25:51 AM »
Thanks Pete - I'll give it another try.  Perhaps we're too good for them and they've backed off  ;D ;D ;D


Next one - rural - not East Kent
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pete.mason

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« Reply #1906 on: May 20, 2020, 09:44:19 AM »
It is,  various local prounciations, Ba sted,  Baysted, Baasted. All yours , is it worth continuing ? Seems to be only thee & me
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1905 on: May 20, 2020, 09:36:29 AM »
The Plough, Plough Hill, Basted, Sevenoaks ?
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pete.mason

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1904 on: May 20, 2020, 09:11:50 AM »
NNE of there
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1903 on: May 19, 2020, 06:20:05 PM »
Shipbourne ?
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pete.mason

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1902 on: May 19, 2020, 08:49:15 AM »
Less than 10 miles as the crow flies from Trottiscliffe  ;)
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1901 on: May 18, 2020, 10:46:28 PM »
West Kent
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1900 on: May 18, 2020, 04:57:44 PM »
Your name clue made me think of Trottiscliffe but I can't find your pub there.   :D
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pete.mason

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1899 on: May 18, 2020, 01:33:48 PM »
One to ponder. So many different ways is the village name  pronounced. Which is right? Take your pick
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1898 on: May 18, 2020, 01:06:09 PM »
Well done Pete.  Staplehurst it is.  The Dicken's connection is the train crash he was involved in close to Staplehurst.  Over to you...


The Staplehurst rail crash was a derailment at Staplehurst, Kent on 9 June 1865 at 3:13 pm. The South Eastern RailwayFolkestone to London boat train derailed while crossing a viaduct where a length of track had been removed during engineering works, killing ten passengers and injuring forty. In the Board of Trade report it was found that a man had been placed with a red flag 554 yards (507 m) away but the regulations required him to be 1,000 yards (910 m) away and the train had insufficient time to stop.
Charles Dickens was travelling with Ellen Ternan and her mother on the train; they all survived the derailment. He tended the victims, some of whom died while he was with them. The experience affected Dickens greatly; he lost his voice for two weeks and afterwards was nervous when travelling by train, using alternative means when available. Dickens died five years to the day after the accident; his son said that he had never fully recovered.
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pete.mason

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1897 on: May 18, 2020, 12:39:52 PM »
Staplehurst
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