Guess the Place

[Diapason]

Thanks, John! Very interesting.


My next one is a bit `off the beaten track`.

[John Walker]

I knew I had seen this in Margate but could not remember where. Is it in or close to Lombard Street?


Bryn Clinch (on the original forum)

Spot on Diapason - half way along Lombard Street.  It butts up against the old town hall.  I've just received this info from an acquaintance of mine.  Ian Dickie, curator of Margate Museum.

Hi John. The T Stall started life as a stopping place for handsome cabs etc in Victorian times. It was attached to the back of the Police and Civic Buildings built around 1898. The building originally was a green shed built against the wall of the building and was changed in recent years to its current format, I have plans of buildings from 1895 and some old photos the building is technically in market place the road from the sea front is actually 4 named highways, The Parade, to the old Midland Bank. Building, Market Street, to the Bulls Head Pub. Market Place to What is now the Whig and Pen, and Lombard Street to Hawley Street, the Main Road.
Hope this helps. regards Ian

So, over to you Diapason

[castle261]

My first thought `Cliftonville`

[Diapason]

I knew I had seen this in Margate but could not remember where. Is it in or close to Lombard Street?


Bryn Clinch (on the original forum)

[John Walker]

Right town Diapason - Margate.


The 'shelter' looks Victorian but I've not been able to find any information on it yet.

[Diapason]

Margate?

[CAT]

Sandgate?

[shoot999]

Another coastal town?

[John Walker]

Not Folkestone CAT but the right end of Kent

[CAT]

Folkestone?

[John Walker]

Thank you Local Hiker.  A very interesting GTP and great follow up with your information.  I have learnt a great deal from these GTPs over the years.


Next one folks ...


John

[Local Hiker]

[John Walker]

[Local Hiker]

The explorer and Charles Dickens were friends.

[Local Hiker]

Minster Abbey, (or nowadays "The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Sexburgha" built on the site of the Abbey), is the significant religious building I refer to.

So we are within 170 yards of my photo.

The building in my photo was once owned by a Victorian explorer.

We are closing in.