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Aviation disasters / Lists of Kent Plane crashes
« Last post by stuartwaters on Today at 10:25:14 AM »
I am compiling a (very long!) list of all the plane crashes in Kent. It'll take some time and I'll split it up into periods (Pre WW1, Inter War Years, WW2 and Post WW2). I'm hoping that it'll be used as an index and form the basis of further research, along the lines of the lists I posted about Kent-built warships. The intention is to make these items stickies and put in hyperlinks to future items members may post about individual plane crashes.

The shortest list will be the pre-WW1 list. From memory, the first plane crash in our county occurred in 1913 or thereabouts. The longest will be the WW2 list, because that will list all those British and German planes lost in the Battle of Britain as well as bombers which didn't quite make it back to their home bases after being damaged in action over Europe later in the war.
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General Discussion / Re: Guess the Place
« Last post by grandarog on Today at 08:18:49 AM »
Beachbum You must be joking with King Arthur Court. Sittingbourne doesn't have any archtechural marvels.
Exeptions being Church,s and the Artdeco  Burtons shop front and the old Odeon Cinema.
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General Discussion / Re: Guess the Place
« Last post by Beachbum on Today at 12:38:38 AM »
Kings Lodge, Maidstone?
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General Discussion / Re: Guess the Place
« Last post by John Walker on Today at 12:25:38 AM »
Quote from: Beachbum on May 04, 2024, 11:53:46 PM
King Arther Court, Sittingbourne?

More central Kent. This building was purpose built.
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General Discussion / Re: Guess the Place
« Last post by Beachbum on May 04, 2024, 11:53:46 PM »
King Arther Court, Sittingbourne?
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General Discussion / Re: Guess the Place
« Last post by John Walker on May 03, 2024, 08:30:26 PM »
Too near the edge of Kent Beachbum.
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General Discussion / Re: Guess the Place
« Last post by Beachbum on May 03, 2024, 07:57:12 PM »
Wild guess: Charles Court, Tunbridge Wells?
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General Discussion / Re: Pete Waterman
« Last post by johnfilmer on May 02, 2024, 06:21:27 PM »
The Model World Live exhibition at the NEC last weekend (27/28th April) had the latest incarnation of Pete Waterman and the Railway Nuts Making Tracks layout. It is massive.

They were awarded a Guiness World Record for a portable layout with 694.9metres of useable track!!

YouTube will have many videos, once everyone has had time to edit them. They will range from the mobile phone with dodgy sound (mainly other attendees chatting) to very well presented professional standard camera work.
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General Discussion / Re: Guess the Place
« Last post by John Walker on May 02, 2024, 06:07:54 PM »
Very interesting one JohnFilmer and thank you for telling us about your family.

Next one ...

Another lost building.  This is part of a large building.  Now replaced by a Sheltered Housing Complex named after a king.
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General Discussion / Re: Guess the Place
« Last post by MartinR on May 02, 2024, 02:29:13 PM »
Location:
  • Nat Grid:            TQ 79120 63236
  • Nearest Post Code:   ME7 3PD
  • Co-ords (WGS84)         51°20'24"N,000°34'13"E or 51.33999,0.57024

The OS 6" County series 1869 (as mentioned in the link John provided) can be seen overlaid over modern satellite imagery here: https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17.0&lat=51.34032&lon=0.57249&layers=257&b=1&o=44
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