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Offline MartinR

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6212 on: March 05, 2022, 11:31:44 AM »
Sittingbourne area?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6211 on: March 05, 2022, 10:40:30 AM »
Looking down The Mall, Faversham I think. :)


Interesting history of Wakeley 's Oast House.  I'd never heard of it before.

Not the Mall, Faversham Grandarog, although I can see the similarity.

Clue: Don't use the buildings in the background as clues because I can't identify any of them.  I think some of them have been demolished. 

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6210 on: March 05, 2022, 10:11:53 AM »
Looking down The Mall, Faversham I think. :)

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6209 on: March 05, 2022, 10:09:15 AM »
Thats Wakeley 's Oast House. All the records of the Wakeley Brothers business's ,Farm,s Pottery etc were destroyed when there was a Fire in the archives stored there.
It is now a thriving community centre.

This Link is for your interest. :)  http://www.oastcentre.org/history/

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6208 on: March 04, 2022, 11:35:57 PM »
Thanks Shoot999


Started searching stations on Google and found this after around the 5th station.  For some reason it made me think of the Medway area, so that's where I started my search.  Good to see the old oast has been saved.


Next one  ...  Where is this?


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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6207 on: March 04, 2022, 07:12:50 PM »
Rainham ?


Thats it John. Rainham and the old Wakeley Mill.  Takes me back to the 60s when I and hundreds of others would wait at the stations of an evening  for our wives and girlfriends to return from their jobs in London.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6206 on: March 04, 2022, 06:21:33 PM »
Rainham ?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6205 on: March 04, 2022, 05:49:11 PM »
Just struck lucky John. Put in Kent manor houses and this came up as 'Kent Manor', although there were no other references to 'Kent Manor' anywhere else. After a bit more research found that it was in fact Boys Hall.


Think this one will be a quick one.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6204 on: March 04, 2022, 04:36:27 PM »
Boys Hall, Boys Hall Road, Willesborough, Ashford.


https://media.onthemarket.com/properties/2102625/doc_1_2.pdf


You have it.  It's a bit out of the way and not on GSC so felt clues would be needed.

51.13414306292805, 0.897544501164949

Over to you ...

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6203 on: March 04, 2022, 04:32:46 PM »
Stunning!  No price mentioned though I see.  Now my mother's maiden name was Boyes (just a variant spelling, both come from " de Bois") - do you think I could convince them that it is a family property that needs returning?


Worth a try MartinR  :D

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6202 on: March 04, 2022, 08:31:48 AM »
Stunning!  No price mentioned though I see.  Now my mother's maiden name was Boyes (just a variant spelling, both come from " de Bois") - do you think I could convince them that it is a family property that needs returning?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6201 on: March 03, 2022, 10:02:54 PM »
Boys Hall, Boys Hall Road, Willesborough, Ashford.


https://media.onthemarket.com/properties/2102625/doc_1_2.pdf

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6200 on: March 03, 2022, 05:55:27 PM »
First off, which part of the county?


East of mid Kent (roughly)

Between and motorway and a railway

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6199 on: March 03, 2022, 05:38:16 PM »
First off, which part of the county?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6198 on: March 03, 2022, 01:46:11 PM »
Thanks Grandarog


Once again the clues really helped.  The White Horse pub is next door.  We used to go there in the 70s - excellent meals.  Next time I hire a car, I'll have to pop back out.


Next one ....


Clue:  Not as remote as it might appear.


Clue:  Can't be seen on GSV so clues and questions are probably needed.