Guess the Place

[John Walker]

Milton Regis?

[grandarog]

On the Mainland.

[Bill Jones]

No one will laugh at you if you get the guessing wrong. Come and have a go.

I think I would like really to guess some of these but I dont have the local knowledge. Maybe one of days I will see a Maidstone one and smile as I get it lol.

[johnfilmer]

Local knowledge from my yoof, so I’ll sit tight.

[MartinR]

On or off the island?

[DaveTheTrain]

ooh, i know this...   I will sit it out for a bit to let others guess.

[grandarog]

        Soon be cheaper to run the car on Whisky rather than drinking it JW.
                       Here we go with the next one .
 Please have a go if you have never tried before.No one will laugh at you if you get the guessing wrong. Come and have a go.
                                     Swale Area.

[MartinR]

I must cut down on the whiskey

- Nah, just come back to Bonnie Scotland from foreign parts. 

[John Walker]

Clues haven't helped .I may be totally wrong.The only place i can find that bears any resemblance is East Hill which has ramp with railings on left and what looks like it is the Flour Mill Tower in the far left. It looks right when viewed on Google maps.
JW must be losing his touch I thought he would have scored first.

    Well done, Grandarog.  I must cut down on the whiskey .....

[grandarog]

Thanks Dave the Train. That was a hard slog .There's a lot of roads in Ashford and I was looking for Church towers in the background which didn't help. Next guess up soon when I sort one out.

[MartinR]

BTW, the flour mill was water powered, hence DTT's clever reference to " a very important reason of power".
Nearly forgot, camera is at:

• Grid: TR 01276 42782
• WGS84: 51°08'56"N, 000°52'35"E or 51.148897,0.876429

[DaveTheTrain]

You have it grandarog.  Well done.  The tower is Pledges Flour Mill at the bottom of East Hill.


My reference to Lillian, is one Lillian Brake who was the headmistress of the School (Ashford Girls) from 1928 - 1955.  She first arrived in 1910.  She is commerated with Brake Hall, the main hall of the school.   


Miss Brakes remarkable career can be found here:


http://ashfordschool-heritage.daisy.websds.net/Filename.ashx?systemFileName=ASHG1955_42_003sum.pdf&origFilename=ASHG1955_42_003sum.pdf


Over to Rog.
DTT

[grandarog]

Clues haven't helped .I may be totally wrong.The only place i can find that bears any resemblance is East Hill which has ramp with railings on left and what looks like it is the Flour Mill Tower in the far left. It looks right when viewed on Google maps.
JW must be losing his touch I thought he would have scored first.

[DaveTheTrain]

Time for a clue,  Martins tower (mentioned earlier) was located where it was for a very important reason of power.  Lillian is commemorated nearby having arrived in 1910 and not leaving for another 45 years.

[John Walker]

Thanks DTT .Time to start trawling see if i can find it before John Walker