Guess the Place

[MartinR]

West Kingsdown, St Edmund King & Martyr, Fawkham Rd.

• Nat'l Grid:             TQ 57991 63354
• Post Code:           TN15 6AY
• Coords (WGS84): 51°20'50"N, 000°16'02"E or 51.34731,0.26721

For more info on the church: http://www.st-edmunds.co.uk/history.html (but note that the reference to Rochester Cathedral refers to the current building, the original goes back to AD 604).For more info on St. Edmund: http://www.st-edmunds.co.uk/st-edmund.html or of course our old friend https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_the_Martyr
The tower holds just a single bell (weight unknown, diameter 29") cast in 1963 by Mears & Stainbrrok and hung for swing chiming.

[johnfilmer]

That general neck of the woods (clue), JW, but head more northeasterly (ish).

[John Walker]

Sevenoaks area?

[grandarog]

Got it. Will Pass for a while. 

[johnfilmer]

A small church in an isolated position, not visible directly from GSV, but plenty of pictures when you click on the name. An unusual dedication will help you find it.
Not my usual area, to the west of the Medway

[johnfilmer]

Had seen a similar photo many moons ago. My father used to take my much older sister on the back of his James motorbike (remember them?) to spectate about then.


I’ll be back later with the next, as I haven’t a clue how to send pics from this iPad.

[shoot999]

Early days at Brands Hatch?

You have it johnfilmer. From the 40s when the track was dirt and the races held counter-clockwise. View up Paddock Hill Bend to the Pavilion.


Over to you.

[johnfilmer]

Early days at Brands Hatch?

[grandarog]

Random Guess. Folkestone Racecourse.

[shoot999]

A sports event ?

Yes.

[John Walker]

A sports event ?

[shoot999]

Lucky guess. Lived a bit further north of this in the 60s opposite Fort Bridgewood, so quite familiar with the contours of Bluebell Hill as a biker in those days.


This shouldn't last long.

[MartinR]

That didn't last long!  The Roman road is now Chatham Road, the track linking the pits is Old Chatham Road (weird that the "old" road is the newer of the two) and the current Bluebell Hill (A229) passes roughly along the right-hand edge of the chalk pits.  See the overlay below.

[shoot999]

Quick stab at it.   Blue Bell Hill area?

[MartinR]

I'll bet they were a bit fresher and more appetising than the curling cardboard that BR used to serve.