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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7787 on: December 23, 2022, 07:37:17 PM »



You have it JohnFilmer - well done.  It is indeed The Dove at Dargate.

The clue 'In the blue corner' related to a Dargate resident, Barry McGuigan.

For boxer Barry McGuigan, Muhammad Ali was the inspiration for taking up the sport.

The 55-year-old, who lives in Dargate near Faversham, told how Ali had just had his titanic fight with Joe Frazier in New York in 1971 when he began to take boxing seriously.
"Like many a kid just getting into boxing at the time, I wanted to be like Ali," McGuigan wrote in his column in The Mirror.
Barry McGuigan has been responding to news of the death of Muhammed Ali

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7786 on: December 23, 2022, 06:15:57 PM »
Well done John.  With the name I've now found it:
  • Address:        Plumpudding Ln, Dargate, Faversham ME13 9HB
  • Nat Grid:       TR0806661557
  • Coords (WGS84): 51°18'54"N 000°59'03"E or 51.31507,0.98427

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7785 on: December 23, 2022, 04:50:12 PM »
Gotcha! It’s The Dove pub.
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7784 on: December 22, 2022, 10:56:36 PM »
One more clue which might help.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7783 on: December 22, 2022, 08:57:46 PM »
Got it, but will let others find it as I have had a few lately.........

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7782 on: December 22, 2022, 08:14:28 PM »
The nearby busy 'A' Road is the A299

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7781 on: December 22, 2022, 01:04:41 AM »
East Kent - rural

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7780 on: December 21, 2022, 02:37:30 PM »
Not Sheppey MartinR.  I can see your thinking though.  The blue corner clue is more to do with a notable resident.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7779 on: December 21, 2022, 12:15:12 PM »
Sheppey somewhere?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7778 on: December 20, 2022, 10:55:46 PM »
Slightly cryptic clue:  In the blue corner...

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7777 on: December 20, 2022, 02:00:36 PM »
Not sure if this does class as a village or even a hamlet but it does have a name.  A spattering of mixed houses, a closed post office, a manor, a scrap yard and the GTP Pub.  A newly formed woodland is close by as is a busy 'A' Road which heads for the coast.  A well-established very large woodland is also close by.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7776 on: December 20, 2022, 06:20:27 AM »
Town or village?


A small village Shoot999

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7775 on: December 19, 2022, 08:51:08 PM »
I have rechecked the Google scan and it is from April 2019. At that time I believe the Cannon was sited at the Imperial Hotel Hythe.
Apologies for any problems...............

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7774 on: December 19, 2022, 08:44:12 PM »
Cannon Location : I took these photos on 14th October 2022.



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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7773 on: December 19, 2022, 08:41:48 PM »
Town or village?