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Offline grandarog

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8826 on: August 09, 2023, 07:13:44 AM »
Thanks John Filmer the area is a lot different from when it was the hospital.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8825 on: August 08, 2023, 10:45:23 PM »
By, that took some finding.  the tower is at:
  • Address:                   13, Hilder St.
  • Nat Grid:                   TQ 67863 59395
  • Nearest Post Code:   ME19 5ST
  • Co-ords (WGS84):     51°18'32"N,000°24'25"E or 51.308916,0.406970

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8824 on: August 08, 2023, 10:03:51 PM »
Spot on grandarog.

Leybourne Grange clock tower.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8823 on: August 08, 2023, 09:57:30 PM »
  I think that is the Clock Tower of the old Looney Bin at Leybourne .West Malling.
Now converted to flats named  Royal Victoria Place .
  I think the grounds are engulfed in housing now.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8822 on: August 08, 2023, 09:10:28 PM »
Not far from the river Medway
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8821 on: August 08, 2023, 08:28:47 PM »
Medway,  are we north Kent coast?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8820 on: August 08, 2023, 08:13:07 PM »
Too far west Lutonman
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8819 on: August 08, 2023, 07:21:30 PM »
Gravesend?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8818 on: August 08, 2023, 07:21:16 PM »
I think I've found it but I'll hold back for now.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8817 on: August 08, 2023, 07:15:06 PM »
Not railway related, and Faversham is too far east.

The tower design is a familiar design in similar settings.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8816 on: August 08, 2023, 06:28:03 PM »
Faversham?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8815 on: August 08, 2023, 05:38:33 PM »
Railway connections?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8814 on: August 08, 2023, 04:37:07 PM »
It is amazing what comes to light through GTP!

Unlikely to raise that sort of interest, but where is this - a very new Google image of part of an historic site.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8813 on: August 08, 2023, 01:59:58 PM »
An interesting article Jackie Paper.  I knew that complete German aircraft were prized as my Grandad used to go out with a vehicle called a 'donkey' to collect them.  I didn't know of the name 'Rafewaffe' before.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8812 on: August 08, 2023, 01:09:17 PM »
Fascinating stuff.
I like the name 'Rafwaffe' used for the captured German aircraft flown in WWII, hadn't heard of it until recently.

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/no-1426-flight-raf-rafwaffe.html?Exc_D_LessThanPoint002_p1=1