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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #798 on: January 24, 2020, 08:47:59 PM »
A rescue of civilians?  From floods? 1953?

Offline shoot999

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #797 on: January 24, 2020, 07:14:06 PM »
From the clothing I'd assume the "affair" was Operation Dynamo, the evacuation from Dunkirk.


Somewhat later.


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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #796 on: January 24, 2020, 07:03:00 PM »
From the clothing I'd assume the "affair" was Operation Dynamo, the evacuation from Dunkirk.

Offline shoot999

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #795 on: January 24, 2020, 05:43:36 PM »
Depicts a small part of a larger affair.

Offline shoot999

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #794 on: January 24, 2020, 04:20:35 PM »
A two parter. Where and what of significance are we witnessing?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #793 on: January 24, 2020, 04:08:48 PM »
Yes, shoot999 you are correct...


At the far end of the Brook on the right hand side on the bend.
The building is still there and is another company doing car repairs etc.


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Offline shoot999

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #792 on: January 24, 2020, 03:52:34 PM »
The old garage along the Brook Chatham? I  seem to recall the perpetual cold in there whilst waiting for dad to do a few 'deals'.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #791 on: January 24, 2020, 03:25:23 PM »
stuartwaters: Yes it was a Ford Maindealer.....somewhere?


Invicta Alec: Not Medway Street


John Walker: Not Haynes in Maidstone.


It is on a road which was one way? ....still there.

Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #790 on: January 24, 2020, 03:17:27 PM »
Ford main dealers in Maidstone?  Haynes now I think.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #789 on: January 24, 2020, 03:02:06 PM »
Garage in Medway Street Chatham?


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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #788 on: January 24, 2020, 01:17:36 PM »
A Ford Dealership somewhere? That's based on the two Anglias on the lifts and the Zodiac (?) on the right.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #787 on: January 24, 2020, 12:41:34 PM »
So keeping up the Garage Theme:


Where could this of been?

Offline johnfilmer

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #786 on: January 24, 2020, 08:53:00 AM »
Farthing Corner it is KeithG, in the days of Top Rank, hence the green and white uniforms.


The four rows of pumps were different brands, petrol one side of the service building, diesel on the other. The queues on Sunday evening were huge, and even with almost one attendant to two pumps plus three manning the tills and oils, it was absolutely manic for hours.


As shoot999 said, we always offered to check oil as the tear off strips on the cans had a points mean prizes value.


This was taken on North side,  coast bound, where there was a small garage structure as you exited the pumps. Some very minor repairs were carried out by the resident mechanics. In the back of it was a length of gutter and a wall mounted can opener. The empty oil cans were opened and left to drain and the resulting mixture used on the Bedford CA(?)  minibuses that used to transport the workforce to and from this otherwise fairly inaccessible spot in 1966.


The mechanics drove the minibuses, usually like they stole them, and with the front sliding doors wide open. No seat belts, so scary but fun, a bit like a roller coaster ride home.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #785 on: January 23, 2020, 08:53:42 PM »
Is Farthing Corner big enough?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #784 on: January 23, 2020, 07:58:19 PM »
Nope JW, not large enough.
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