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Offline shoot999

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1502 on: April 13, 2020, 06:33:54 PM »
Oh I know that one too  ;)  but again will keep quiet. x


Must be your 'area' of expertise.   ;)

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1501 on: April 13, 2020, 12:27:17 PM »
Oh I know that one too  ;)  but again will keep quiet. x

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1500 on: April 13, 2020, 12:14:26 PM »
Yes you have that shoot999....not much reading about the Delce Fort...unless i can`t find it?


Thank you Lynn...it didn`t last long tho`


Over to you shoot999


Happy Easter to all...............


Yes, I'm sure Lynn got there first   :)    Think this one should go quick too. Bonus point too if you can answer the KHF related question.


 'Who lived in a house  like this?'

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1499 on: April 13, 2020, 11:53:21 AM »
Not Fort Clarence MartinR

Yes you have that shoot999....not much reading about the Delce Fort...unless i can`t find it?


Thank you Lynn...it didn`t last long tho`


Over to you shoot999


Happy Easter to all...............

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1498 on: April 13, 2020, 11:09:46 AM »
Fort Delce. Rochester. Looking along the Delce, with The Cut on the left?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1497 on: April 13, 2020, 10:46:26 AM »
Oh one I think I know but I don't play   so will keep it to myself x


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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1496 on: April 13, 2020, 10:35:45 AM »
Quick guess: Fort Clarence, St Margaret's St, Rochester.  the advertising is now for the TAVR.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1495 on: April 13, 2020, 10:20:00 AM »
Moving on:


What is this and where might it be around  1920


To kick off with clues the advertising albeit in a different form is still there today?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1494 on: April 13, 2020, 09:19:41 AM »
Nothing to do with GTP but the photo reminded me, What became of the Dickens experience or whatever it was called? I know it went bust but what then?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1493 on: April 12, 2020, 07:56:30 PM »
Sorry John, not Whitstable.  Keith has got it though: "A section of Chatham High Street that escaped the fires of both 1800 and 1820.  This early 20th-century photograph reveals the combustible nature of the buildings that once fronted the High Street."

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1492 on: April 12, 2020, 06:24:08 PM »
Chatham High St. by Full Of Love Alley

Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1491 on: April 12, 2020, 05:47:33 PM »
Getting back to your GTP MartinR  :)  - Quick guess - Whitstable High Street?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1490 on: April 12, 2020, 03:30:48 PM »
That makes more sense.  I couldn't see why they'd be heading off up St Martin's Hill/A257.

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« Reply #1489 on: April 12, 2020, 03:24:14 PM »
I believe this route was taken to include St Augustine's Abbey and St Martins Church (both marked green) at the start of the pilgrimage.

The red line on the map is the current pilgrimage route but I'm certain I've seen the original route as that I've shown in blue.

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« Reply #1488 on: April 12, 2020, 03:08:10 PM »
I'm sure I'd been there virtually yesterday, younger son is at CCC and the area is certainly historic.  Following today's clues I've been virtually up and down both Dover Roads.  Why would Spanish pilgrims go this way and not straight to Dover?

I've also been checking up on traction systems.  As far as I can tell Canterbury has never had either a tram or a trolley bus system, so the switch must be for lights.  I'm sure I've seen the timer box attached to walls when the lights are mounted on properties that front the road.  The big box is probably a relay to switch all three phases and regulate a larger area.  I won't suggest opening the box to find out though!

Now here's the next one.  I doubt that this will last long but let's see.