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Offline Lutonman

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3543 on: January 03, 2021, 12:27:32 PM »
Its fair to say the site has been owned by a number of companies and also renamed as a result of take overs. That could throw some light on to it as well.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3542 on: January 03, 2021, 12:16:57 PM »
I think I know this, but as I don't have any pictures to post, I'll throw a possible hint into the ring. Did the site used to belong to a company still in business but relocated elsewhere?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3541 on: January 03, 2021, 12:01:29 PM »
Hi Johnwalker, there's been no guesses so far at all. Here is an hint.


To answer my question what's going on, Its a picture of a train and a building. The day was a fun day for employees and their families. So its a big company in Kent that can do such a thing. But who & where?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3540 on: January 03, 2021, 11:54:55 AM »
Hi Lutonman


I'm a bit confused by the guesses so far. Has somebody guessed correctly or should I keep going?   :)
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3539 on: January 02, 2021, 04:19:59 PM »
You swine John Filmer - you beat me to it.  :o
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Offline Lutonman

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3538 on: January 02, 2021, 03:49:31 PM »
Very good, this service did run a bit late though!
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3537 on: January 02, 2021, 03:22:35 PM »
Eurostar replacement bus service?  ;D
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3536 on: January 02, 2021, 02:10:22 PM »
Thanks John Walker, I have been there before and wanted to go again in 2020 but the dreaded COVID stopped that.


This should be quite easy, where and what's going on.
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Offline MartinR

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3535 on: January 02, 2021, 10:11:34 AM »
There was a second girl's boarding school based at Down House from 1924 to 1927 but then it closed.  Trivia: I was at a prep school about a mile from the present Downe House School between the ages of 10 and 12.  We attended concerts there, but otherwise had no contact with those strange mythical beasts called girls!
If anyone is planning a visit to Down House, the car park is some distance from the house, but there is a decent footpath suitable for a mobility scooter between the two.  If you have a blue badge you can park actually at the house, space permitting.  Disabled visitors who need a scooters or chair will need them for the "long walk" down towards the glasshouse.  HTH.  Oh, and of course it is closed at the moment.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3534 on: January 02, 2021, 10:01:03 AM »

Some useless information.

The house is called Down House as the village was originally named Down.


The village was renamed Downe by the post office to save it being confused with Down in Ireland. Darwin did not change the name of the house.


The house is much extended, some by Darwin and some after him. It was at one point Down House School a boarding school for girls which still exists today in Berkshire.


Some interesting information here https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/home-of-charles-darwin-down-house/history/





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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3533 on: January 01, 2021, 11:56:16 PM »
Quote from: Lutonman on January 01, 2021, 10:39:09 PM
Darwin at Downe House?


You have it Lutonman.  Quite a history to Downe House.  The Darwin family's home for many years.   Well worth a visit in the future.


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Offline shoot999

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3532 on: January 01, 2021, 10:50:45 PM »
Quote from: John Walker on January 01, 2021, 07:41:02 PM
Quote from: shoot999 on January 01, 2021, 07:22:38 PM
Dickens connection?


Not Dickens - even more famous.  The man who lived at this property travelled the World on a dog!
Doh! Apart from doing the guy as part of my History Degree Ive spent my life at sea on a number of vessels inc, Alsatian, Boxer, Corgi, Collie, Mastiff and Saluki. And been onboard the modern Beagle!
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Offline Lutonman

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3531 on: January 01, 2021, 10:39:09 PM »
Darwin at Downe House?
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3530 on: January 01, 2021, 07:41:02 PM »
Quote from: shoot999 on January 01, 2021, 07:22:38 PM
Dickens connection?


Not Dickens - even more famous.  The man who lived at this property travelled the World on a dog!
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3529 on: January 01, 2021, 07:22:38 PM »
Dickens connection?
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