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Offline grandarog

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10346 on: September 22, 2024, 06:27:19 PM »
Congrats Johnnie Walker .  Easy one will pass for now. :)

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10345 on: September 22, 2024, 05:54:31 PM »
Thanks Beachbum.  I hadn't realised I'd passed 3000 posts until you mentioned it. 

Next one ....   Should be easy.

What and where.  Add some history for bonus points.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10344 on: September 21, 2024, 08:55:41 PM »
Congratulations Johnnie Walker on passing 3000 posts and well done on finding Mereworth

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10343 on: September 21, 2024, 08:12:59 AM »
It is indeed the old Mereworth Garage, JW. The sign has BSA on one side and Triumph on the other.

Very quiet indeed, but over to you.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10342 on: September 21, 2024, 12:08:11 AM »
The gearbox garage is in Mereworth and the sign outside has BSA on it.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10341 on: September 21, 2024, 12:05:11 AM »
Yes, it has been rather quiet on here lately JohnFilmer. 

I hope you are ok MartinR - you are very missed on this topic and the forum in general.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10340 on: September 20, 2024, 09:36:54 PM »
Looks like you and me here JW, so go for it….
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10339 on: September 18, 2024, 09:23:33 AM »
Found it but I'll hold for now as I've had a few GTPs lately.
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Offline johnfilmer

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10338 on: September 18, 2024, 08:47:55 AM »
West(ish) of Maidstone
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10337 on: September 18, 2024, 12:05:32 AM »
This one rings a bell but not sure why.  Are we looking south west of Ashford?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10336 on: September 17, 2024, 07:49:03 AM »
Very distinctive village church just along the Street.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10335 on: September 16, 2024, 10:51:18 AM »
That double arch is almost identical to the Charing entrance. Who copied who...

Meanwhile here is my latest. It is a GSV from 2009, the garage sign is still there but it is now a house, so can be seen on current GSV.

Village High Street, long ago bypassed. The garage used to be home to a gearbox repairer, I used him in about 1974 to check over a Ford Mexico gearbox, and again in about 2001 to refurb a Sierra gearbox and final drive. Closed shortly after that, then reopened as the motorbike garage in the photo.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10334 on: September 15, 2024, 05:23:14 PM »
You have it JohnFilmer.  I thought it might last a bit longer.  I don't know a lot about the place though.  I believe it's called College of All Saints.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10333 on: September 15, 2024, 02:59:03 PM »
The Old College, which I mixed up with the palace, as this where I took my son for guitar lessons, and it was always referred to as the palace. However the adjacent College Road & Avenue gives me a clue….

The view is off The Horseway
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10332 on: September 15, 2024, 02:35:56 PM »
Archbishop’s Palace, Maidstone?

Not there, but closer...
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