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MartinR
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #9030 on:
October 11, 2023, 03:48:49 PM »
Not that dark, the museum is indeed in Chatham. Do I detect a tentative guess comming?
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shoot999
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October 11, 2023, 02:53:13 PM »
Shot in the dark. Would the museum be in Chatham
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John Walker
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October 11, 2023, 12:04:23 PM »
Quote from: johnfilmer on October 11, 2023, 12:00:19 PM
Not prototype Birkenstock sandals then😊 (much beloved of “Er indoors”)
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johnfilmer
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Reply #9027 on:
October 11, 2023, 12:00:19 PM »
Not prototype Birkenstock sandals then😊 (much beloved of “Er indoors”)
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MartinR
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Re: Guess the Place
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October 10, 2023, 10:55:56 PM »
You've got the "where", it is indeed Dungeness. The ones I illustrated were in a specific type of museum which reflects the specific use to which they were put.
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Stewie
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October 10, 2023, 09:37:25 PM »
Judging from the picture, they seem to be on a shingle or pebbly beach. I found the attached picture showing similar footwear being worn by families at Dungeness. Presumably the large surface area helped spread the weight of a human making for easier walking on the shifting pebbles.
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MartinR
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Reply #9024 on:
October 10, 2023, 03:49:19 PM »
No, nothing to do with gunpowder. I've not heard of wooden soled footware of any sort being used around gunpowder, they can pick up stones, and stone against stone can lead to sparks ...
First clues this evening.
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grandarog
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Reply #9023 on:
October 10, 2023, 02:47:15 PM »
From one of the Gunpowder works at Faversham.?
In the Museum at Oare Gunpowder Works Country Park.
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MartinR
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Reply #9022 on:
October 10, 2023, 10:28:43 AM »
That wouldn't surprise me, but wrong part of the county and not marshes.
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Stewie
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Reply #9021 on:
October 10, 2023, 06:38:25 AM »
I believe that in 'Great Expectations', Pip wears clogs like these when he walks to and from Rochester market from Cliffe Marshes.
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MartinR
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Reply #9020 on:
October 09, 2023, 10:43:50 PM »
Here are a pair of clogs (in the broadest sense of the word). They're clearly replicas in a museum display case. What I'm after is what the originals were used for and where. Bragging rights if you can name the museum.
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Stewie
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October 09, 2023, 10:25:08 PM »
Yes MartinE it is Fort Luton, well worth a visit just to see the two ‘time tunnels’ over to you
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MartinR
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October 09, 2023, 09:25:16 PM »
That looks very much like Fort Luton. Since the floor is going up and curving to the right, I suspect you are just at the northeastern main entrance. If so:
Nat Grid: TQ 76280 66047
Nearest Post Code: ME4 5XJ
Co-ords (WGS84): 51°21'58"N,000°31'51"E or 51.366128,0.530896
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Stewie
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Reply #9017 on:
October 09, 2023, 02:46:24 PM »
Here is one I took last year. It is very much worth a visit if you are passing by. So where was I when I took this picture?
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MartinR
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #9016 on:
October 09, 2023, 10:41:46 AM »
Ah! Wrong level crossing. Here's the location information:
Nat Grid: TQ 72069 58681
Nearest Post Code: ME20 7GB
Co-ords (WGS84): 51°18'04"N,000°28'01"E or 51.30125,0.46691
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