Guess the Place

[Jackie Paper]

OK. Here's one.
Not sure if it's too easy or too difficult...

[Jackie Paper]

No info on the date. The undeveloped surroundings suggest soon after opening in 1876?
Odd that it should be painted over the decorative brickwork visible in some other pictures though.

[MartinR]

I'm not sure the portakabin style replacements for the buildings either side are an improvement.  I notice that the current main road doesn't exist in the earlier pic, any idea on the date?  (Just curious)  BTW, I don't think either Queenborough or Paddock Wood stations need location information!

[johnfilmer]

You are so right Jackie Paper, it is Queenborough. Love the photo that you used clearly showing the original “wings” on each side. Although that signal on the right seems very tall?

I house shared with an old school friend for about a year in the early 70s just round the corner in front of the station, even used it a few times before that. I now find that a great(x3?) uncle had a dairy farm between the station and the main road to Halfway.

It’s over to you…

[Jackie Paper]

Queenborough BR on the Isle of Sheppey.

(Old pic from the Kent Community Rail Partnership website [https://kentcrp.org/])

[johnfilmer]

How restrained (pun intended) grandarog 

[grandarog]

Recognised straight away so isle pass on this one .

[johnfilmer]

Thanks JW, I had forgotten about the Kent Rail site, plenty of interesting reading for anyone interested in railway history.

Browsing a couple of stations from the index gave me an idea and a change of image for the next item.

So its a station, North Kent, but unlike the usual LC&DR station buildings.

[John Walker]

Oh, and it’s Paddock Wood station, by the way 

Well done JohnFilmer.  Quite an interesting history for this station.  It appears that Paddock Wood only exists because of the station.  In addition to the main line, it had branch lines heading north and south plus various sidings etc.  As you say, a good example of the third rail changing sides.   Over to you.

https://www.kentrail.org.uk/paddock%20wood.htm

[johnfilmer]

Oh, and it’s Paddock Wood station, by the way 

[johnfilmer]

As an aside, this is a good example of the third rail position as discussed recently.

[John Walker]

Thanks Beachbum.  Another interesting one.  I never realised there were so many breweries in Kent in years past.

Next one.  Should be easy.  Name the station.

[MartinR]

See https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16.5&lat=51.25214&lon=0.42164&layers=168&b=1  Location:

• Grid ref:                TQ 69127 53093
• Coords (WGS84): 51°15'07"N,000°25'20"E or 51.25193,0.42211

[Beachbum]

Well done John Walker, I had some more clues to add if required. Like near Water.......

The Brewery was demolished in 1984/5 and replaced with a Housing Development including Phoenix Drive.

Over to you John Walker

[John Walker]

John Walker beat me to it yet again. History of the Brewery on here.

http://www.breweryhistory.com/wiki/index.php?title=200_Years_of_Brewing_at_Wateringbury

http://breweryhistory.com/wiki/index.php?title=Frederick_Leney_%26_Sons_-_an_essay

https://wateringbury.blogspot.com/2018/11/phoenix-brewery-bow-road-wateringbury.html

Grandarog, our searches must have been running in tandem.  Those are the same links that I traced.  My PC must have been running a bit faster than yours ...