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MartinR
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #7285 on:
September 15, 2022, 11:47:07 AM »
Visible on GSV at
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.9831464,0.9837963,182m/data=!3m1!1e3!5m1!1e1
Location (no post code to save Pat+cat from a soaking):
Nat Grid: TR 09530 24653
WGS84: 50°58'59"N 000°59'02"E 50.983141,0.983781
Actually, another reason for no post code: would anyone be foolish enough to put it in their satnav and follow instructions?
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John Walker
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #7284 on:
September 15, 2022, 10:19:01 AM »
Well done Beachbum. I only learned of the existence of this piece of wartime history recently. From what I understand, it had become stuck in the silt and had to be left behind. Some time back I made the journey to Arromanches in Normandy and saw the remains of the Mulberry Harbour. An amazing feat.
Over to you ...
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Beachbum
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #7283 on:
September 15, 2022, 12:23:44 AM »
Sorry, Littlestone....
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Beachbum
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #7282 on:
September 15, 2022, 12:03:43 AM »
Dymchurch beach with a section of the Mulberry Harbour?
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John Walker
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Reply #7281 on:
September 14, 2022, 09:43:47 PM »
Wow! I wasn't expecting that Grandarog. I saw the house name (Kippen) on the inscription and did a search. The one in Frinsted came up so I took a punt on it being St Dunstans Church.
Next one - shouldn't be too difficult.
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grandarog
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #7280 on:
September 14, 2022, 08:52:52 PM »
Quick answer, "Ouch" correct Stab.
If you google the family name, there's lots of info about them.
The house still stands and is listed.
Over to you John Walker.
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John Walker
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #7279 on:
September 14, 2022, 08:43:37 PM »
Quick stab - St Dunstan's Church, Frinsted?
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grandarog
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #7278 on:
September 14, 2022, 08:06:10 PM »
Thank,s MartinR.
Apologies, my bad for spelling Synagogue incorrectly.
Sticking with the same theme ,
Where did I come across this Memorial some 12 years ago.
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MartinR
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #7277 on:
September 14, 2022, 11:49:15 AM »
Quite right, I didn't think that would last too long. It's rare to have a burial ground alongside a synagogue, it's one of the uniqure features at Chatham. Next to the grave I showed is the rather large memorial to Lazarus Simon Magnus whose father paid for the present synagogue as a memorial to his son. Location for anyone interested:
Nat Grid: TQ 75116 67880
Nearest Post Code: ME1 1BX
WGS84: 51°22'59"N 000°30´54"E or 51.38295,0.51510
Over to you Grandarog.
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grandarog
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Reply #7276 on:
September 14, 2022, 11:00:20 AM »
Thats at Chatham Synagog Cemetery. There are 2 other Jewish graves there from the First World War. One was a female Merchant Navy Stewardess if I remember correctly.
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MartinR
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #7275 on:
September 14, 2022, 10:38:32 AM »
Here's one that some of you may know instantly, the others will have to work on! It's a Commonwealth War grave, but where?
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shoot999
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Reply #7274 on:
September 13, 2022, 11:34:53 PM »
All yours MartinR. Used to sit up there or Jacksons on a Sunday in the 50s with all the other kids watching the coastal traffic return. Simpler times.
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MartinR
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #7273 on:
September 13, 2022, 11:15:47 PM »
That's the shelter between the clock and the St Catherines Hospital alms houses at the top of Star Hill, Rochester. The photograph is taken from a funny little appendix of City Way:
Nat Grid: TQ 74648 67901
Nearest Post Code: ME1 2AA
WGS84: 51°22'60"N 000°30'30" or 51.38329,0.50839
I suppose I should add that those are the new almshouses dating from the late 1790, the original hospital was on the High Street and was founded in 1315 by Symond Potyn. The current buildings are listed grade II.
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shoot999
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Reply #7272 on:
September 13, 2022, 10:54:19 PM »
Thanks Lutonman. It had stuck in my mind from a previous GTP as Mickey Pearce from Only Fools and Horses attended the reopening a few years back.
Next one. A familiar site to those that know....
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Lutonman
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #7271 on:
September 13, 2022, 04:49:43 PM »
Well done Shoot999 and over to you.
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