Guess the Place

[grandarog]

The old village hall is now a house.

[johnfilmer]

I even went to a couple of “Do’s” in the old village hall opposite, and walked up through there with a girlfriend who lived in Park Drive. No wonder it looked familiar.

[grandarog]

Thats it JohnFilmer. Victorian Post box in the Wall other side of Gateway.
Over to you.

[johnfilmer]

I knew it was familiar… Tunstall House, Tunstall.

Must have driven past it thousands of times.

[grandarog]

No guesses Time for a Clue . Sittingbourne area.

[Beachbum]

MartinR is correct in that the postcard image is indeed the 1906 Election (see below)

[MartinR]

They're not the same photo though.  There are far more people in the original posting, as well as the board.  There's a clock in the 1910 photo but not the the other, the people at the window are different, as is the man standing on Rowe's balcony.

[Beachbum]

Here is the photo of the Election Rally in Ramsgate

[John Walker]

Found it but will hold back for now.  Quite a place.

[grandarog]

At least we now know it was an Election for Parliament result celebration.

Here's the next one much less complicated . Where would you see this view?

[MartinR]

Are you quite certain that you've got the right election?  That board has a first line of "MAR...", a second line of "KING ..." and an indecipherable third line.

The 1904 Isle of Thanet by-election saw Harry Marks (Con) beat Joseph King (Lib).  The 1906 general election saw Harry Marks (Con) beat Joseph King (Lib) with Frederick Goodhart (Ind Con) in third place.

If the third line was the majority, then it would suggest 1904 whereas if it were the entry for Goohart then the scene is the 1906 general election.

The January 1910 general election saw Norman Craig (Con) beat Julian Weigall (Lib) whilst in the December 1910 general election Craig was returned unopposed.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Thanet_(UK_Parliament_constituency)#Elections_in_the_1900s for details.

[Beachbum]

This is the celebration of Mr Norman Craig MP for the Isle of Thanet joining the House of Commons January 15th 1910. He was involved in the Budget and the Treasury

[grandarog]

Thanks DaveTheTrain,.
        I only found it by locating where the Ironmongers shop was.
        I am still none the wiser .What was the Poll for ? Mayor or General election result or something else? Any idea what year?

Will sort out next guess this evening.

[DaveTheTrain]

Rog has it.  It is the declaration of the poll result, from the old town hall at junction of King, Queen and Harbour Street.

Over to you, Grandarog.

[grandarog]

Its at Ramsgate but haven't a scooby what the occasion was.