Guess the Place

[John Walker]

Next one folks ...

[John Walker]

Thanks, Grandarog.  The photo did ring a bell but I couldn't think where.  I resorted to searching for Steam Traction Engine accidents and finally came up with a report about this one.


I found this photo first and thought it was the same accident taken from a different angle, hence my earlier Vigo guess.


Next one shortly ...

[grandarog]

That's it John Walker ,Lucky Guess or good memory? The driver was coming down the hill towards Sittingbourne when the Engine over ran.Presumably the driver lost it and it under steered tipping over just past the bend.
Over to you.

[John Walker]

Next to St John the Baptist Church, Tunstall Road, Tunstall ?

[grandarog]

Gone too far Lutonman.

[Lutonman]

Stockbury?

[John Walker]

Vigo ?

[grandarog]

No apparently an over speed and consequent steering failure on the bend.

[MartinR]

Would a sloping foundation to the wall and a buttress drain out from it have caused the accident?

[grandarog]

Diapasson. Yes it is a Rural Churchyard wall on left.  You are not a million miles away with your Lynsted Guess. Move west a bit.

[Diapason]

I have only a vague recollection of seeing this one on the old forum.


My immediate guess would be near the stone wall of Lynsted church where the damage still awaits repair. I think the damage at Lynsted occurred after the old forum closed. The dates of the two incidents don`t seem to tally. But it`s worth a guess.

[johnfilmer]

If that’s a churchyard wall on the left, then I think you may have shared it before.

[grandarog]

I may have posted this on the old forum.


Where did this accident occur?

[grandarog]

Thanks John Walker,was an easy one for me as was twinned with Kent Farm Institute at Grove End Tunstall and Borden where I grew up.Went there for functions a few times in the 1950's. 
Will put up next guess this evening.

[John Walker]

Well done Grandarog    . That was quick.


I knew it as Wye College of Agriculture.  Rumour had it that very interesting young ladies attended.   Later it was called Imperial College of London.


Now derelict or demolished.   (Photo from '28 Days Later' Urban Exploration Group)

Over to you...