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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5988 on: January 16, 2022, 10:31:30 PM »
Would that be a gateway to the MOD Camp at Lydd?


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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5987 on: January 16, 2022, 10:13:22 PM »
Would that be a gateway to the MOD Camp at Lydd?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5986 on: January 16, 2022, 06:29:08 PM »
MOD or ex MOD site?


Yes, Shoot999 - I believe it's still a current MOD site.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5985 on: January 16, 2022, 05:01:49 PM »
MOD or ex MOD site?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5984 on: January 16, 2022, 11:03:07 AM »
Thanks Grandarog  - I enjoyed the hunt  :)


Next one - What is beyond the gates and where is it?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5983 on: January 16, 2022, 09:08:07 AM »
Well done John Walker.
                                Your diligent persistence paid off .The next clue was a well used B road.
                                It is a friend of mines .The huts were moved there at the end of WW1 by a Farmer and were used as storage and animal sheds. He bought them both it in a dilapidated state back in the 1960's and after a battle with the planners made the 2 semi detached bungalows from the huts. Sold one and has lived in the one shown ever since.

Back to you once again. :)

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5982 on: January 16, 2022, 12:55:21 AM »

I could only think of two airfields that fitted the bill - Lydd and Lympne.  Searched the hell out of both of them,  then went back to the Lydd area.  The single white line helped as the only road I could find near Lympne was the main A20.


B2075 Romney Road
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5981 on: January 15, 2022, 09:58:36 PM »
Lympne?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5980 on: January 15, 2022, 04:33:17 PM »
Is the airfield Lydd?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5979 on: January 15, 2022, 04:09:52 PM »
No but the building shown was originally  WW1 accomodation huts before they were re-sited and converted to the 2 bungalows.
A once very busy Civil Airfield not far away.


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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5978 on: January 15, 2022, 03:54:54 PM »
An old RAF base ?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5977 on: January 15, 2022, 03:16:03 PM »
You are in the right area John Walker. You might have passed the residence a few years ago on a flying visit. Nothing to do with Holiday Camp.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5976 on: January 15, 2022, 01:44:55 PM »
New Romney area ?  (TN and near the coast)

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5975 on: January 15, 2022, 01:43:00 PM »
Something along the lines of an old holiday camp?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5974 on: January 15, 2022, 01:11:24 AM »
Residential?