Guess the Place

[MartinR]

One thing Minster doesn't have is accurate GSV!  If you zoom in the Post Office is shown at number 57 High Street and if you click on the drop pin it comes up as Attwells with a large Post Office sticker in the window.  Further research leads to a picture from October 2023 showing the Post Office counter being opened.¹  It also now seems to be part of the Premier chain whereas in GSV it is independent.  The original Post Office in John's question was across the road and slightly along at number 56.  It is now Minster Food & Wine.²  GSV image capture was June 2021, clearly before the counter in Attwells opened.

Old Post Office location:

• Address:                  56 High St, Minster, Ramsgate CT12 4AB
• Nat Grid:                  TR 30988 64673
• Co-ords (WGS84):   51°20'03"N,001°18'53"E or 51.334202,1.314640

¹https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Minster+Post+Office/@51.3340136,1.3150333,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipPj9ItLwIfETQx0s6a7J0Hgu9sW2dTMWBKeh26f!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPj9ItLwIfETQx0s6a7J0Hgu9sW2dTMWBKeh26f%3Dw203-h152-k-no!7i2040!8i1530!4m7!3m6!1s0x47deb31ff7ffde7f:0x2b0bb9db4893eacc!8m2!3d51.334051!4d1.3151634!10e5!16s%2Fg%2F11l60wdrn3!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu

²https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Minster+food+%26+wine/@51.3342365,1.3148534,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipMAWOPRuCu9Kqla-xu-lQsAFXEdPjgvJlqWQ53D!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipMAWOPRuCu9Kqla-xu-lQsAFXEdPjgvJlqWQ53D%3Dw86-h114-k-no!7i1200!8i1600!4m7!3m6!1s0x47deb2ae829d642b:0x60074239b9b39494!8m2!3d51.3342151!4d1.3147891!10e5!16s%2Fg%2F1ty73jqp!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu

[John Walker]

JohnFilmer - quick guess on the GTP - Coxhill ?

[John Walker]

Now there is a thing. I spent part of my teens in Minster and never knew about the PO.  You live and learn. ☺☺

Minster as a village has just about everything.  Medical Centre, three pubs, post office, fish and chip shop, Chinese, Indian, supermarket, vets, railway station, nunnery/convent, large church.  When I lived there around 1990 it even had a library.  At the top of the hill exiting the village, there's a petrol station, Macdonalds and a TableTable Restaurant.

[DaveTheTrain]

Now there is a thing. I spent part of my teens in Minster and never knew about the PO.  You live and learn. ☺☺

[johnfilmer]

We touched on dead post offices before, so I thought a (relatively) recent dead one might be good.

This was a village post office and general store, older street views show the village name on the Post Office sign above and across the front window.

Mid Kent

[John Walker]

Seems to have got a bit stuck.

I think that it’s Minster, in Thanet not Sheppey.

Sorry missed your post Yes it's Minster, Ramsgate.  A rare local Post Office that's still trading.        Over to you.

[John Walker]

It seems to have  a poster in the window for st Mary's church.  There is an image of boats in the window.  I keep thinking sandwich.  But cannot find it.

Well spotted DTT.  Right name for the local church but not Sandwich.  Come inland a wee bit, then head roughly north and look for a village.

[DaveTheTrain]

It seems to have  a poster in the window for st Mary's church.  There is an image of boats in the window.  I keep thinking sandwich.  But cannot find it.

[johnfilmer]

Seems to have got a bit stuck.

I think that it’s Minster, in Thanet not Sheppey.

[John Walker]

A station is not too far away.

[John Walker]

The village church has a spire.

[John Walker]

Eastry Post Office, Sandwich Road?

Not there Beachbum but you're not too far away.

[Beachbum]

Eastry Post Office, Sandwich Road?

[John Walker]

Gotcha! That odd angled upper elevation is quite distinctive.

But I’ve only just been, so someone else can find it.

Although much has changed on the frontage, the angled elevation is still there on GSV.

Clue:  Village

[johnfilmer]

Gotcha! That odd angled upper elevation is quite distinctive.

But I’ve only just been, so someone else can find it.