Guess the Place

[johnfilmer]

It certainly is JW. It was battling against the flow for many years, but in the 1980s it still thrived as a village centre. If you wanted to know who or what was going on, this was the place to go.

The combination of the village shop/post office and the pub were the community hubs of the day. What replaces them?

The times, they are a changing….

Back to you JW

[John Walker]

Found it at last - Grafty Green ?

[johnfilmer]

Sits at the bottom of a hill. The aforementioned church is at the top of the hill on one of the two roads that lead from the green up over the hills.

[johnfilmer]

Back on topic, across the road is small village green, which historically is part of the pub garden.

[johnfilmer]

You have to renew aged 70, (no matter when previously renewed…) and every 3 years after that, and yes I also had to send a photo by post as my passport has long since expired.

My wife’s licence is less than a year old, but she will have to renew later this year. Don’t you just love bureaucracy 

[MartinR]

Grr, don't mention driving licences.  I've just had to renew mine because it was 10 years old, and pay the Post Office rates because my passport has expired, yet it is only valid for 2¾ years.  I think I should only have paid 25%. 

[johnfilmer]

JW, I’m not that far behind you, just renewed my driving licence again…

Anyway back to the east a bit(ish).

 Village has a pub, but no church, that is in the next hamlet.

[John Walker]

Greetings, power has just returned, off from 11.30 last night to 17.10 today.

JW you are many miles to the East, just scrolling across Google Maps it really does look almost dead E-W.

I meant to put Coxheath - I hadn't heard of Coxhill so no idea why I put that.  ( I am nearly 80 don't you know )

[johnfilmer]

Greetings, power has just returned, off from 11.30 last night to 17.10 today.

JW you are many miles to the East, just scrolling across Google Maps it really does look almost dead E-W.

[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.