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Offline Stewie

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1615 on: April 21, 2020, 10:31:34 AM »
Looks like a colliery railway, Snowdon?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1614 on: April 21, 2020, 09:42:11 AM »
Here's an interesting one for you all.  Where, when (roughly), but can you spot all the unusual features?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1613 on: April 21, 2020, 06:38:44 AM »
Yes you have it Martin R over to you

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1612 on: April 20, 2020, 10:17:27 PM »
Whitstable Harbour?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1611 on: April 20, 2020, 08:41:29 PM »
Thanks Martin R here is an easy one.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1610 on: April 20, 2020, 08:30:47 PM »
Yes.  I knew it was an easy one, but interesting to make up for the lack of obscurity.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1609 on: April 20, 2020, 07:55:17 PM »
Chatham Memorial Synagogue Burial Ground?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1608 on: April 20, 2020, 07:36:53 PM »
Thanks, I wasn't expecting that without the street.  Here is quite an easy one, I think.  Just a reminder that not all Commonwealth War Graves are laid out in nice green rows.  So where were these two taken?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1607 on: April 20, 2020, 06:53:31 PM »
steerable torpedo


There is a display at the RE museum which includes an example of the torpedo. I wish his monorail items had been retained, I believe there are models somewhere, if not the RE perhaps the Guildhall Museunm. 

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« Reply #1606 on: April 20, 2020, 06:41:03 PM »
Ok... So i see it could be awkward if someone else got the road.
It was in Woodlands Road just up from the Infant School and was called Gillingham Museum.
Will Adams Academy now stands on the site.
Among Louis Brennans inventions was the steerable torpedo of which their is still the remains of a launching pad at Cliffe Fort.


Over to you MartinR.....


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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1605 on: April 20, 2020, 05:58:01 PM »
This will give the name of the Road...


The site is now occupied by a newer building in which there is a school named after another famous man born in Gillingham and he spent twelve years learning shipbuilding, astronomy, and navigation before entering the Royal Navy where he served under Sir Francis Drake?

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« Reply #1604 on: April 20, 2020, 04:57:51 PM »
You will only find Gillingham, i think, so i will give a bit longer.


So where in Gillingham?


It was a museum after he moved out or died but it then closed and was demolished all the artefacts were spread around other museums.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1603 on: April 20, 2020, 04:49:46 PM »
Gillingham, but I'm not sure where therein.  As for Google, avoid them like the plague - they just suck up personal data.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1602 on: April 20, 2020, 04:25:23 PM »
Sorry,  my previous guess was unordered due to my computer not updating.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1601 on: April 20, 2020, 04:20:08 PM »
I can see my clues work?...made them easier as the building is no longer there.


Yes it was Brennan but where is it?




Have you had trouble with Google as ALL my Bookmarks are gone!....trying to get them back as lost without them all on my mobile.


Just tried again and they are back......Google is a nightmare. I think they update and all the settings are altered.