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Offline johnfilmer

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3583 on: January 08, 2021, 10:15:15 AM »
It was amazing how many visually similar organs there are in small outlying churches.
Now where is this stump of a windmill? It is on GSV for the keen eyed.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3582 on: January 08, 2021, 08:43:07 AM »
Well done John, not an easy one!


The little organ was initially built as a barrel organ in 1870 and resided in Buckingham Palace, as it was the personal property of the Prince Consort. Following the death of the Prince, it was installed in Chipping Norton Baptist Church and in 1997 removed to St. Margaret`s, Hucking. On my last visit to the church, a few years ago, it was still playable and maintained. At some point in its`life` it was rebuilt as a `finger` organ with a key and pedal board and electrically `blown`like many other organs of the same era, another local example being in St. Bartholomew`s, Bobbing (built in 1845).

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3581 on: January 07, 2021, 06:24:01 PM »
How about Hucking again, and no that’s not rhyming slang  ::)
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3580 on: January 07, 2021, 04:37:54 PM »
If its the Maidstone area how about Langley

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3579 on: January 07, 2021, 03:57:25 PM »
Sorry Diapason -  I thought you was asking a question - not the author !

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3578 on: January 07, 2021, 01:57:15 PM »
It`s not that remote, just a bit "off the beaten track" and Dungeness is a long way from Maidstone.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3577 on: January 07, 2021, 09:48:54 AM »
 Is Dungeness remote - enough ?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3576 on: January 07, 2021, 07:32:44 AM »
Maidstone area.

Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3575 on: January 06, 2021, 04:28:22 PM »
Swale?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3574 on: January 06, 2021, 02:50:08 PM »
No! A fairly remote C of E church.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3573 on: January 06, 2021, 02:14:45 PM »
Is it an old Methodist chapel?

Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3572 on: January 06, 2021, 02:03:41 PM »
Swale ?

Offline Diapason

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3571 on: January 06, 2021, 01:36:50 PM »
It`s an old church but I don`t know about the roof.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3570 on: January 06, 2021, 09:32:43 AM »
Looks like an old church with a new roof ?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3569 on: January 05, 2021, 08:19:25 PM »
I must admit that I didn`t really know that one, but had seen it on the internet!


Here`s another ecclesiastical one.


Where would you find this instrument, which has a very interesting history?