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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9744 on: March 12, 2024, 08:21:47 PM »
FYI, while I'm thinking, the two halves of the Yantlet used to be joined and formed a navigable creek between the Medway and the Thames.  It cut off the Isle of Grain from the Hoo Peninsular, thus making Grain a true island.  The northern mouth of the Yantlet is marked by the London Stone.  A line from there to near Southend-on-Sea  marks the limit of London's control of the Thames.  See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yantlet for more details.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9743 on: March 12, 2024, 05:02:56 PM »
Yantlett?

Not Yantlett.  Never heard of that before, so had to look it up.  Something else I've learnt.

In the correct general area of Kent though.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9742 on: March 12, 2024, 04:27:44 PM »
Yantlett?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9741 on: March 12, 2024, 11:10:17 AM »
North Kent - yes
Cliffe marshes - no

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9740 on: March 12, 2024, 07:37:24 AM »
Is it on Cliffe Marshes?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9739 on: March 11, 2024, 07:39:31 PM »
North Kent?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9738 on: March 11, 2024, 07:07:27 PM »
Right, here we go again.

Where was this view taken from and what is the name of the waterway?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9737 on: March 11, 2024, 04:15:38 PM »
In lieu of location information, this is how it looks today:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.3223401,1.1948594,3a,26y,49.98h,91.06t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQOzjYJ319Maq0HJBRl5HRg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu
The pub on the right and the house on the left are basically unchanged apart from the front door being blocked up and the rendering applied.  The rest of the street however ... !

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9736 on: March 11, 2024, 04:12:15 PM »
Thank you DTT.

Next one up later.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9735 on: March 11, 2024, 03:31:29 PM »
JW has it!  Over to you.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9734 on: March 11, 2024, 10:00:28 AM »
Looks like Royal Oak on the signboard.  I'll take a guess at the one that was in Upstreet although the rest of the photo looks very different to today.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9733 on: March 10, 2024, 09:56:08 PM »
A principal highway.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9732 on: March 10, 2024, 05:39:09 PM »
I would say so.
DTT

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9731 on: March 10, 2024, 03:55:07 PM »
East Kent?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9730 on: March 10, 2024, 12:41:44 PM »
Lovely Postcard from early in the last Century. Sent to Mrs Marriot at Eastbourne. You can buy it for £9.99. :)

I will hold off for now.


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