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grandarog
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #9930 on:
April 16, 2024, 03:20:40 PM »
That was quick . Come on you others see if you can find it as fast as John Walker did.
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John Walker
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Reply #9929 on:
April 16, 2024, 01:29:54 PM »
Found it
. I'll hold for now.
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grandarog
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #9928 on:
April 16, 2024, 01:10:51 PM »
No go Southeastish.
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John Walker
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Reply #9927 on:
April 16, 2024, 11:52:35 AM »
Biggin Hill area?
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grandarog
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #9926 on:
April 16, 2024, 11:22:44 AM »
Clue 1.
There is a very strong Battle of Britain connection where this building stands.
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grandarog
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #9925 on:
April 15, 2024, 08:28:19 PM »
Well done Beachbum,that took some finding.
When I did inundated with info on the web.
Lets hope this one is easier. Where did I see this Gable End..
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Beachbum
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Reply #9924 on:
April 15, 2024, 07:29:55 PM »
FYI - The Original Sound Mirror
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Beachbum
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Reply #9923 on:
April 15, 2024, 07:23:56 PM »
Well done grandarog, it is one of the Joss Bay sound mirrors.
One was carved into the Cliff and concrete faced, the other was a seperate structure.
By 1921 they were removed and the Technology moved down the Coast.
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MartinR
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #9922 on:
April 15, 2024, 03:59:02 PM »
Location:
Grid ref¹: TR 39811 70403
Co-ords²: 1.446567, 51.379716
¹ from Heritage Gateway
² from Britain from Above
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grandarog
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Reply #9921 on:
April 15, 2024, 11:57:40 AM »
Platform to do with the Sound Mirrors at Joss Bay. Phoyo Andrew_Grantham.
"However, in 1918 the area became home to a research station that conducted a secret programme of acoustic trials under the guidance of Major Wiliam Sansome Tucker, an imaginative and ambitious advocate of sound as a military resource and tool of defence. Just north of the beach huts a station HQ would soon appear, resembling little more than a shed adorned with sandbags. The nearby cliffs would provide a well orientated catchment area for sound sources originating near northern France, and the stage would be set for a series of sonic experiments that ranged from the innovative to bizarre.
www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1479419&sort=2&rational=m&recordsperpage=60&maplat=51.38277548&maplong=1.44593468&mapisa=1000&mapist=os&mapilo=1.4459&mapila=51.3828&mapiloe=e&mapilan=n&mapios=TR397705&mapigrn=170550&mapigre=639750&mapipc=&resourceID=19191
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Beachbum
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Reply #9920 on:
April 14, 2024, 07:18:50 PM »
Military indeed JW. There were 2 structures over 'hear'
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John Walker
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Reply #9919 on:
April 14, 2024, 06:02:45 PM »
Am I correct in thinking it is a military construction (going by the men in the photo) ?
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Beachbum
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Reply #9918 on:
April 14, 2024, 04:32:16 PM »
revisit one of your earlier suggestions JW
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John Walker
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #9917 on:
April 14, 2024, 04:30:39 PM »
A beachside connection to 'Redcourt' on top of the cliff?
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Beachbum
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #9916 on:
April 14, 2024, 03:28:26 PM »
Right location JW, different structure
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