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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10089 on: Today at 09:23:42 PM »
Ah, sorry. I thought Stewart Waters had got it. I was just adding some personal memories.  I've had a few goes lately so quite happy for Stewart to go next.

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« Reply #10088 on: Today at 08:08:58 PM »
You have it John Walker, I must visit this Walk/Cycle Route this Summer.

The last Train was December 1952 (mainline problems) and the Lines removed in 1953.

https://crabandwinkle.org/

http://www.forgottenrelics.org/tunnels/tyler-hill-tunnel/

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« Reply #10087 on: Today at 04:20:48 PM »
I used to walk through that tunnel when I was a nipper.  I think the rails were still in place then but no trains.  At the age of eleven, I started secondary school at Archbishops CofE school.  The tunnel entrance was within the school grounds.  The first hundred feet was used as a gardening store.  There was a new wall to block the rest of the tunnel off.  In recent years there has been talk of repairing the collapsed section and making it part of the Crab and Winkle cycleway.  I don't think it was deemed as practical.

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« Reply #10086 on: May 29, 2024, 11:51:30 PM »
The tunnel is Grade II* Listed.  It is 828 yards (757 metres) long and was opened on May 3rd 1830.  It was the first railway tunnel with a regular passenger service – in the world.

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« Reply #10085 on: May 29, 2024, 09:40:24 PM »
Would this by chance, have been the first purpose-built railway tunnel in Britain?
"I did not say the French would not come, I said they will not come by sea" - Admiral Sir John Jervis, 1st Earl St Vincent.

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« Reply #10084 on: May 29, 2024, 08:11:40 PM »
THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING.................

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« Reply #10083 on: May 28, 2024, 04:41:30 PM »
So this Tunnel impressed the attached Gentleman. He then went on to Build some...........

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« Reply #10082 on: May 27, 2024, 11:06:28 PM »
Come on all you new members.  'Give Guess the Place' a try.  All you have to do is correctly guess the place and then add a photo of your own for everyone to try and guess correctly.  It's a lot of fun and you'll learn a lot about Kent along the way.  All the clues are there on this one so give it a try.

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« Reply #10081 on: May 27, 2024, 08:21:24 PM »
Here is the Last Train for the GTP Tunnel

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« Reply #10080 on: May 26, 2024, 11:12:35 PM »
Another photo for the GTP

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« Reply #10079 on: May 25, 2024, 10:45:57 PM »
Grade 2 Listed in 2009

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« Reply #10078 on: May 25, 2024, 11:29:20 AM »
Yep Grade 2 listed . leave for a while give Newbys a chance.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10077 on: May 24, 2024, 09:03:47 PM »
I think I know this but will hold back.

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« Reply #10076 on: May 24, 2024, 08:04:31 PM »
Thanks John Walker, I will have a look the next time I am over there.

Next one and when was it last used?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10075 on: May 23, 2024, 10:56:23 PM »
You have it Beachbum. An interesting row of cottages.
Over to you...