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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7352 on: September 30, 2022, 06:46:37 PM »
Let's try one more cryptic one: "If I had a string of beads (or perhaps a necklace of beads) they might show the way to the stations".

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7351 on: September 30, 2022, 08:34:14 AM »
Time for a cryptic clue I suspect: "You might say that this was a Stock photo".

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7350 on: September 29, 2022, 09:27:25 AM »
I'm 99% sure I know this one but I'll hold fire for others to guess.  :)

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7349 on: September 29, 2022, 07:08:30 AM »
Yes

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7348 on: September 29, 2022, 06:04:21 AM »
Is there water close by?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7347 on: September 28, 2022, 11:34:58 PM »
As you can guess from the name, this was taken in March of last year, but where?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7346 on: September 28, 2022, 09:52:28 PM »
Location:
  • Nat Grid:                  TR 37931 64924
  • Nearest Post Code: CT11 9BN
  • WGS84:                  51°20'01"N 001°24'51"E or 51.333595,1.414292
The gateway to the Barber’s Almshouses, erected in 1899 to the designs of WG Osborne and Langham and Cole, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Architectural interest:
*   the gateway is a distinctive design of strong architectural character, well executed and defined by its ornate detailing within an Elizabethan-cum-baroque style.

See the official listing for the gatehouse: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1461618?section=official-list-entry

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7345 on: September 28, 2022, 09:41:45 PM »
Spot on MartinRHidden away around the corner from Clarendon house school in Ramsgate is this amazing Almhouse.
 "Almshouses For Poor Persons Of Good Character Of Not Less Than 60 Years Of Age Who Have Residen In The Parish For Not Less Than 15 Years."
These Almshouses were built, endowed and dedicated to the poor of the parish of St. George by the will of Frances Barber, for many years a resident in that town, in order to perpetuate the memory of her husband Francis Charles Barber and her only son William Charles Barber

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7344 on: September 28, 2022, 09:36:54 PM »
Called something like "Barber's Almshouses" by any chance?
Ah, yes - found it!  Barbers Almshouses, Elms Avenue, Ramsgate, CT11 9BN
More info to follow


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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7343 on: September 28, 2022, 09:20:25 PM »
ps. it is in a Thanet Town, not Rochester

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7342 on: September 28, 2022, 09:15:11 PM »
Correct shoot999, check out the clue below for the name...........

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7341 on: September 28, 2022, 08:49:20 PM »
Almhouse complex? It does remind me a bit of the ones Watts Charities have in Rochester.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7340 on: September 28, 2022, 08:25:34 PM »
This is a small Housing Complex built in 1897 and still functions, complete with a Chapel.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7339 on: September 28, 2022, 08:48:32 AM »
Is this now some sort of a college?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7338 on: September 28, 2022, 12:08:46 AM »
The picture is being viewed a lot, but no guesses.
Huge clue for you "Hair Salon"