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Offline grandarog

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9705 on: March 03, 2024, 10:12:55 PM »
At least we now know it was an Election for Parliament result celebration.

Here's the next one much less complicated . Where would you see this view?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9704 on: March 03, 2024, 08:32:35 PM »
Are you quite certain that you've got the right election?  That board has a first line of "MAR...", a second line of "KING ..." and an indecipherable third line.

The 1904 Isle of Thanet by-election saw Harry Marks (Con) beat Joseph King (Lib).  The 1906 general election saw Harry Marks (Con) beat Joseph King (Lib) with Frederick Goodhart (Ind Con) in third place.

If the third line was the majority, then it would suggest 1904 whereas if it were the entry for Goohart then the scene is the 1906 general election.

The January 1910 general election saw Norman Craig (Con) beat Julian Weigall (Lib) whilst in the December 1910 general election Craig was returned unopposed.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Thanet_(UK_Parliament_constituency)#Elections_in_the_1900s for details.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9703 on: March 03, 2024, 07:29:00 PM »
This is the celebration of Mr Norman Craig MP for the Isle of Thanet joining the House of Commons January 15th 1910. He was involved in the Budget and the Treasury

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9702 on: March 03, 2024, 12:25:09 PM »
Thanks DaveTheTrain,.
        I only found it by locating where the Ironmongers shop was.
        I am still none the wiser .What was the Poll for ? Mayor or General election result or something else? Any idea what year?

Will sort out next guess this evening.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9701 on: March 03, 2024, 09:30:49 AM »
Rog has it.  It is the declaration of the poll result, from the old town hall at junction of King, Queen and Harbour Street.

Over to you, Grandarog.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9700 on: March 03, 2024, 08:31:05 AM »
Its at Ramsgate but haven't a scooby what the occasion was. ???

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9699 on: March 02, 2024, 10:56:19 PM »
Armistice Day?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9698 on: March 02, 2024, 10:42:50 PM »
Martin is correct, it is a Town Hall.  The King reference, I think (although I stand to be corrected) is in connection to the Street name.  But what were they doing?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9697 on: March 02, 2024, 12:56:44 PM »
Found it But will hold off for a while.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9696 on: March 02, 2024, 09:58:16 AM »
Here's me trying to be clever, and discovering that Salmon and Gluckstein Ltd wasn't a local business. :-(  From Wikipedia: "by the turn of the century Salmon and Gluckstein Ltd was the world's largest retail tobacconist, owning 140 retail outlets in 1901"!¹  They were even the finance behind J Lyons & Co Ltd,² of the cakes and coffee shop business.  G&T Rowe furnishing Ironmonger doesn't even get a mention in a search engine.  The banner opposite the ?town hall? balcony mentions "King", so perhaps this is a royal visit, but where I've no idea yet.


¹https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmon_%26_Gluckstein
²https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Lyons_and_Co.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9695 on: March 01, 2024, 11:26:46 PM »
Thanks Granarog.  It is a dicey junction as you say.

I do see Sentinel S4 occasionally but not as much.  I think he is busy with work, motorbikes and decorating!

Anyway, where is this.  I would be interested to know why it attracted so many people.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9694 on: March 01, 2024, 03:43:00 PM »
Hill not Road, that makes a difference!  The only Bifrons Road I could find was a cul-de-sac in Patrixbourne.
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  • Roads:                       Turning to Bridge off the A2 southbound, unclassified.
  • Nat Grid:                    TR 18071 55146
  • Nearest Post Code:   CT4 5AE
  • Co-ords (WGS84):     51°15'14"N,001°07'25"E or 51.25376,1.12370

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9693 on: March 01, 2024, 11:58:06 AM »
You have it DaveTheTrain .Actually Bifrons Hill. People come up the sip road at the A2 speed and realise it was too fast when they go straight across the junction. When I used to take the van to Wingham ,picking up veg, for the shop.It was unusual not to see a car in the hedge or wrapped round the sign board. Fast as repairs were carried out another crashed. I think the Temporary barriers are more or less permanent unless things have improved.
Over to you.
PS hows Sentinel these days? Dont see him on here.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9692 on: March 01, 2024, 10:32:38 AM »
Even when you’ve stopped, the sight lines are a bit dodgy. Friend from Thannington calls it Kamikaze Corner 😳
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9691 on: February 29, 2024, 07:54:39 PM »
Aha,  Bifrons Road, Just off the A2, seen it many times on the way to the Zoo.   It can catch you out!!!
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