Peter Bedding

I well remember the garage, but not when it ceased to sell petrol. Around 1962 it was still trading (I almost bought a second-hand car there). By 1963-ish the "showroom" had been converted to a quasi-gambling club, complete with one-armed bandits that were considered more lucrative than the motor trade. Sorry for going OT!

PB

With pedant mode on. Mrs PB and I were both residents of Freshwater Bay in the long distant past, and from the late 1940s Mrs PB was a regular holiday traveller from Freshwater via Newport to the main holiday spots. The Station site was undisturbed for a short time until the site was cleared to build the Acorn Spring Works. It would have been this factory that was cleared for subsequent retail activity.

Hth.

PB

Certainly no problem, pedantic or otherwise, about siting a pillbox close to a previous building. Some (pillboxes that is) were incorporated into an existing house, others became disguised as a house. One rather magnificent non-standard pillbox in Yeovil, immediately in front of a house, has been demolished in the last 2/3 years to permit landscaping the front garden in suburban style.

PB

Hello Muz

I have long admired your Bulleid conversions (i.e. back to original build standard). I just hope that 'ere long the Men of Margate will similarly alter their tooling.

PB