Admin
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Sun August 24, 2014 23:11
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Wonderfully atmospheric, thanks! Do you have a date for this?
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David Humber
Registered: January 2012
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Mon August 25, 2014 11:53
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I took this picture in October 1995. Thanks for the comment and rating.
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Marian
Registered: April 2012
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Tue August 26, 2014 16:24
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Rating: 10.00
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The house at the end intrigues me because it seems to have two porches, the bigger one covering the other. Thankyou for the picture, David. I never knew Harefield very well and so this spot is unfamiliar to me.
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David Humber
Registered: January 2012
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Thu August 28, 2014 10:43
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That's an interesting point. Since the front door is next to the structure, I'm wondering what the structure is for. There seem to be streaks of light either on it or coming through it, yet it's in the shaded side of the house. Perhaps I ought to go back there.
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Marian
Registered: April 2012
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Thu August 28, 2014 16:49
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It would be good to see another picture especially if you can be 'Sherlock' and solve the mystery.(maybe the white things are 3 pairs of Jack's Long Johns hanging out to dry 
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Admin
Registered: January 2012
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Fri August 29, 2014 22:33
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Wow, that's odd isn't it. It seems to be a rather grand gate through to the back garden. At some point later, I assume, that huge shelter was built over that corner and they thought they might as well just go over the gate with it as well. At first I thought the "Long Johns" were beams of sunlight shinging through something, but having enlarged the picture, I think they're just part of the gate painted white.
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Marian
Registered: April 2012
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Sat August 30, 2014 13:26
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I was thinking the porch was on the front of the house but see now it is the side. If it is a gate leading to the garden, could that mean that the building is all one house and the garden area further along belongs to it?
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Admin
Registered: January 2012
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Sat August 30, 2014 17:52
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That's quite possible.
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David Humber
Registered: January 2012
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Mon September 1, 2014 17:11
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I've been studying this location on Google Earth, and looking at the photos that are with it. The building is Black Jack's Mill. The sloping structure is a long verandah that crosses the mill race, which begins at the bridge you can see carrying the towpath. The building with the chimney flue appears to be the business part of the mill. The thing with the white stripes is the gate onto the verandah. I expect it's all residential now. There's a good photo on that site taken from the bridge over the race.
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