Sunday Times Where Was I? Holiday Competition

They're certainly making you work for the holiday this week. Near as I can figure it, the most likely answers seem to me to be:

Q1. Cliffs End

Q2. Rutupiae

(NB for question one, this village is sometimes referred to as Cliffsend)

The initial clues place us in the dorp of Cliffs End. I found the following quote in a book called 'On a Cushion of Air' by Robin Paine and Roger Syms, which is about the arrival of the Pegwell bay hoverport underneath this settlement: "Residents at Cliffsend, near Ramsgate, Kent, where hovercraft started operating in January, say that their village, is the nosiest in England.". If you look at the satellite picture, the remains of the hoverport can be seen at Cliffsend. According to some references I checked, the hovercraft arrived there on the 15th January 1969 and closed down operations circa 1982 - 1984.

Cliffs End is less than a mile south east of Manston airfield and some sources say it was run by the RNAS in 1915, with the RAF leaving c1999. FIDO stands for Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operation and this was used at Manston. It was basically two petrol filled pipes with jets along their length, covering both sides of the runway. The jets were ignited when it got foggy, the theory being that the heat would expand the air and decondense the fog. The power station is most likely Richborough power station, some references claim it became operational c1962 and that its towers were demolished c2012. The power station's remains are also visible on the satellite picture.

Around a mile or so north east of Cliffs End, lies a pub called the Derby Arms, in Ramsgate and it was here that a comedian, broadcaster and writer called Frank Muir was born c1920. You can watch his fruit and nutcase advert on youtube. On the western edge of Cliffsend, lies a cross, which is a monument to saint Augustine. He is alleged to have converted a king Ethelbert to christianity on whit sun c597 at what is now known as St Augustine's well (also in the vicinity of Cliffs End).

A roman fort called Rutupiae and an amphitheatre lie close to the power station at Richborough. The fort was reputed to have had what is known in the trade as a 'quadrifrons' or 'triumphal arch'. Some of the references I checked claim it was around ten metres high which is about 32 feet in old money while others say it was over 80 feet in height.

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Where Was I? competition