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Arriving in Whitstable on Saturday morning, our coach dropped us opposite The Peter Cushing pub (photo by Roger Johnson)
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The former Oxford Cinema was opened as The Peter Cushing pub in 2011 (photo by Heather Owen)
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Among the treasures in Whitstable Museum is this manually operated, horse-drawn fire pump, presented to the town in 1867 by the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society (photo by Heather Owen)
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Diving helmets were first used in Whitstable. This very early helmet is displayed at the town's Museum (photo by Heather Owen)
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Whistable's divers were employed in salvaging wrecked ships and building harbours and bridges (photo by Heather Owen)
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Like The Peter Cushing pub, Whitstable Museum celebrates the town's most famous resident (photo by Roger Johnson)
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At Whitstable Museum Bill Haynes poses alongside the jacket & waistcoat that Peter Cushing wore in the 1968 BBC "Sherlock Holmes" TV series (photo by Roger Johnson)
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Just a few of Whitstable Museum's many fascinating items from Peter Cushing's long and distinguished acting career (photo by Roger Johnson)
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Jean Upton & Roger Johnson stand either side of the jacket & waistcoat that Peter Cushing wore as Sherlock Holmes in the 1968 BBC TV series (photo courtesy of Roger Johnson)
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A recent addition to the museum is the steam locomotive Invicta, built in 1829 by Robert Stephenson for the Canterbury & Whitstable Railway (photo by Heather Owen)
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Bob Ellis produced a special limited edition of "Sherlock Holmes & the South Eastern" by Kelvin I Jones for the Society's Kentish expedition
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Standing before the locomotive Invicta, Bob Ellis presents a copy of Kelvin I Jones's "Sherlock Holmes and the South Eastern" to Whitstable Museum (photo by Roger Johnson)
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A subtle joke at Whitstable Museum: Invicta's driver has a mobile phone in his left hand! (photo by Roger Johnson)
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This fantastic fish is the work of the artist Emily Firmin, whose father Peter Firmin created Bagpuss, the Clangers and Noggin the Nog (photo by Heather Owen)
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One of the many quirky features of Whitstable: the Umbrella Community Centre (photo by Roger Johnson)
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On our way to Peter Cushing's house, we pass this striking announcement. Not Holmesian ,but worth a picture! (photo by Roger Johnson)
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A little way along from "Fred & Ginger" we come to Seaway Cottage, Peter Cushing's home for 35 years, until his death in 1994 (photo by Roger Johnson)
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The commemorative plaque on Peter Cushing's former house in Whitstable was erected in about 2005 by Canterbury City Council (photo by Roger Johnson)
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On the other side of Whitstable is Tankerton Beach, with fine views out over the North Sea (photo by Roger Johnson)
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Overlooking Tankerton Beach is Whitstable's Marine Hotel, where we enjoy a buffet lunch (photo by Roger Johnson)
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After lunch there's time for a stroll on the grassy Tankerton Slopes (photo by Roger Johnson)
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Some enjoy a walk along Tankerton Slopes; others prefer to sit and enjoy the sea view (photo by Roger Johnson)
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From Whitstable we head east, past Herne Bay and Reculver, to Quex Park, just outside Birchington-on-Sea (photo by Roger Johnson)
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Quex Park is the home of the extraordinary museum, founded by Major Percy Powell-Cotton in 1896 to house the natural history specimens he brought back from India and Tibet (photo by Roger Johnson)
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Percy Powell-Cotton was an explorer, hunter and - rather unexpectedly - an early conservationist. This is one of the dioramas in Gallery 1 (photo by Roger Johnson)
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A different view of the same African diorama in Gallery 1 at the Powell-Cotton Museum (photo by Roger Johnson)
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Another display in Gallery 1 at the Powell-Cotton Museum (photo by Roger Johnson)
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An introduction to Percy Powell-Cotton, and a few of the curious items from his vast collection (photo by Roger Johnson)
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Gallery 2 was actually the first gallery built for the Powell-Cotton Museum (photo by Roger Johnson)
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This triptych in Gallery 2 is one of several items associated with the Coptic Church, brought by Powell-Cotton from the ancient Abyssinian capital of Gondar (photo by Roger Johnson)
