Where was the first major battle fought after the Romans invaded Britain?
What’s the difference between ‘Kentish Men’ and ‘Men of Kent’?
Why did a Medway castle store more gunpowder than the Tower of London?
Who was portrayed as Colonel Bulder in ‘The Pickwick Papers’?
When did a football team from Chatham win the F A Cup?
Which field marshal, when still a child, was staked out on a lawn with his wrists and ankles tied to croquet hoops?
Why was a speeding fine given to a motorist for driving at just 8mph?
Which pop star lived at a farmhouse which had previously been owned by a famous writer?
Was Chatham really ‘the wickedest place in the world’?
The answers are in this journey along one of the longest rivers in S E England, which also considers the impact of the Royal Engineers on the Medway Towns.
İçerik tablosu
1.The River Medway 2.The Medway Towns 3.Napoleon And Wellington 4.Charles Pasley 5.Steam Engines And Railways 6.The Royal Engineers After Pasley 7.Sappers And 20th Century Conflicts 8.Charles Gordon 9.Herbert Kitchener 10.James Mc Cudden 11.Louis Brennan 12.Leisure And The Military 13.When The F A Cup Went To Chatham 14.Charles Dickens 15.The Medway And The Military In Dickens’ Novels
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Mel Swain was born and raised in Gillingham, Kent, UK. An Open University graduate who trained as a teacher in Brighton, he has lived in Sussex ever since and taught in several comprehensive schools.
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