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Medway Meanderings

by

Jonathan Fenner

This talk was very informative and well received. He began with the idea that the side of the River Medway on which one lives, is the basis for being described as either a ‘Man of Kent,’ or a ‘Kentish Man.’

The talk continued to be packed with information about navigation of the river, and the industries that grew up along its route, from the source at Turners Hill, in East Sussex, through to Sheerness, where it joins the Thames estuary. Pausing along the route to also appreciate the architecture of and history of well-known places like Penshurst Place, as well as lesser known, for example The Friars, and Upnor Castle.