Alec's history challenge,I grew up in Union st Rochester during ww2,I suppose I was surrounded by history,the Cathedral ,restoration house,fort Horsted,the Vineyard,last but not least Rochester castle,my first school (st Margrets)was once a work house,the very house I lived in ,Mosly house ,had servant call bells fitted plus magnificent marble fire places ,plus a large wine cellar ,(very dilapidated )took part in the very first post war Rochester festival in the castle gardens ,no idea of the year,
Years later I even got to work at the Watts arms House for a short time,