Peter Cook’s The Way We Were section of the Medway Messenger three weeks ago recalled the two miles of tunnels dug into the chalk behind the Short Brothers Seaplane works on the Esplanade at Rochester.

It revived many memories from readers.

The full story is in today’s (Friday) Medway Messenger.

For anyone who would like to see the tunnels, Don Macleod sent the links below, which will lead you to both film and still photographs of them.

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