Local Heritage
We're enjoying working with Robert Flood from the City of Rochester Society and Friends of Medway Archives. Robert has been leading heritage walks in the area for a number of years and has helped us to understand so much about its fascinating history. He advises our commissioned artists, and ran Chatham Intra heritage walks for the public as part of Ebb & Flow and the Estuary Festival in May 2021.
Heritage walks
Robert ran three walks on each day of the festival in 2021, covering three sections of the Chatham Intra area, and focusing on different aspects of the high street's history.
Ebb & Flow seeks to uncover and celebrate hidden histories from the area between Star Hill and Sun Pier, and we'd love it if you could help us. If you have a story to tell, a memory to share, photographs tucked away or research you've uncovered about the area, please get in touch. We're also interested in hearing about what's happening now, and plans for the future.
We commissioned Robert to make a short film showcasing some of the local heritage covered in his walks. Both the trailer version and the full 27 minute film are avaliable below.
Robert Flood giving a history talk to Ebb & Flow artists on board sailing barge Edith May, during a trip on the river Medway.
Photograph © Rikard Osterlund, courtesy of Tiller & Wheel.
Trailer version - 3 minutes
Full film - 27 minutes