Mr Fox, true the Isle of Sheppey is strange (I am the other side of the Medway near the Isle of Grain) but the usual reason for the number of appendages in Gillingham not matching those from elsewhere is that a wall boy broke or cut those of an innocent bystander off.

I'd rather walk the Isle of Sheppey than Gillingham High Street (or Priestfields, or the north end of Canterbury Street) after midnight.

My side of the water has of course Lower Coke (I am told its real name is) and one of the drug and gem smuggling capitals of the UK, Allhallows - and a substantial "stopper" population who can get lively after drink taken (or other stimulant taken come to that).