Regulars of a popular pub demolished to make way for housing have unveiled a plaque on the site as a lasting memorial of happy times spent there.

Former customers of the Good Intent, a back street boozer in Rochester, gathered to raise a glass with ex-landlady Karen Woebley.

When plans were announced to flatten the building, frequented by live music lovers and Morris dancers from across the county, a campaign was launched to save it.

But despite more than 150 letters of objection sent to Medway Council, the proposal to build eight three-bedroom homes in John Street was approved.

Now with building work almost complete in the newly-named Cobden Terrace and two years after last orders were called, they returned to unveil the plaque.

It reads: "Here stood the Good Intent Public House. 1858-2020. Enter as a stranger, leave as a friend."

Folk singer Sally Ironmonger and partner Brian Carter were regular performers at the venue.

Sally said: "The Good Intent was such an important part of the folk music scene in Rochester and beyond.

"It was a welcome haven for singers, musicians and dancers not just during the annual Sweeps Festival, but all year round.

"Pretty much every song we have ever written had its debut performance at the regular sing-around sessions where we could try stuff out, mess it up, and get some feedback before taking it out into the wider world. There really is nowhere else like it."

The duo wrote a song about the venue called "Back Street Boozer" on their last album.

Someone else who joined the battle to save the boozer was Mel Barnett whose Morris dancing group Wolf's Head and Vixen Side, met and danced at the pub for more than 16 years.

Over the years it became an integral part of the community with a bridge club, open mic, fancy dress-themed parties, poetry and book readings.

For a while it was home to a youth club overseen by the local PCSO to keep youngsters off the streets and out of trouble.

Karen, who ran the pub for many years, said: "So many friends, happy times and on occasion sad, with long lasting memories. None more so than now."

Ward councillor Teresa Murray (Lab) welcomed the installation of the plaque.

She said: "The pub meant a lot to so many people. It's a fitting way to remind people of what was there for so many years."