Maidstone town centre has been bedevilled by crime and anti-social behaviour in recent years, concentrated in one small section of the upper end of Week Street. But a transformation is occurring that is drawing attention from other parts of the county. Local democracy reporter Simon Finlay headed down there to find out more… As a “gentleman explorer”, Julius Lucius Brenchley travelled the world in the 19th century collecting artefacts and natural curios from far-flung lands in an untiring search for knowledge. Such was his passion for wandering and collecting, he never married and even his d…