Prevent chrome from redirecting http to https

Chrome employs HSTS which allows sites to elect to use https. This is a bit of a buggerup when you don't want to use https. To get rid of https for a domain you can head over to the following URL in your browser:

chrome://net-internals/#hsts

Enter the domain you would like to delete from the HSTS set under the "delete domain" section. Hit the delete button and you're sorted.