Barking & Dagenham Local History

I GREW UP IN BARKING, BORN UPNEY HOSPITAL 1954 LEFT FOR NORTH NORFOLK 1994 - SO MANY MEMORIES.THE BIG FREEZE 1962 - RIPPLE ROAD BEING DUALLED 1962/63 - PAPER ROUND -ST ANNES - HOWARD ROAD - GREATFIELD ROAD MOSTLY BURIED UNDER GASGOIGNE ESTATE AND HAD TO COLLECT THE MONEY! VERY BRAVE! - I TOO WENT BACK LAST YEAR (2009) VERY SAD...

Hello!  Excellent site.  I moved to the states in '85 when I was 21.  Growing up in Barking was great fun.  Barking park, jumping on and off buses.  Playing in the bombsite at the end of the street.  Sitting outside a pub waiting for your dad and getting lemonade and a bag of crisps.  Vicarage fields fireworks on Guye Fawlkes night.  Saturday morning pictures at the Odean.

Went back a couple of years ago and wanted to cry.

Thanks for the memories.

Hi,

Sorry, I haven't kept up!

Can anyone (yes please Mr Editor) help with anymore info of the Twyford's

of Dagenham circa 1730/40's.

Hope you can.

Best wishes.

Al

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Would love to speak to you about the history of the area, could you drop me an email to discuss!

Fantastic information about a beautiful town. Thanks for putting this together!

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Great website.  I have learned so much this morning! Thanks

Hi,

I am working on the 1950 census of distribution and note that Dagenham then  was recorded with 9 fish and chip shops taking between them £50,000

This meant that their average size placed the town second in a national listing of shops by sales size.

Have you or any of readers rany source which would suggest who operated such large shops

many thanks