¡Gracias! Ya nos gustaría a nosotros que Alicante estuviera a unas pocas paradas en metro :D Por cierto, en este vídeo (y en algún otro) se puede ver subtítulos en castellano (y en catalán y en otros idiomas) ya que he subido el .SRT a Google y con Google Translate se pueden ver haciendo "auto-translate" en la configuración de TH-cam en la misma ventana. Traduce los subtítulos que he subido yo, y no los subtítulos automáticos.
Other thing I forgot to mention is that in the exact same road where the "Cross Keys" Pub is, right at the exact opposite end USED TO BE the actual factory for "Butterkist" = The very famous British Popcorn brand, arguably THE most famous. Barking & Dagenham Post (rag) says "until the world’s largest popcorn plant was demolished in 1993" - Down the road (A.125) they used to MAKE the Sterling sub-machine gun en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_Armaments_Company They even named it "The Sterling Works" which is found where the A.125 meets "The Eastbrook" & Oxlow Lane
Clarks Butterkist factory was actually in Blackborne Rd alongside the railway line , marked by Lewis Close the owner of the factory . The long building had " Clarks Butterkist " in large letters that could be seen clearly . The Keys is in Crown St that used to run up to Rainham Rd . All the old buildings except the Keys and Church were ruthlessly demolished by the Borough . The last few included the old almshouses and a timber framed , ship lapped Barclays Bank in the row opposite the Church . Dagenham Parish was the largest manufacturing local authority during WW2 , not only Sterling at the Eastbrook that you mentioned but Briggs , Kersey Hayes , Ford's of course , TCL , Dagenite , May and Baker etc., all churning out guns , armoured vehicles,,helmets , meds , cables etc., for the war effort . Industry was almost completely wiped out by a continuous Labour government and MPs post war and continued industrial action at Ford's , which is how it changed from a once prosperous community with sports arenas , 3 cinemas, Olympic size pool etc., to a dormitory community of migrants and the unemployed.
That "shop" you show @ 13:18 used to be a Fridge/Freezer/Cooker sales store up until the mid-1990's It was a "dump area" even back then, but now it appears to be even worse.... (if that could even be possible ?) Across the road USED TO BE (back in the 1940's & 50's & 60's) a decent Pub called "The Chequers"
The area known as " The Chequers " and not Dagenham Dock , because of the pub . A pub by the same name had been there for centuries . The last one had the longest bar in England and was open until bulldozed in the early 70s . On that corner opposite was the Grange Cinema , a real flea pit bought by Wallis supermarkets which replaced it in the 60s . The subterranean public toilets on that corner was the meeting place for kids and rival gangs to scrap it out . The region around Broad St was more of a village than Dagenham Village back then , with its pubs , the WM club variety of shops , cinemas , arenas , bowling ally and most people working at Ford's or a related business all within easy walking distance .
My mate Steve lived at 158 Ibscott Close for 16 years & his flat's living room window overlooked THAT Church cemetary seen at 26:26 onwards, plus my mate Haydn was also a Grave-digger there & my Wife's Brother got married there, 1979 Early 2000's there was a drug-gang related incident outside the "Cross Keys" & a guy's hand was hacked-off by an assailant with a Samurai-sword - Steve's "Flat" entrance was YARDS from the "Cross Keys" Pub via an alleyway to your left.
Excellent!
Wildfire ? This is 2020s Dagenham. This was deliberate.
Is there proof of that? We're sorry to learn that if that is the case... 😞
Once a dagger always a dagger!!!
Que pena que mi barrio no esté en LONDON, porque me gustaría que hicieras un reportaje.
¡Gracias! Ya nos gustaría a nosotros que Alicante estuviera a unas pocas paradas en metro :D Por cierto, en este vídeo (y en algún otro) se puede ver subtítulos en castellano (y en catalán y en otros idiomas) ya que he subido el .SRT a Google y con Google Translate se pueden ver haciendo "auto-translate" en la configuración de TH-cam en la misma ventana. Traduce los subtítulos que he subido yo, y no los subtítulos automáticos.
Wow you’re so knowledgeable, very interesting.
Other thing I forgot to mention is that in the exact same road where the "Cross Keys" Pub is, right at the exact opposite end USED TO BE the actual factory for "Butterkist" = The very famous British Popcorn brand, arguably THE most famous.
Barking & Dagenham Post (rag) says "until the world’s largest popcorn plant was demolished in 1993" - Down the road (A.125) they used to MAKE the Sterling sub-machine gun en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_Armaments_Company
They even named it "The Sterling Works" which is found where the A.125 meets "The Eastbrook" & Oxlow Lane
Clarks Butterkist factory was actually in Blackborne Rd alongside the railway line , marked by Lewis Close the owner of the factory . The long building had " Clarks Butterkist " in large letters that could be seen clearly . The Keys is in Crown St that used to run up to Rainham Rd . All the old buildings except the Keys and Church were ruthlessly demolished by the Borough . The last few included the old almshouses and a timber framed , ship lapped Barclays Bank in the row opposite the Church .
Dagenham Parish was the largest manufacturing local authority during WW2 , not only Sterling at the Eastbrook that you mentioned but Briggs , Kersey Hayes , Ford's of course , TCL , Dagenite , May and Baker etc., all churning out guns , armoured vehicles,,helmets , meds , cables etc., for the war effort . Industry was almost completely wiped out by a continuous Labour government and MPs post war and continued industrial action at Ford's , which is how it changed from a once prosperous community with sports arenas , 3 cinemas, Olympic size pool etc., to a dormitory community of migrants and the unemployed.
That "shop" you show @ 13:18 used to be a Fridge/Freezer/Cooker sales store up until the mid-1990's
It was a "dump area" even back then, but now it appears to be even worse.... (if that could even be possible ?)
Across the road USED TO BE (back in the 1940's & 50's & 60's) a decent Pub called "The Chequers"
The area known as " The Chequers " and not Dagenham Dock , because of the pub . A pub by the same name had been there for centuries . The last one had the longest bar in England and was open until bulldozed in the early 70s . On that corner opposite was the Grange Cinema , a real flea pit bought by Wallis supermarkets which replaced it in the 60s . The subterranean public toilets on that corner was the meeting place for kids and rival gangs to scrap it out . The region around Broad St was more of a village than Dagenham Village back then , with its pubs , the WM club variety of shops , cinemas , arenas , bowling ally and most people working at Ford's or a related business all within easy walking distance .
My mate Steve lived at 158 Ibscott Close for 16 years & his flat's living room window overlooked THAT Church cemetary seen at 26:26 onwards, plus my mate Haydn was also a Grave-digger there & my Wife's Brother got married there, 1979
Early 2000's there was a drug-gang related incident outside the "Cross Keys" & a guy's hand was hacked-off by an assailant with a Samurai-sword - Steve's "Flat" entrance was YARDS from the "Cross Keys" Pub via an alleyway to your left.
There is a toilet at Dagenham dock on the platform you was on but you need to ask in the ticket office for the key
Not always anyone in ticket office .