Barking & Dagenham ¦ Love Your London ¦ (6/7) ¦ Ford, the wildfires, Dagenham Dock and Heathway

Tristán White and Sharon Crawford begin today's episode at Madonna's Bras, a local landmark just off the A13. They visit Dagenham Dock station, and talk about the old Ford factory, as well as the area's connection with Almussafes near Valencia. They discuss the movie "Made in Dagenham", about the 1968 strike by female workers at the Ford factory. They explain how the Dagenham Breach was formed (also see free E-book below), and the secrets it unveiled. A harrowing trip to Farm Close then followed, scene of a wildfire in July 2022 that destroyed 10 of the 14 houses in that street, and then they visited Dagenham Parish Church to look for the memorial to PC George Clark, a local bobby whose murder has never been solved. A swift drink at the beautiful Cross Keys pub, where they met Gary Edwards, one of the unfortunate residents who almost lost his house on Farm Close, and then it was off to the Dagenham Heathway station, via Ahmad's Tourist Attraction.

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AFFILIATE LINKS:

"MADE IN DAGENHAM", the very entertaining movie starring Sally Hawkins and Bob Hoskins, can be bought from Amazon via our affiliate link here:
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"THE DAGENHAM MURDER: THE BRUTAL KILLING OF PC GEORGE CLARK, 1846" by Linda Rhodes, Lee Shelden and Kathryn Abnett, is out-of-print but can be acquired second-hand via our affiliate link here:0
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FREE E-BOOK ON DAGENHAM BREACH:

In 1721, Captain John Perry wrote the first ever book in English on civil engineering, about the mammoth task of stopping the Dagenham Breach. You can download it for your Google Play reader from https://play.google.com/store/books/d...
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FURTHER VIEWING:

We showed part of a video, "Riding the Death Spine", from the    / @tallorderbmx   channel. You can see the whole video here:
   • RIDING THE DEATH SPINE  
However, Love Your London stresses once again that we do not condone this type of behaviour.

We referenced again our special on Romanians in London, in which we visited "La Simon", a shop in Dagenham. You can see that whole epiosde here:    • Romanian Diaspora special ¦ Love Your Lond...  

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

Thank you, again, to Gary Edwards for his time, and for sharing the video he was sent from the firefighter. Also, thank you to the firefighter, whoever you were. We do not know your name but we're happy to add it here if you get in touch with us.

Any money that this makes in the future will go to the Firefighters Memorial Trust.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro: Barking & Dagenham ep 6
00:35 Goresbrook Interchange and Madonna's Bras
03:33 Dagenham Dock station and the Ford factory
10:38 Dagenham Breach and the Ford Heritage Centre
12:48 The Lithuanian diaspora
14:21 The Dagenham wildfires of July 2022
23:32 Dagenham Parish Church and PC George Clark
26:04 The Cross Keys pub
28:18 Chat with Gary Edwards, local resident
32:31 Ahmad's Tourist Attraction
35:49 Dagenham Heathway station
37:54 Outro

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