A Delightful Dawdle Through Dagenham - Splendid East London Walk

In this rather Splendid London Walk we go up east to check out Dagenham and the Beacontree Estate.
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Joolz and Simon are joined by Council Leader Darren Rodwell as they wander around Dagenham and see how the town has changed from a bunch of little villages to a busy thriving industrial part of London.
Find out all about The Wicked Lady at The Valance House Museum, where they also have the Dagenham Idol, the oldest carving of a human being in Europe!
The Beacontree Estate which houses thousands of people and the PEARL building where they can recreate any atmosphere in the world.
There's the Eva Hart pub named after the last survivor of the Titanic and the Civic building which was used as Donald Tump's office in a Netflix series.
There's also the Sterling Machine Gun Factory and Dagenham and Redbridge football club plus all the medieval listed building in the village.
As usual lots of fun and banter in this cultural and historical London walk.

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[Joolzguides]

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[tristrambennis]

The most therapeutic videos on YouTube.

[James-gfjl]

Who'd've thought that the history of Dagenham would cheer me up on a Sunday afternoon?

[Geeraffe]

“You look smart “ - “yes, I’ve been to a funeral “ classic reply 😂

[jujutrini]

I love how proud that man is of his hometown. And so he should be! 😂

[interestings]

Best treat for a Sunday night here in Australia

[dianapatterson]

A wonderful history -- and praise to Darren Rodwell for contributing whole-heartedly to this piece. Excellent.

[metanoia]

Thank you for another enjoyable video, always interesting and entertaining. One of my childhood heroes, the brilliant, unique and gifted Dudley Moore was raised in the Becontree Estate.

[Heinzish]

I grew up adjacent to the Becontree Estate and I always liked the look of it. Our garden had two plum trees, two apple trees, a pear tree and a cherry tree being built on farm land; and we had a stink pipe in our road too. I didn't know about the railway - that's fascinating . It was a great place to grow up .

[andicheese]

I moved from East Ham to Dagenham in the 1970's living just off Green Lane. I went to Becontree School as a junior and theough to Mayfield School as a senior. I remember walking the Streets of Dagenham, Chadwell Heath, up to the fiddlers where there was a swimming pool and the three main pubs. Drank in the pubs a bit too much in my youth. Opposite the Eva Hart was Th Coopers Arms which was another place i frequented quite a bit, although now recently closed and bulldozed. I also remember going to an interview at the Civic Center shown in the film. It was a very large board room with all the wood panelling and 7 crusty guys all smoking. And i can agree the whole building stank of old cigars, cigarettes and musky ancient odours.

Great video and i had sime good times in and around Dagenham. Still has some nice places but not the same vibe anylonger.

[deadlykitten.]

Born in Dagenham, raised in Dagenham.
I thank God I will not die in Dagenham.
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[donttouchband]

This video brings back memories. I was in Barking/ Dagenham, Chatwell Heath around 1977, it was a student exchange because my town (Witten/ Germany) is twinned with Barking. I remember Japan Road, there was a youth center (Japan Road Center) that was often our meeting place for activities. I also remember a visit to the Ford Works in Dagenham. I lived with another student in Whalebone Lane North. Thanks Joolz Guides.

[jeffreyoldham]

"Where do you live, then?"
"Dagenham. Just up the street, 'round the banjo."

[brick]

My wife's grandfather refused to use the inside toilet. He lived in two room shack on his farm, and still cooked on a wood stove. My wife's family built a modern house on the land, but he refused to live in it. The man refused to exit the 19th century.

[spencerdavies]

Can tell this was filmed a lot earlier this year as the old Ship & Anchor pub has since been burnt out. My mum used to talk about playing on Nanny Goats Common as a child. Now regards your least favourite part of the walk, where you went wrong was walking down Rainham Road South. If you'd turned left at the Eastbrook Pub you could've popped into the lovely Eastbrook Pie and Mash shop for lunch, then carried on down to the Eastbrookend Country Park which I consider the loveliest part of Dagenham...

[junehoward]

went past the cu london university wood lane. to see the civic flower bed razed to the ground . I remember when they planted the shrubs my young daughter thought it said the elvis lol

[ShuggsComicsandStatues]

I’m a Dagenham Boy, and Proud Of it!!

[DollyWave]

My Grandparents moved onto the Becontree Estate from the Isle of Dogs / Poplar in 1933 and were the first tenants in their new Council House. I still have receipt from the London County Council for the five shillings deposit that they paid. Great video that brought back lots of happy memories of the area. And yes, my Grandmother always referred to the houses up the walkway on one side of her road as 'the banjo' 🙂

[pauljackson]

I worked on the corner of oxlow lane and rainham road south WF electrical formerly Evereadys for 35 years . Have only been back once since I retired changed so much.

[beezig]

Joolz, Sir, you have regaled us with random facts and obscure knowledge, but that Stirling machine gun, Return of the Jedi fact was up there as one of the best ever, great video again Sir.