J D Morris, Vehicle Repairs, Selinas Lane, Chadwell Heath, Barking & Dagenham, 1996
Dagenham in East London doesn’t hit the news cycle all that often. It did when US motor company Ford moved its car plant to Dagenham and again when it was closed. Posters bearing the town’s name appeared when the singer Morrissey released the song Dagenham Dave in 1995. The cover showed a picture of Dagenham-born footballer Terry Venables sticking out his tongue. A track of the same name by The Stranglers had appeared in their 1977 album, No More Heroes. ”
That’s not too much for a placed that first appeared in a document (Dæccanhaam) in a charter of Barking Abbey dating from 666 AD. In the mid 1990s, Peter Marshall went to have a look around the place, taking pictures of the everyday things he saw.
Dagenham, 5th July 1998
This album includes pictures from the neighbouring areas of Chadwell Heath and Barking.
Purland Close, 1995
Station Parade, Barking, Barking-Dagenham, 1995
The Britannia pub, 1 Church Rd, Barking, Barking-Dagenham, 1995
Flats, Abbey Rd, Barking, Barking & Dagenham, 1995
Shops at 185-191 Broad St, Dagenham, 1998
River Roding Moorings, Downstream View, Highbridge Rd -1995
River Thames, Barking, Barking & Dagenham, 1993
Westbury Arms, pub, 174, Ripple Rd, Barking, 1995. Closed 2001, burnt 2011, Now demolished.
River Rd, Barking, Barking & Dagenham, 1993
Uphall Rd -1995
Chequers Rd, Dagenham, Barking & Dagenham, 1993
Goresbrook Flats, Ripple, Road, 1993
Shops The Triangle, Tanner St -1995
Dagenham Dock, Station, Ripple Rd, Dagenham, 1993
The Old Granary Mill, 1990
Dover’s Corner, New Rd, Dagenham, Barking & Dagenham, 1993
Dagenham Motors, New Road, Dagenham, Barking & Dagenham, 1993
Piston Broke, Dirty Den’s, Car Spares, Ripple Rd, Barking, Barking & Dagenham, 1990
Scrap Metal Yard, Barking, Barking & Dagenham, 1995
Buzzard Creek Industrial Estate, River Road, Barking, Barking & Dagenham, 1993
United Molasses, Chequers Lane, Dagenham, Barking & Dagenham, 1993
Ford, New Rd, Dagenham, Barking & Dagenham, 1993
Ann’s Kitchen, Freshwater Rd, 1995
Renwick Rd, Barking, Barking & Dagenham, 1993
The Essex, Snooker & Social Club, Broad St, Dagenham, Barking & Dagenham, 1998
Shop, Kent Rd, Reede Rd, Dagenham, Barking & Dagenham, 1998
New-World-Snooker-Club-Chequers-Lane, 1993
Best Effects Gymnasium, Imperial House, 100 New Road
Manor Joinery Works, Alfreds Way Rippleside
Festival, 5th July 1998
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