tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152950892272252636.post8820901546407671668..comments2024-03-26T14:25:37.365-07:00Comments on Edith's Streets: Thames Tributary Beam -Dagenham EastUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152950892272252636.post-87587206071666219372015-01-31T08:24:53.060-08:002015-01-31T08:24:53.060-08:00My grandparents lived in the pumping station house...My grandparents lived in the pumping station house at the beam and my father was born there . My grandfather looked after the steam pumping engine. When my grandfather died very young my grandmother and 5 children were thrown out of the tied cottage. My dad went to work at 14 to support the family. I have the brass plate from the steam pump and the sight glasses and the oil can my grandfather used.<br />My dad then worked for South Essex a Water for over 40 years.<br />My mums family lived in Liberty a Cottages which were on New aRoad and attended the tin shed church adjacent to the Anglers Retreat before all the houses were knocked down to expand Ford. My mother used to walk to the Thames across fields from New Road before Fird was builtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152950892272252636.post-75123176664444806432011-10-30T02:33:39.637-07:002011-10-30T02:33:39.637-07:00I can remember the old cottages by the church with...I can remember the old cottages by the church with their weather boarding. Also the long row of Victorian houses down Exeter Road. One in particular sticks in my mind because it was painted red and mauve. Also Victorian houses down Vicarage Road. My friend and I used to go inside when they had been abandoned and ready for demolition. There was a row of old shops along Church Elm Lane, probably about where Hollidge Way is. A man named Ted and his brother had a sweet shop there. I think they moved to Harlow. Bells Bazaar was famous too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152950892272252636.post-29931267732666490802011-07-14T11:02:14.824-07:002011-07-14T11:02:14.824-07:00re. demolition of old buildings in Dagenham villag...re. demolition of old buildings in Dagenham village in 1960s/70s- There were other plans, thankfully aborted to build ten tower blocks in the area now occupied by the low-rise, and admittedly grotty enough, Ibscott Close estate, at the same time.<br /><br />The Old Vicarage (Crown Street) was used from about 1988 to about 2005 as offices by the wine importers & distributors Ferry Freighting Ltd, who built two separate extensions to the building during that period.<br /><br />The War Memorial is very recent. 1990s/2000s<br /><br /><br />Dagenham (East) railway station - the old 1860s buildings (disused since 1961, when main line trains stopped calling there) remained in place until c. 1989, when they were demolished. The Jewsons building yard is now on much of the site. <br /><br />Probably worth mentioning is one of the oldest surviving residential properties in Dagenham, and Grade 2 Listed, Stoneford Cottage, on the corner of Rainham Road South and Leys AvenueDominichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145734042272196687noreply@blogger.com