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Just started watching this. Pretty funny really. I'm from dagenham but moved to charlton

I lived in Becontree Rusper road bought an ex council house it was a lovely house Gales park was across the road Becontree station was a minutes walk away .work at Barking Garage as a bus driver drove number 62 bus passed Rusper road when I was on that route that was in the 1980s .

Now Barking and Dagenham Labour council is putting families back into overcrowded boxes especially the new development at Fords and Barking town its awful

It's now on the decline sad truth but that's where it's going

What a treat to see this I loved living in Becontree I was 10 years old when I went to live there with my cousins after living in London with my nan it was like being in the country lovely parks Parsloes was near us I was married in St Margaret’s church in Barking 57 years ago !!!!! happy memories ❤

My grandparents on ... OK, my family is complicated so, technically it's fair to say that all my grandparents moved to the estate from Bow & Poplar soon after it was build, both my parents and aunts/uncles were born there. Mum, bless her, managed to get hit by the one car that day which used Gale Street! My granddad would drive his motorbike with me and my sister sitting in the enclosed sidecar, scary stuff. Though I was brought up there my parents moved out to Harold Hill for a few years so I was actually born there, moved to Dagenham myself in 1965 when I was 2. Me, Dad, Mum and my sister in a two bedroom banjo house (Romsey Gardens). If you don't know what a banjo is then you were not raised in Dagenham. Nan used to tell me about the bombs during the war and it's easy to see the areas where houses were lost and replaced with much newer homes, most streets have them. The Fanshawe pub down Gale Street used to have an air raid siren outside it along with a blue police box {Tardis}. Nans place (554 Gale Street) sat opposite one of those rebuilt homes by an old red phone box and I remember it using the old pennies to make calls and Nan getting flustered when she had to start using 2 new pence in the early 1970's! Never let the decimalisation thing pass you buy when doing the history of the area, placed the country into turmoil and many will remember the way the stores robbed people blind by over inflating the conversion to the new currency. Parsloes Park used to be magical back in the 1960s-70s. I mean it was immaculate. It was so sad seeing how it is now after years of neglect. Nan used to have us from around 4am most days and she'd get us up to go over the park. She had a friend there (she had friends everywhere) who would open up the play ground just for me and my sister. We would watch the magical moonbeams on the paddling pool (skatepark now I believe). There were park keepers everywhere, no kids ever got away with any messing about and the stay of the grass signs were strictly policed. It seemed everyone knew everyone else, it was incredibly difficult to commit crime there as someone would know their mum, it felt safe. Old Dr Botwin, a Polish Jew who had escaped the Nazi's was our doctor in Langley Crescent, no appointment needed, just turn up and wait your turn unless it was urgent whereby 'she who must be obeyed' would let people jump the queue (and her friends it seemed). A huge day trip for me was going to Southend on the electric trains. They were called that as they'd not long replaced the steam trains which I still vaguely remember running now and then during the transition. That would only happen maybe once a year. Otherwise it was Romford on the bus (( used to get migraines from the smell of the brewery). As older kids, 12+ we'd be sent on the red bus rover which was dirt cheap and wander around London hopping on and off buses as we wanted to, no one would let their kids do that now. Across Castle Green past the Ship & Shovel we could wander down to the Thames where many of the things from the war still stood. The old pill boxes and such like. In the early days the prefabs still sat at the bottom of Castle Green though, deserted. Many seemed as though the tenants had literally just up and left with no notice. Some still had the tables set for dinner, it was fascinating and a bit creepy. I wouldn't want to live there now. The heart of the place has gone in a multicultural experiment. I am not racist, it's a historical fact that originally it was to a large part East Enders who lived there whose cultural history had been unchanged for generations and now, it isn't and soon no one who remembers how it was will still live there. That is progress and there are tremendous benefits to it. Myself I am married to a guy from the Philippines. That's a thing to, part of the change. Back in the 60s - 70s being gay was absolutely not an option. Sure, people would talk about the nancy boys but it was never fondly, they were not friends or family and it was all very well hidden. So, progress is essential. It is also vital that the current generations ensure they keep a record of how things were, understand as areas change and get lost, where they came from. I want to try and relay how multiculturism sometimes does change neighbourhoods and not for the better. Many British people moved to the Costa's in Spain. They did not learn Spanish. They had estates built populated by other English speakers and made no attempt to integrate. As such, many of the Spaniards in the area moved away, feeling unwelcome in their own towns and villages. The British have a terrible record of doing this. Try, without a racist thought, to think how this happens within the UK with foreign nationals. Many move into an area, bring their generational accents with them, true even many generations since their grandparents lived elsewhere. Only mixing within their 'culture' and not integrating. It is seen even more so in places such as East Ham. For multiculturism to work, it's essential to integrate, get married (or in relationships) to people outside our culture, have friends who can learn from us and us from them. Teach different cuisines so that this country is enriched with new tastes. Never forget our heritage but, don't insist on living in it generations after the choice was made to leave it behind. I see it with my husband, all his friends in the UK are from the Philippines, he never wants to integrate with English people. Only after being here 7 years is he embracing different tastes and now has some 'foreign' food amongst his favourites. Likewise, my family love a lot of Filipino food, as it should be :-) Could Dagenham ever get back to how it once was? No, not now, it's too late. The racism of the 80s near forced foreign nationals to stick to their own. Instead of welcoming they were shunned so, British people must take a lot of the blame. It's now up to the 2020s kids to makes a new Britain where the history is learned and understood and where everyone is equal and respected as such. Thank you so much for taking the time to research this and put it together. It was great to see kids of 'now' working on it.

Brought back memories my grandparents lived in ilchester road Alton I lived in Landon then Romford I was always at my grandparents house miss them days 😢

I remember Dagenham as a child and teenager I lived off Eastfield Road off the Heathway in a banjo The Heathway with the small shops and the London Underground station at the top where the train took you to central London in half an hour A five minute journey to either Upminster or Barking Often went to Parsloes Park with some of my mates from the banjo On some Saturdays to Romford on either the 174 or 175 bus

My grandad rekons he used to go in the fields on his way home from work along the heathway and pick potatoes..

hi John realy hope you get or read this message cause I'm the you never verbally spoke too a was recalled on lie n am the one you left to die but wat happened on 2b John come on you must no that knowledge I received just before you put up those 3 ball cameras one of your female officers rushed in my pad an said please stop what your doing did you honestly think that that came from bad place no John after the treatment I got from your officers said 2me it came from somewhere good you sat back while your block staff passed me brand new razor blade under the dore laid in pool water wile ur staff punched me in my ear then kicked me what happened before a went back on wing already funked no John you add one of your staff stand at the glass with his arms folded wach me wile I whistled softly an emptied my life on your cell floor thats right John lost bout 8 n half maybe 9 pints blood as I blend all night the next morning on my mums life an she bless her has brain Tummel my artery was blowing airbus less out I stood weed myself fell onto bed had massive fity then took massive pain all in my body it was real an al never 4get it then you sent me 2 health care an left me in a cell 2 minuits later your riot team was at my door with a wheelchair shouting you need blood transfusion or ull die no John when they sent cleaners in with mops they weren't ready 2 see how much connected blood and water had realy left my body so what did ur directed do ill tell you what he did he panicked an tried forcing me 2 hospital knowing full I wouldn't go an did I no John I didn't I no I nearly lost my life an you sat back wile it was all going on after couple week I was put back on 2 b got banged up as I was still on basic but luckily still had tv an shall we say John not 2 let any one no things pretty much nearly came 2 a standstill an one stupid female officer before it all corrected put her head over the strip on my door then begged me 2stop what a was doing so John at least one ur staff witnessed it the way u an ur bullies of screws treat me I know that it came from good place what I did John truth is you an ur officers left me 2 die you kept me over my technical release day 4 being released after serving reminder of tags back in prison then when that was done I should have been released you all stiched me up including what I was supposed 2 have done 2 be recalled I supposed 2 have pinned another lad up against wall an threatened him with a shank what a load of crapp all made up and fabricated but do you know what John it mite have took ten years but am well again an strong both mentally and physically so Johan here it is I forgive you an ur bent staff but you know what ill never 4get what all of you put me thrue an did 2 me but if you do read this you'll know I've mentioned no names but 100prc know you no who this is so take care John an I wish you all the best yours shane.

An unbeaten generation! 👍👍

Am on catch 22 at the moment in Lewisham

What a well made and interesting film, I thoroughly enjoyed all of the memories and pictures. Well done to all those involved.

Interesting perspective of the early history of Dagenham. I was born in dagenham in the later 50s and was a teen in 1970s, hated the place. As an adult I bought a house in hackney near Bow where my grandfather was born, lived in hackney ever since and think it was always in my blood; dagenham was a generational stop over. Still, glad to hear how it was in the 30s.

2C - 2015

It is 100 years old IT IS HISTORYY

Great post this, cheers. ruclips.net/video/vXaSJ-93Bbo/видео.html

2011

Great support to young people from catch 22,helping young people to develop their skills,helping them have a postive outlook and making plans for their future .

Nazeem Hamid boxer in marshgate one day and night cat d next day what a joke d ellis😤😈😆

I was in here in 2014. Wasn't even that bad haha

My mum and dad were raised on the Becontree Estate after their families moved out of Battersea (mum) and Islington (dad) so if it hadn’t been for the estate they probably wouldn’t have met and I wouldn’t be here typing this. One of my mum’s earliest memories of the estate was of their house being infiltrated by the local field mice.

i miss dagenham in the 80s and 90s maaan

You’ll see a change when the growth company start conducting interventions inside.

It’s really clear what impact the programme has for young people.

What inspiring young people. Such great support from catch 22!

Thankfully a happy end to what could have been a very different story. Catch 22 supporting young people and their families.

I like the idea that ex-service users can become volunteers and make a difference to people's lives. Volunteering is a great way to meet new people, learn new skills and make a difference.

A great advert for Catch 22 - changing young people's lives for the better.

Being a volunteer is a very rewarding job. By having many volunteers there is a great mix of people from all backgrounds and communities and helps users to begin to trust them to help.

Amazing to hear the impact that catch-22 has in young peoples life.

Seeing how often this happens in real life is eye opening. What catch 22 do is such an important role in a young persons life and can make such a difference to them

I was born in B&D in 1978 but my grandma and all her family were from B&D. These people are her generation. I moved away but come back whenever I can. Did this last weekend. My cousin, also from B&D, who I've not seen for 10 years spend the whole weekend together stomping around our old haunts. This film is superb. B&D may have changed, but it will always be home. Thanks for this.

Nice transition at 7.15 from the present day to when their was a railway there 👍. Nice 'real' people in the video.

What a rewarding job for the volunteers.

Brilliant support from Catch 22. What an amazing job they do.

What a brilliant impact Catch 22 has had on their lives.

Real stories really do put things into perspective and show how important services like this are. Even having a listening ear and someone to talk to can make so much difference!

Great to see that volunteers can create a supportive, approachable environment for the young people

Great to see the positive impact Catch22 has on young people, and how the young people are embracing their willingness to learn

Each volunteer brings something new to the team and make great positive role models for the young people to aspire to be like.

The support that Catch22 show in the video is clearly very effective as they gained perspective from both the young person and the family, and supported them in rebuilding their relationship. I think the video demonstrates that it's important for the young person to feel listened to and understood.

Great to see how Catch22 as an organisation and the volunteers have impacted so many young people's lives. I also think it is great how diverse the organisation is and how they tailor the support to meet the needs of each individual.

I lived there with my family from being a baby until l left home. My family connection to the estate only ended a few years ago when my late Aunt moved to Basildon. She could have told a few tales

Opening up channels of communication can be life changing

Volunteers can all bring something unique and together can make a positive difference

Great to see services tailored to meet individuals and the impact it has.

I imagine this is all too common, but at the same time they feel isolated. So important to accept help and communicate effectively with others.

Community, such a powerful asset and so under utilised. I’m excited that the remote outreach will help broaden that community.

Represents real people and their struggles. They all seem genuinely thankful and authentic.