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• Dagenham Mastermind (passcode: %rxn6L=^ )

  Release Date: 6th December 2024

  If you don’t recognise Les Morrell from his Dagenham days you’ve probably seen him in TV.

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• BDTN. (Passcode: ewr3@q98)

  Release Date: 18th November 2024

  John Blake talks about the Barking and Dagenham Talking Newspaper

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• The Magical Mystery Dagenham Bus Tour (Passcode: zd0j!s@j)

  Release Date: 29th October 2024

  Bill Jennings takes us on his bus tour of our favourite place.

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• Some Facts You Might Not Know about Chadwell Heath (Passcode 9%Z%N7&Q)

  Release Date: 13th October 2024

  Some unknown facts from Vice Chair of the Chadwell Heath Historical Society, John Blake

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• Our Sporting Idol (passcode: 3D23T.W#)

  Release Date: 30th September 2024

  Dave Peters talks proudly of his brother Martin’s footballing achievements.

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• The Dagenham Future is Bright Passcode: UV4Yt$jm

  Release Date: 24th July 2024

  Showbiz entrepreneur the vivacious Sharon Borthwick talks about her Dagenham based business.

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• From Dagenham to Jo’burg (Passcode: *8sTh5Ur)

  Release Date: 1st July 2024

  Beryl Fowls (nee Harvey) recalls her younger years in Dagenham before crossing the world to start a new life in South Africa

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• October 1936 (Passcode: =4HdCgF+)

  Release Date: 9th June 2024

  The Siege of Cable Street from A Town in Essex

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• The Day They Bulldozed The Merry Fiddlers (Passcode: +%sMpf6k)

  Release Date: 24th May 2024

  A chapter from The Banjo Book Two

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• Slices of Dagenham (passcode 2kRE?ILQ)

  Release Date: 6th May 2024

  Danny Fenn aka The Boleyn Poet shares his memories of Dagenham and poetry.

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• From Dagenham Girl to TV Quiz Queen. (Passcode x^gp6=Q2)

  Release Date: 21st April 2024

  Dagenham Girl Robbie London discusses her very interesting life — shorthand typist, go-go dancer, DJ & TV Quiz Queen

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• Whatever Happened To The Rapiers (passcode 5wutyBS+)

  Release Date: 28th March 2024

  Steve Webb and Jack Benjamin, two members of Dagenham 60s group the Rapiers reminisce and talk about their lives since they found fame as young teens.

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• Leaving Dagenham 1939 (Passcode: Y0*6WgXJ)

  Release Date: 16th March 2024

  Tony recalls his experiences of evacuation as a five-year-old.

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• From Bookworm to Librarian (passcode: H=XZ$N4*)

  Release Date: 1st March 2024

  Lisa Roullier was the little girl who rushed to Valence Library to get her 10 books. Now she works for Library Services. Click below for Lisa’s lively interview.

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• Street Names. (Passcode: %1.8$yBx)

  Release Date: 16th February 2024

  Local historian Bill Jennings talks about the fascinating roots of some of the town’s roads and streets.

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• From Dagenham to the West End (passcode: *kd%8=1W)

  Release Date: 2nd February 2024

  Child actor Bill Preston talks about his 3 years in Oliver!

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• My Boy From Dagenham (View code F4ZVuG.^ )

  Release Date: 19th January 2024

  From her home in Carboneras, Spain, Kathy Hill tells us about her husband Ron, her Boy From Dagenham

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• Christmas at Valence House passcode: 00Qy^NsK

  Release Date: 22nd December 2023

  Outreach and Education Officer Mark Watson talks about Christmas at Valence House

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• Episode 3 Talking Banjos. (passcode: upBi?A%9)

  Release Date: 8th December 2023

  Local historian extraordinaire Bill Jennings discusses that Dagenham phenomenon — the banjo.

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• Episode 2 Mr Tony Spires (passcode aW+0*ESH)

  Release Date: 23rd November 2023

  Tony tells us about going to school, starting work and meeting his wife of 72 years in Dagenham

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• This is Dagenham Calling!

  Release Date: 10th November 2023

  A new podcast series all about Dagenham and it’s fascinating history.

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