Barking & Dagenham ¦ Love Your London ¦ (4/7) ¦ Eastbury Manor House, Upney, Barking FC, Mayesbrook

In this episode, Tristán White and Sharon Crawford visit Eastbury Manor House in Upney, and get a full guided tour. A failed attempt to eat gizzards at The Thatched House pub is followed by a distressing visit to Rippleside Cemetery. After stopping by Upney station and Barking Community Hospital, we cross Mayes Brook to enter Mayesbrook Park, where geese, chainsaw art and the Mayesbrook Park await us. We wonder how the park got the nickname, "Matchstick Island". We try to visit the Dagenham Roundhouse, and talk about Billy Bragg; then it's off to Barking FC, a historic football club which had a truly magnificent player in the early 20th century: Jack Leslie, disgracefully snubbed by the English FA because of his colour. Oh, and we talk about Glenn Tamplin as well. We talk about the many musicians who have received their education at Barking Abbey School, plus we visit the home of Dame Vera Lynn. After that, it's off to Barking Park, where we visit the war memorial, the miniature Barking Park Light Railway, and the Magical Unicorn Lake pedaloes.
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TO VISIT EASTBURY MANOR HOUSE
www.eastburymanorhouse.org.uk/
Open on Sunday.
£7 entry (free to residents of the Borough)
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TO VISIT THE MAGICAL UNICORN LAKE
themagicalunicornlake.co.uk/
Thank you, Adrian, for looking after us.
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FURTHER VIEWING/LISTENING:
We mentioned our visit to the Gunpowder Plot Immersive Experience. The video is here and if you use the code LYLGUY you should be able to get £10 off the price of two standard tickets:
• Gunpowder Plot special...
We also mentioned our "Penny for the Guy" episode, which you can watch here:
• Guy Fawkes Night speci...
We also mentioned our visit to the Curfew Tower in Barking, which is here:
• Barking & Dagenham ¦ L...
We mentioned episode 5 of our Alexandra Palace series, when we saw Shane Green's chainsaw art there too. That episode is here:
• Ally Pally ¦ Love Your...
To see FootballJOE's video "The Making of Glenn Tamplin", see here: • The making of Glenn Ta...
To hear the Tremeloes' version of "Do You Love Me?", click here: • Video
To hear Riff Raff's song "Barking Park Lake", click here: • Riff Raff - Barking Pa... 4
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Thank you to Jacquie Goosetree for the bit about the drainpipe.
Thank you to Dwayne Mighty (Pexels) for the little bit of video of chicken pecking in the dust.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro: Barking & Dagenham ep 4
17:10 The Thatched House (pub)
19:04 Rippleside Cemetery
21:43 Upney station
22:41 Barking Community Hospital
23:48 Mayesbrook Park (pt 1) - Matchstick Island
30:20 Dagenham Roundhouse (pub), Bragg Close
32:43 Mayesbrook Park (pt 2) - chainsaw art, Mayesbrook Wonderland
35:36 Barking FC: Jack Leslie, Glenn Tamplin
45:21 Mayesbrook Park (pt 3) - The Swales
47:12 Barking Abbey School
50:06 The home of Dame Vera Lynn (24 Upney Lane)
53:46 Barking Park
01:05:13 Outro
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[@robinwhite2920]

A very interesting, informative and fun episode.

[@liv42day85]

My dad used to play guitar and sing in the roundhouse, we lived in the flats across the road. And in 1999 I had a head on collision car accident right where you are standing on the roundabout outside the pub. I lost my grandad that day 😢 so when I see this roundabout I can't help but remember that day xx even though this happened the area gives me comfort i grew up here and it will always feel like home. Nice to see you guys here ❤

[@Footfunker]

Have many family members in Ripple cemetery . I’m gonna share this channel to my Facebook .. n I wish u both all d luck m8 cnt say it enough.. Great informative channel on wich I can go n rabbit bout all day long lol years n years of pukka memories 👍🏼

[@Footfunker]

Lol spent many a day and night in these grounds playin footie n going to clubs in here .. Beautiful Manor House ..
I have heard that Henry da eighth had tunnels running right through to da city ..
Thankyou for this video sitting with a friend watching and has taken us right back .. we grew up here from mid 70s thru to 2005 ish .
Now in clacton on sea ..
but we know every inch of this town and was great t watch ..
I lived just down the road RIPPLE ROAD .. just down opposite wich was THE HARROW PUB .. Absolute AWESOME MEMORIES ❤ 🙏🏻

[@steveromain1239]

Barking Abbey School was formed into a comprehensive in 1970 with the joining of Park Modern and Barking Abbey Grammar school.
My grandparents knew Vera Lynn parents and socialised with them.
I remember the gardens in Mayesbrook park

[@LoveYourLondon]

Thank you! Yes, it was very hard to work out which of the two schools the people I mentioned went to, as they were listed as "Barking Abbey School" even though that was not the name of it, necessarily, when they attended (Billy Bragg was born in 1957). As for the gardens, such a shame the Council just filled them in instead of actively trying to stop the vandalism. Surely that was too drastic a solution. Perhaps having some kind of fencing so that it was only accessible during daylight hours would have been cheaper and allowed the non-vandals to enjoy it during the daytime!