Barking & Dagenham ¦ Love Your London ¦ (5/7) ¦ Valence House, Becontree Estate, Parsloes Park

Now in Dagenham territory, Tristán White and Sharon Crawford start at Chadwell Heath and, after a quick visit to Dudley Moore's old house, they visit the fabulous Valence House where they come face to face with the famous Dagenham Idol. They give you a guided tour of the Museum (one of the top 50 free things to do in London according to The Guardian), followed by a visit to the Archives and Local Studies Centre. They continue through the Becontree Estate until they reach the Cherry Tree pub, talk about the BHAA and the importance of allotments to the Becontree area, and then it's a trip to Parsloes Park, a place undergoing a tremendous rewilding project, where a Miyawaki forest is being grown and the Gores Brook will soon be visible again as it is soon to be unculverted. They finish at Becontree station, after a pitstop at Popeye's for sausage and chips. -------------------------------------------- TO VISIT VALENCE HOUSE: https://valencehousecollections.co.uk/ Admission: free -------------------------------------------- AFFILIATE LINKS: "GREAT TREES OF LONDON" (TimeOut) which includes the holm oak beside Valence House: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Trees-... "GROW YOUR OWN" - entertaining movie about life on allotments starring Eddie Marsan, Olivia Colman and Omid Djalili: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grow-Your-Ow... -------------------------------------------- FURTHER VIEWING/LISTENING: We referenced our special on Romanians in London, in which we visited "La Simon", a shop in Dagenham. You can see that whole epiosde here:    • Romanian Diaspora special ¦ Love Your Lond...   We referenced episodes 2 and 3 of this series, in which we refer on a number of occasions to the Short Blue Fleet and to the Hewett family. Episode 2:    • Barking & Dagenham ¦ Love Your London ¦ (2...   Episode 3:    • Barking & Dagenham ¦ Love Your London ¦ (3...   ------------------------------------------ OTHER LINKS: Becontree Forever: https://www.becontreeforever.uk/ To volunteer to plant trees for the Forest of Thanks, done in the Miyawaki style, in Parsloes Park, to thank NHS workers for their efforts during the pandemic, go here: https://www.tcv.org.uk/ ------------------------------------------ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro: Barking & Dagenham ep 5 00:58 Chadwell Heath station 03:36 Dudley Moore's home, 146 Baron Road 05:20 Valence House: Museum and archive centre 26:28 Valence Circus 28:58 The Cherry Tree, RM8 33:25 Allotments, the BHAA and the rod measurement 38:45 Parsloes Park and Gores Brook 48:23 Popeye's Fish & Chicken 50:24 Becontree station -------------------------------------------- To donate via Patreon, see   / loveyourlondon   To see our website, go to http://www.loveyourlondon.com/ To visit us on Facebook, see   / loveyourlondonvlog   On Twitter:   / loveyourlondon1   On Insta:   / loveyourlondon   -------------------------------------------- Thank you. Please remember to SHARE our videos, it's the best way for us to get our message out there. Also, add comments below. YouTube algorithms like that sort of thing! Love Your London! And please subscribe if you haven't done so already, it doesn't cost you anything. We need your help!!