Barking & Dagenham ¦ Love Your London ¦ (1/7) ¦ Barking Town Centre

Tristán White and Sharon Crawford begin a new 7-part series on the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham and, in episode 1, they take a look at Barking's picturesque Town Centre, tell you the history of Barking station, visit Barking Learning Centre, the market and more. Plus they discuss the wonderful regeneration at the hands of the female-led architectural firm, muf. -------------------------------------------- FURTHER READING AND VIEWING: In the library, we saw and recommended Iain Sinclair's psychogeographical gem, "The Last London". To be honest, all his books are good, but this is especially good. You can get it, via our special link, for just £8.75 (RRP £9.99) from here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-London-... We also referred to a video interview with Billy Bragg, "The Streets I Ran", by a channel called Huck - find them at @Huckmagazineplus The video can be seen here:    • Billy Bragg: Streets I Ran   -------------------------------------------- TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro: Barking & Dagenham ep 1 01:00 Barking station 05:54 Billy Bragg's first job (Guy Norris) 07:34 Karibuni Zanzibar BBQ Hot Style 07:57 Barking Learning Centre 12:21 Barking Town Square, folly and arboretum (muf) 17:03 Bobby Moore Way 18:09 Outro -------------------------------------------- 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!!