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Old Signs

It’s interesting when walking around to take a look and see if you can work out how long something has been in place. Some things are easy, a church or other public building may have a dedication stone; you can estimate how old a tree is from its size. How do you work out how …

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Posted byDavid17/1/2025Posted inBarking, Dagenham, Local history, London, Walking Dagenham

2023

I started 2023 with some plans, but then life happened and some of the plans were disrupted. Let’s see where I got to. Walking Dagenham: My plan to walk every road in Dagenham. I had planned this would take about six months, if I walked at weekends and holidays. It soon became obvious to me …

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Posted byDavid31/12/2023Posted in2023, Dagenham, EndOfYear, geeking, meta, science, Walking Dagenham, weather

Bonfire night 2023

Perhaps it was just the weather, or perhaps it is indicative of a trend away from colourful explosions, but bonfire night was a bit of a damp squib – at least in my area. There were whistles and bangs most of the night, but nothing like as frequent or concentrated. This year for the first …

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Posted byDavid6/11/2023Posted infireworks, geeking, Walking DagenhamTags: bonefire night, fireworks

Walking Dagenham Week 1

One thing I’d forgotten about the back-roads of Dagenham is the almost fractal nature of them, roads branch off side roads that branch off a close that branch off a cul-de-sec (or banjo, in the colloquial). I’ve decide I’ll only walk those that have a road, I don’t want to venture up pedestrian only areas, …

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Posted byDavid8/1/2023Posted inGeneral, London, Photographic, photos, Walking Dagenham, Walks

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