Strange thing happened on the way to the multiplex..so I get up this morning and check out my local Newham Showcase site and it says the Goddard film Alphaville is playing. When I get to the place the guy on the desk says no way. And I laugh ’cause it seemed pretty leftfield for them. But it’s still on the site. Anyhow saw ‘Fracture’ instead which had some fun lines in it..
Stuart Glendinning Hall
Barking —
Category Archives: Barking
Somewhat unexpectedly - an international design competition for Barking Riverside
Well after the laughter when I mention in polite company that I live in Barking something ‘cool and trendy’ to tell at dinner parties..
DIY dude
Went to my local HSS hire shop today, which was a good move as they knew the right power drill to cut through the concrete walls - I feel a proper geezer. Then when I returned with the drill someone had kindly left a note on my bike which I had I thought amusingly locked [...]
Steal this book
Some guys broke into the flat last night, thanks to the new security gate they only got away with two light items, a flat screen (good choice) and a Playstation 2 (thanks for getting rid of that). They left
It’s a strange fact that..
It’s a strange fact that it takes around an hour on the tube to get from one place to another in London, and the same time to bake a potato.
PS: Barking Police rang the day after I used the Met Police minor crime reporting online, impressive, for the loss of my bike saddle. Oh well, [...]
Arson in Barking
Just received a letter from our MP Margaret Hodge concerning a series of arson attacks on The Clarksons estate. I am suprised the authorities don’t just do something clever like figure out who’s doing it. I’ll help (after all I once burned my leg and had to go to hospital, and my birthday’s on Bonfire [...]
Anti-war poster in Barking
Took this shot recently in the centre of Barking. Follows on this week’s news of US attempts to scale down a prescence in Iraq, and President Bush’s reference to the Vietnam War.
Why History Matters
The first question on the National Trust blog day form, is ‘Why History Matters To You’? Kind of a difficult question, which I like. So let me try an answer that in my own style.
Firstly, history gives a sense that whatever people are going nuts about now is probably something people have gone nuts [...]
Blowing bubbles
OK, I’m not saying I had anything to do with it - but who else from close to West Ham has in the last couple of months been to both Brazil and Argentina; who has got tickets to the friendly on Sunday; who runs a series of articles on Kaka (he’s Brazilian I know but its close enough). And who’s Brazialian girlfriend criticised the description of the flags outside the Sala club in Charing Cross Road by some journalist as ‘the place to watch Brazil play during the World Cup’ as it also sported an Argentinan flag? And who’s mate Michael who’s a Hammers fan was with I when he first met Shirley? Who’s the Hammers lucky charm? And who’s going to win on Sunday?..
The abridged history of Barking
I went on a cycle round round historic Barking on Wednesday to discover that Elizabeth Fry the prison reformer is burried next to the Sikh Temple (the Quakers sold it to the Sikh’s in 1971); and came across the pilgramage holy rood stone in the surviving curfew tower from Barking Abbey..