Rainbows at Valence House
Auger drill in action!
The auger drill in action.
Barking and Dagenham Council
Museum of London Archaeology
Pontoons Away!
Day 1 of the georachaeological survey of the Valence Park ancient moat and the pontoon is being installed. This will enable Museum of London Archaeologists, over the next 4 days, to carry out special surveys of the moat and it's historic silts.
Happy 10th Birthday Valence House
Today marks 10 years since the re-opening of Valence House following a multi-million pound redevelopment of the site. Let’s raise a cake or two as we remember the last action-packed decade. Happy Birthday Valence House!
Barking and Dagenham Council
Pet stories
Dagenham resident Jo tells a rather sad but probably quite common story of her pet rabbit when she was a child. Pets play an important part in the lives of many people throughout their lives. Did you have a favourite pet as a child, or maybe you've got a trusty pet keeping you company during #lockdown?
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #kindness
Barking and Dagenham Council
Working in Barking and Dagenham
Maybe you didn't work for any of the big industries here in Barking and Dagenham but instead for a smaller business, like Barbara did who in this video tells us of her time working at a dog parlour. Or you might have even worked for the local council like Bill who was a rent collector.
There are so many colourful stories to be heard.
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #Kindness
Barking and Dagenham Council
Playtime - Dagenham
This video shows some Dagenham children playing in the school playground in the 1960s, having a go at skipping and leapfrog amongst other things. What were your favourite childhood games?
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
Barking and Dagenham Council
Remembering Parks in Barking and Dagenham
Continuing with day two of our #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek on the theme of leisure and entertainment we've got a short video about the parks in the area.
The borough is fortunate to have a lot of parks and I think it's fair to say that we have all become aware of just how important these places at times like this. What are your favourite parks?
Memories of the Merry Fiddlers
Sticking with our theme for the day we're sharing a few items relating to pubs in the area. Many of us may be sad that we aren't able to visit our local pubs at the moment but there's no reason why we can't have a virtual pub crawl of sorts!
I'm sure there have been plenty of pubs in the area over the years that have been home to lots of memories...
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
Welcome to Valence House
Step back in time and explore the local history of Barking and Dagenham with a fun filled day out for all the family, in Dagenham's only surviving medieval manor house. With an extensive year round programme of events, traquil herb garden and cosy tearoom for a restorative cuppa and a cake, there's something for everyone!
Sun's out fun's out ☀️ Our bumper summer of fun family activities starts this weekend. Check out what we have coming up over the next 6 weeks #FamilyFriendlyMuseum
Something new budding on our tree....Tulip the Bear!
Something new budding on our tree....it's Tulip the Bear! Meet the littlest new friend of Valence House this Saturday at the Teddy Bears' Picnic and snap up your very own Tulip bear to take home.
Valence House Unlocked: Through the Attic Door
Happy International Museum Day! Mind your head as we explore the expansive attic at Valence House #internationalmuseumday #localhistorymonth #ilovemymuseum
Valence House Unlocked: Down the Trapdoor Cellar
Down we go through the Fanshawe galleries trap door into our 16th century cellar....
#localhistorymonth #ilovemymuseum #trapdoorcellar
Unlocking the Silver Chest
Let's go through the keyhole of our 19th century silver chest......
This was once owned by John Gascoigne Fanshawe (1746-1803), the 6th Fanshawe of Parsloes. The chest would have been used to store valuable pieces of silver during transit between his numerous residences.
Are there any treasures still left inside? #localhistorymonth #unlockingthepast
Valence House Unlocked: Exploring the Oldest Cellar
Mind your step as we take you down into the oldest of Valence House's two cellars... #localhistorymonth #yourfriendlylocalmuseum #ilovemymuseum
Egyptian goslings growing up fast
How quickly they grow up!
Toot, Anne, Carr and Moon have lost their fluff and gained their feathers. Although protective parents Samson and Delilah are still keeeping a beady eye their Egyptian goose family!
On Friday we will launch the new London Borough of Barking and Dagenham book of remembrance. This book records the names of soldiers who have died in battle since 1948, but also includes those who were not included in the original books of remembrance for Barking and Dagenham.
As part of this remembrance event a temporary display on WWI has been installed in the museum. This features a wall of 1348 poppies dedicated to every man from Barking (1172) and Dagenham (176) that lost their life in the great war. There are also two purple and green poppies for the two female munitions workers who lost their lives at the Ajax Factory, and 4 white poppies in remembrance of the mothers that lost their sons in combat.
Each poppy bears an individual soldier's name and were made by pupils from Gascoigne Primary School and the Valence Volunteers.
We had a super fun teddytastic Saturday. Big bear thanks to everyone who attended the Teddy Bears’ Picnic and all those brave furry friends who went for a ride on the zip wire 🐻
Zippeeeeeeeee #teddybearspicnic #teddyzipwire
