Advent Delights
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The first door opens in our Advent Delights series - showcasing a digital version of Our Barking - Heritage Exhibition
Advent Delights - Door 2
Alex opens the second door of Advent Delights to reveal the intriguing history of Barking's lost abbey.
Advent Delights - Door 3
Revealing Barking's Parish Church...
Advent Delights - Door 4
The bell tolls today - Door 4 is the ancient entrance to the abbey - The Curfew Tower
Advent Delights - Door 5
Step back in time - Back Lane is behind the door of our heritage calendar today.
Advent Delights - Door 6
Sue reveals what is behind door 6 of our advent journey through Barking heritage as we reveal more of the digital version of Our Barking exhibition.
Advent Delights - Door 7
Liz looks behind our 7th door and sails through this part of our digital exhibition - filmed at Eastbury Manor House.
Advent Delights - Door 8
Sue takes us back to Barking Broadway - this time for the theatre - as it is time for festive pantomime...
Advent Delights - Door 9
Liz takes you on a journey on Barking’s light railway
Advent Delights - Door 10
Lesley leads us back to the home of the Hewetts l, long ago…
Advent Delights - Door 11
Find out why clogs are the next heritage treat from our digital exhibition…
Advent Delights - Door 12
George opens the door on a Scandinavian pine forest and explains its links with Barking's past.
Advent Delights - Door 13
Behind the Eastbury advent doors today is a stone bottle with a story to tell...
Advent Delights - Door 14
Lesley leads us through the history of an ancient Barking home...
Advent Delights - Door 15
Lesley let’s us into door 15 to find out what happened to Fulkes Manor…
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"Please Sir, can I have some more?" Sue shows us into Barking's Workhouse...
Advent Delights - Door 17
Sue shares the history of Barking's Station and Station Parade.
Advent Delights - Door 18
Find out why there is an elephant behind door 18 - which reviews the role and highlights of Ripple Road...
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Eric elaborates on what became of Blake's Corner in Barking and the clock which once stood on top...
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George starts a tour of East Street stores as we step nearer to Christmas...
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This door explains how a waistcoat , was part of 'the full Monty' and often 'gone for a Burton'...
Advent Delights - Door 22
Behind the door today - cattle on East Street - George explains why as he continues the history of this ancient thoroughfare...
Advent Delights - Door 23
George and Eric start the story of Worricker's Toy store in Barking - where many Christmas toys were purchsed in the past...
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George completes our Advent Delights on the night before Christmas - with the treasure of our collection - one of the early twentieth century glass and copper W signs - seen in the the 1930s photograph of the store at 3 East Street - which was discovered and restored as part of the project! We hope you have enjoyed this digital version of our heritage exhibition and we wish you all a merry Christmas!
Full Digital Exhibition Delights
If you missed our 'Advent Delights' you can view our full digital exhibition here - 24 exhibits that delighted us and we hope will delight you too - sponsored by The National Lottery Heritage Fund