Barking flower club stalwart Irene Thompson’s resolution is to carry on volunteering
Irene Thompson, 80, founded the Barking Flower Arrangement Club in 1964, has been chair of the Parkside Stroke club for 17 years and is also vice chair and vice president of Friends of Barking Hospital. She lives Sheppey Road, Dagenham
Barking theatre company has given a step up to inspiring performers
Artistic director of Arc Theatre, Carole Pluckrose, tells us about how her company has built a reputation not just locally but across the world.
Dagenham woman’s work to help others really has been a Labour of love
Doris Vallance, 93, lives in Auriel Avenue, Dagenham. She received the prestigious Labour Party Merit Award for 40 years of dedication and hard work for the party and for the community.
“I have the best job in the world”, says Daggers MD
Steve Thompson, the managing director of the Daggers, speaks about his job.
- Making sure the voice of the community is heard
- Barking sixth former raises £40k for young churchgoers
- Protecting pupils on road crossings for nearly three decades
- Volunteering gave me confidence I lacked
- Decades at the heart of community life
- Queen of park rangers loves her open air life
- Life of devotion to the borough and its youth
- Bringing a sense of community back to Dagenham
- Post People: Making art available to all
- Wrong bus left me eating dry bread during polio recovery
- Ticket turned out to be greatest buy
- Telling it like it is on teen pregnancies
- ‘Anorexia stopped me living my life’
- Over and out from Pc who wore two hats
- Making sure students have musical chances that I had
- Allotment holder opens doors to secret garden in Reede Road in Dagenham
- How bereavement led to something positive
- Karen’s strictly in the driving seat
- Sweet success for Iren’s family business
- Weddings, funerals and odd requests: Blooming good way to earn my living
- I devoted life to caring for loved ones and am proud to be helping others
- Borough police’s real life CSI officer
- Talented trombonist talks about his passion
- Public face of policing
- Rail man reminisces about Barking Park glory days
- Adopted Londoner helped to turn comprehensive into top Barking and Dagenham school
- Redundancy catapulted me into a new life running a fashion boutique
- From driving trucks to travelling back in time
- Nana is role model for troubled youths to follow their dreams
- Parachute jump launched me into a life dedicated to helping others
- Pharmacist with his finger on the pulse of the community
- Club gives us an outlet for passion of reading
- There’s no business like showbusiness for ticket office boss
- Forget Billy the Kid, meet Bill the Kit
- Leading a close knit community down on the farm
Welcome to Post People – celebrating the lives of people in Barking and Dagenham. This series gives people the chance to share their experiences and give their views on the world past and present.
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