Photo: Valence House Museum
Photo: Valence House Museum
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Barking was ideally situated for factories to be located along the riverside, allowing the transportation of cargo, fuel and finished products up and down the Roding and along the River Thames into London and beyond. What is the unique smell of the river? And the different cargoes and products carried?
Featuring extracts from The Barking Stink oral history interviews with Mike Kelly, Bob Prentice and Jim Albert. Interviews conducted by Bill Onwusah, Jamie Cho, Felicity Hawksley and Nikki Shaill.