Dagenham Days.Park LifeParsloes Park was about a mile from the door step of 49. Straight down Ivyhouse and there it was.Mar 16, 20161Mar 16, 20161
Dagenham Days.Hold the front pageMy mum’s name always looks odd when written, Dorothy Lilian Steptoe. I only ever called her mum or if referring to her she was the old…Mar 4, 2016Mar 4, 2016
Dagenham Days.A snapshot of Dorothy SteptoeMy mum’s life before she became Mrs Redmond is still pretty much a guessing game. There are lots of suggestions of where she had been and…Mar 3, 2016Mar 3, 2016
Dagenham Days.ShamMy mum’s life was always a mystery when she was alive; it’s an even bigger mystery all these years since her death in 1991.Mar 3, 2016Mar 3, 2016
Dagenham Days.She loves me, she loves me notThe passing of a loved one is always painful, the passing of a parent is so much worse. The initial confusion I felt when my mum died…Mar 2, 2016Mar 2, 2016
Dagenham Days.Big BrotherMy eldest brother, he was the one who started my interest in my mum’s unknown family. His blunt history lesson he gave me within an hour of…Mar 2, 2016Mar 2, 2016
Dagenham Days.Subway.Before the parades of shops in Dagenham became home to pawn shops, cash converters and charity stores there was a different type of shop…Feb 25, 2016Feb 25, 2016
Dagenham Days.Party timeI am not a party goer, the thought of drunken people dancing is more than enough to put me off, and the fact during my childhood I can only…Feb 24, 2016Feb 24, 2016
Dagenham Days.Life Coach.Trying to remember the last time I went on a coach, other than various school trips I’m struggling to remember any other times, this trip…Feb 23, 2016Feb 23, 2016
Dagenham Days.Creaky.It wasn’t just the inhabitants at #49 that made a noise, the whole house joined in too. Various squeaks, creeks and other mysterious sounds…Feb 23, 2016Feb 23, 2016
