Valence Park: A memory of Dagenham

Valence Park

A Memory of Dagenham.

Valence Park swimming pool I remember always being cold. It cost a couple pennies in old money, cup of oxo and a thick biscuit, and the old changing sheds by the pool, 2 foot gap top and bottom of door, freezing, haha. The noise in there - I can still hear it now. What fun we all had, I also remember the bandstand, and Sunday am people reading their Sunday papers, just relaxing, good times.
My name is Bryan Cole, I went to Triptons year of 1966, I look forward to hearing from anyone from Triptons.

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I went to triptons brian, but 10 years before yer, wasn't a bad school really.fond memories.

By caine8 on Tue Jul 7th 2015, at 10:49 am

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yer my memmories are good,apart from the head finch like the cain, and sciance teacher catch u talking in the hall hit u with a book across the ear that hurt lol

By Brian Cole on Mon Jul 13th 2015, at 12:10 pm

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Hi, I went to Triptons Girl School in approx 1956 coming from Grafton Junior School. I only stayed for about 18 months before we moved away. When I went to Triptons it was a divided school with girls at one end and the boys at the other and we were never allowed to mix. I remember the swimming pool in Valence Park and as you say it was always cold but the oxo was hot. I can remember there also being a very large playground not far from the pool. Good memories.

By susfran on Thu Mar 8th 2018, at 5:27 pm

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