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List Of People From Barking And Dagenham
Among those who were born in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough are: A *Les Allen – former footballer and manager *Tony Adams – footballer B *Giles Barnes – professional footballer for Vancouver Whitecaps *Adam Barrett – professional footballer for Southend United F.C. * Rev. Abraham Blackborne – one of the longest-serving vicars of Dagenham * Mark Blackhall – professional footballer * Jamie Borthwick – actor * Billy Bragg – alternative rock musician. *Sir Trevor Brooking – former professional footballer with West Ham * Max Bygraves – musician, moved to the area in 1945 C * George Carey – Lord Carey of Clifton Archbishop of Canterbury * Henry Chilver (Lord Chilver) – vice-chancellor of Cranfield Institute of Technology; Chair of Milton Keynes Development Corporation * James Cook, Captain James Cook – married in Barking in 1762 D * Devlin (rapper), Devlin – Grime MC * Françoise Dior � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Borough Of Barking And Dagenham
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham () is a London borough in East London. It lies around 9 miles (14.4 km) east of Central London. It is an Outer London borough and the south is within the London Riverside section of the Thames Gateway; an area designated as a national priority for urban regeneration. At the 2011 census it had a population of 187,000, the majority of which are within the Becontree estate. The borough's three main towns are Barking, Chadwell Heath and Dagenham. The local authorities are the Barking and Dagenham London Borough Councils. Barking and Dagenham was one of six London boroughs to host the 2012 Summer Olympics. History The London Borough of Barking was formed in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. It covered almost all the area of the Municipal Borough of Barking and the greater part of the area of the Municipal Borough of Dagenham, both of which were abolished by the same act. At the time of its creation the combined populatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diversity (dance Troupe)
Diversity are a British street dance troupe formed in 2007 and based in London. They are best known for winning the third series of ''Britain's Got Talent'' in 2009, beating Susan Boyle in the live final. Diversity consists of friends from London (Leytonstone and Dagenham) and Essex (Basildon), including four sets of siblings and eight other members. At the time they appeared on ''Britain's Got Talent'', some were still at school or university, while others had jobs of their own. The group, ranging in age from –, consists of leader and choreographer Ashley Banjo and the following other members: Jordan Banjo, Sam Craske, Mitchell Craske, Perri Kiely, Warren Russell, Terry Smith, Nathan Ramsay, Theo Mckenzie-Hayton, Adam Mckop, Kelvin Clark, Jordan Samuel, Shante Samuel, Starr Kiely, Georgia Lewis and Morgan Plom. Founding members Ashton Russell, Ian McNaughton, Jamie McNaughton, Matthew McNaughton and Ike Chuks have left Diversity. They are currently managed by Danielle Banjo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny-Boy Hatchard
Danny-Boy Hatchard (born 26 July 1991) is an English actor, known for portraying the role of Lee Carter in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. Hatchard's other credits include Aaron in the 2014 film ''We Still Kill the Old Way'' and Steven Pierce in the 20th anniversary production of '' Beautiful Thing''. In July 2019, it was announced that he will play Private Rhett Charlton in the fourth series of ''Our Girl''. Career On 21 January 2014, Hatchard was cast in the role of Lee Carter in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. He began filming his first scenes in February. It was announced in 2016 that Hatchard would leave ''EastEnders'' in 2017. He returned temporarily in late 2019 for a short stint, and again in December 2020. In 2020 Hatchard joined the cast of the BBC military drama ''Our Girl ''Our Girl'' is a British television military drama series, written and created by Tony Grounds, first broadcast on BBC One on 24 March 2013. The series initially starred Lacey Turner a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RMS Titanic
RMS ''Titanic'' was a British passenger Ocean liner, liner, operated by the White Star Line, which Sinking of the Titanic, sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United States. Of the Sinking of the Titanic#Casualties and survivors, estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, more than 1,500 died, making it List of maritime disasters, the deadliest sinking of a single ship up to that time. It remains the deadliest peacetime sinking of a superliner (passenger ship), superliner or cruise ship. The disaster drew public attention, provided foundational material for the disaster film genre, and has inspired many artistic works. Royal Mail Ship, RMS ''Titanic'' was the Timeline of largest passenger ships, largest ship afloat at the time she entered service and the second of three s operated by the White Star Line. She was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Hart
Eva Miriam Hart Member of the Order of the British Empire, MBE (31 January 1905 – 14 February 1996) was a British woman who was one of the last remaining survivors of Sinking of the RMS Titanic, the sinking of RMS Titanic, RMS ''Titanic'' on 15 April 1912. Biography Early life Eva Hart was born on 31 January 1905 in Ilford, Essex (now part of Greater London), England, to a Jewish father and a Christian mother. Her parents were Benjamin Hart and his wife Esther Hart (Titanic survivor), Esther (née Bloomfield). Eva was their only child. Esther had been previously married and had nine children from her first marriage. Eva was educated at St. Mary's Convent (later St. Mary's Hare Park) in Gidea Park, London. In early 1912, Benjamin decided his family would emigrate to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was influenced by his brother, who already lived there and economic recessions at that time in England, in his decision to emigrate. Aboard ''Titanic'' Eva was seven years old when s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Gray (cricketer)
Stephen Kevin Gray (born 6 July 1988) is an English former first-class cricketer. Gray was born at Barking and was educated at Canon Palmer School, before going up to Anglia Ruskin University. While studying at Anglia Ruskin, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge UCCE against Somerset at Fenner's in 2008. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge UCCE (later MCCU) until 2010, making eight appearances. He scored 190 runs in his eight matches, at an average of 21.11 and a high score of 35 not out. In addition to playing first-class cricket, Gray also played minor counties cricket for Norfolk from 2007–14, making 23 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship and 29 appearances in the MCCA Knockout Trophy The National Counties Cricket Association Knockout Cup was started in 1983 as a knockout one-day competition for the National Counties in English cricket. At first it was known as the ''English Industrial Estates Cup'', before being called the . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Gbegbaje
The fifth series of British talent competition programme ''Britain's Got Talent'' was broadcast on ITV, from 16 April to 4 June 2011; due to live coverage of the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final on 28 May, the final audition episode of the series was pushed back a day to avoid clashing with it. As Piers Morgan had departed from the programme the previous year, and the schedule of Simon Cowell made him unable to attend auditions, the producers arranged for Amanda Holden to be joined by David Hasselhoff and Michael McIntyre on the judging panel.McIntyre, Hasselhoff for 'Britain's Got Talent' Digital Spy, 14 December 2010 Due to Hasselhoff's schedule during filming of the auditions, |
Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry (née Gurney; 21 May 1780 – 12 October 1845), sometimes referred to as Betsy Fry, was an English prison reformer, social reformer, philanthropist and Quaker. Fry was a major driving force behind new legislation to improve the treatment of prisoners, especially female inmates, and as such has been called the "Angel of Prisons". She was instrumental in the 1823 Gaols Act which mandated sex-segregation of prisons and female warders for female inmates to protect them from sexual exploitation. Fry kept extensive diaries in which the need to protect female prisoners from rape and sexual exploitation is explicit. She was supported in her efforts by Queen Victoria and by Emperors Alexander I and Nicholas I of Russia and was in correspondence with both, their wives and the Empress Mother. In commemoration of her achievements she was depicted on the Bank of England £5 note, in circulation between 2002 and 2016. Background and early life Elizabeth Fry was born in Gurney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Frost
Nicholas Jonathan Frost (born 28 March 1972) is a British actor, author, comedian, painter, producer and screenwriter. He has appeared in the ''Three Flavours Cornetto'' trilogy of films, consisting of ''Shaun of the Dead'' (2004), ''Hot Fuzz'' (2007), and '' The World's End'' (2013), and the television comedy ''Spaced'' (1999–2001). He also appeared in Joe Cornish's film ''Attack the Block'' (2011). He co-starred in the 2011 film ''Paul'', which he co-wrote with frequent collaborator and best friend Simon Pegg. He has also portrayed various roles in the sketch show ''Man Stroke Woman''. In 2020, he co-created and starred in the paranormal comedy horror series ''Truth Seekers'' with Pegg. Early life Frost was born on 28 March 1972 in Hornchurch, East London, the son of John Frost and his Welsh wife, Tricia (died 2005), who were office furniture designers. When he was 10, his sister died of an asthma attack, aged 18. He attended Beal High School in Ilford. When Frost was 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Frost (cricketer)
Mark Frost (born 21 October 1962) is a former English cricketer. Frost was a right-handed batting who bowled right-arm medium-fast. His main role in a team was a bowler. He was born at Barking, Essex. Early career and Surrey He attended Durham University from 1981 to 1984, while studying there he played for Durham University Cricket Club. Frost made his debut in county cricket for Staffordshire in the 1984 Minor Counties Championship against Cambridgeshire. He next appeared in county cricket in 1987, once again representing Staffordshire in the Minor Counties Championship, making five appearances in that season. Following trial for several first-class counties, Frost was signed by Surrey for the 1988 season, making his first-class debut against Cambridge University in that same season. Frost made three further first-class appearances in 1988, and followed this up by making nine more in 1989. In thirteen first-class matches for Surrey, Frost took 25 wickets at an average of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Farnham
John Peter Farnham AO (born 1 July 1949) is a British born Australian singer. Farnham was a teen pop idol from 1967 until 1979, billed then as Johnny Farnham, but has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer.McFarlane (1999). Encyclopedia entry for ; retrieved 24 January 2010. His career has mostly been as a solo artist, although he replaced Glenn Shorrock as lead singer of Little River Band from 1982 to 1985. In September 1986, his solo single " You're the Voice" peaked at No. 1 on the Australian singles charts. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. The associated album, '' Whispering Jack'', held the No. 1 position for a total of 25 weeks and is the second-highest-selling album in Australian history. Both the single and the album had top-ten success internationally, including No. 1 in Sweden. Farnham has become one of his country's best-known and most popular performers, and he is the only Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisy Evans
S Club 8 (originally S Club Juniors) were a spin off of the British pop group S Club 7. The group's members, Jay Asforis, Daisy Evans, Calvin Goldspink, Stacey McClean, Aaron Renfree, Hannah Richings, Frankie Sandford and Rochelle Wiseman were all in their early teens or younger when they were chosen from thousands of hopefuls on the television series ''S Club Search'' in 2001. The group was originally intended only as a support act at Wembley Arena on S Club 7's ''S Club Carnival Tour''. The group also had its own documentary series, ''S Club Juniors: The Story''. History 2001–2002: Formation and ''Together'' S Club Juniors was formed in 2001 through a reality television show originally consisting of ten members; original members Connor Daley left the group soon after its formation to accept a scholarship to study ballet at a performing arts school.Then the youngest member; Marcell Peters left due to other projects. The auditions were aired on CBBC. S Club Juniors' appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
