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From: James Roberts <>
Subject: Re: [EoLFHS] Memories.....Barking
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 18:41:58 +0100 (BST)
In-Reply-To: <013501c3652b$9aa7e780$720cf6d2@PC>


Ann & David Best <> wrote:I don't have any memories of Barking as I left there in 1940 as a toddler in the sidecar of a motorbike ridden by my Dad across to my grandparents home in Ickenham during the hours of blackout . However my mother used to tell me I was born "at Barking in the dog's home" - Upney Hospital actually. My Dad was born on the Isle of Dogs so it seemed fitting. Once when I told a fellow East Ender here in NZ where I came from he replied "Woof! Woof!" Is that a common rejoinder?

Cheers, Ann C Best, Wellington, NZ.


I was born on the Isle of Dogs 75 years ago and I have NEVER NEVER heard of woof woof after telling people where I came from, and incidently, we are East Londoners, not Eastenders which is derogatory.

Best Wishes eveyone. James Roberts (10132)




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