Former factory building

Visit to East Tilbury

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October 4th 2011
The staff had organised the trip for 2 Willow Road and Fenton House volunteers to visit Bata Reminiscence and Resource Centre and explore Bata Estate in East Tilbury on 10 September 2011. I left home at 9 o’clock and it let me arrive at Barking just after 10 o’clock. I ensured I had scanned my oyster card and bought a return ticket to East Tilbury. I was meant to take the 10:34 train. A lot of ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more