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Post by finsobruce on Feb 22, 2021 9:11:56 GMT
As the article says, Beckton was named after a man called Beck who headed up the Gas and Coke works at its inception.
I had assumed it was named after Derek Beackon but his illiteracy caused him to fuck up the spelling.
No.
As we all know ructions at Beckton Gas works lead to the formation of the National Union of Gas workers and General labourers, which eventually morphed into the GMB.
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Post by Arthur Figgis on Feb 22, 2021 10:07:58 GMT
As the article says, Beckton was named after a man called Beck who headed up the Gas and Coke works at its inception.
I had assumed it was named after Derek Beackon but his illiteracy caused him to fuck up the spelling.
I assumed it was named after John Beck, as watching his brand of football was as pleasant a sight as some disused gasworks. |
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Post by carlton43 on Feb 22, 2021 10:37:39 GMT
When did the Beckton Alps go? That it was ever a thing was one of my favourite things ever. (On a par with the moment Gazza turned up with chicken and lager at the Raoul Moat standoff). We considered moving to Beckton in 2010 when we urgently needed a place to live and an FSA employee had a vacant flat there. In retrospect I'm quite glad we didn't take it. There's literally *nothing* there. Apart from the Alps, obviously. And the delightful sewage outfall; one of the largest in the world. |
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Post by finsobruce on Feb 22, 2021 10:57:36 GMT
I had assumed it was named after Derek Beackon but his illiteracy caused him to fuck up the spelling.
I assumed it was named after John Beck, as watching his brand of football was as pleasant a sight as some disused gasworks. I think the best description of John Beck's brand of football is given in Steve Claridge's book "Tales from the Boot camps". |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Nov 27, 2022 22:54:34 GMT
Notional result 2019 on the proposed new boundaries | Lab | 35678 | 78.4% | | Con | 6515 | 14.3% | | LD | 1673 | 3.7% | | BxP | 757 | 1.7% | | Grn | 650 | 1.4% | | Oth | 215 | 0.5% |
| | | | Majority | 29163 | 64.1% |
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Post by Robert Waller on Dec 3, 2022 23:24:30 GMT
2021 Census
Owner occupied 36.3% 551/573
Private rented 39.6% 8/573
Social rented 24.1% 78/573
White 25.3%
(White British 11.4%)
(White Other 12.8%
Black 14.5%
Asian 51.5%
South Asian 44.8%
Muslim 41.2% 9/650
Managerial & professional 23.0% 515/573
Routine & Semi-routine 22.0% 356/573
Degree level 37.3% 146/573
No qualifications 22.0% 124/573 4th highest increase 2011-21 out of 573
2011
Owner occupied 39.3% 547/573
Private rented 36.1% 10/573
Social rented 24.6% 88/573
White 23%, Black 16%, Sth Asian 45%
(White British 13.4%, White Other 8.9%)
Muslim 37.4% 4/650
Managerial & professional 18.8%
Routine & Semi-routine 22.1%
Degree level 29.8% 176/573
No qualifications 20.5% 373/573
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