I am surprised at how little Ford manufactures now in Britain considering the volume of product they sell in the UK , you would of thought that because of British loyalty to Ford product that they would respond in kind .

Geoff was on BBC news this morning for real

@jck_crwthrmtb9413

7 жыл бұрын

Can you send me the link

@jck_crwthrmtb9413

7 жыл бұрын

thanks

@tanithrosenbaum

7 жыл бұрын

Can you send me the link too?

My Dad worked there in the 70's, he'd go down to Erith Pier and catch the Ford Boat across the River. Can you imagine a manufacturer laying on transport for their staff these days? The boat used to come all the way up from Gravesend if I remember correctly.

@sleeptyper

7 жыл бұрын

Back in those days an employee was an asset, not a mandatory expenditure.

@NextSound170

7 жыл бұрын

sleeptyper Well said, same MO for London Transport too

@tanithrosenbaum

7 жыл бұрын

Well, London Transport kinda does operate transport for their staff though. It just so happens that said transport is open to the general public as well... :)

@daveconyard8946

3 жыл бұрын

thank you

Londonist has returned! Please keep a schedule, I'm a fan of the production.

Who else is glad they're back??

Horray LONDONIST IS BACK!!!

I thought londonist had closed ........ Good to have you back with interesting snippets of londons history

Thank you for getting rid of the subtitles!

worked for a haulage firm in London in the 70's and used to deliver stuff to Ford's at good old Dagenham. was a pub close by called the Henry Ford.Had the odd beer in there. Think they were building escorts and cortinas when I was dropping off to them.God knows how many workers there was but it was pretty busy.Even want to Dagenham Dock and saw the big export car crates heading for New Zealand among other places.memories. ..☺☺

Truly amazing.

My mum and dad would shop at Asda Dagenham because we lived in barking. I used to pass by the Ford factory and I would love seeing it. It’s a shame Ford pulled the plug and turned the plant into a block of flats

it says on some bus timetables that there's a once a day service to the factory operated by I think stagecoach

How does it look from the outside?

The robot on the right at 1:27 totally got stage fright and forgot what to do, so it just awkwardly moved around a bit (just like I do when I'm on camera)

@BLX187

7 жыл бұрын

lol youre high

What the song called in the background in this video?

I live in Dagenham!!

@charlezplayz5325

7 жыл бұрын

Isaac Olalokiki Me too!

shame how dagenham has just gone downhill but i see a recovery coming

what's the name of the background music?

@SleepscapeSerenity

7 жыл бұрын

its terrible isnt it. really takes away from the edit

Glad to see video from Londonist again! Yoo-hoo!

i wanna go in their and look at all the fords that they have kept

my grand dad worked here!

@conorwilson1382

7 жыл бұрын

John Doe more like ford escort

I miss the subtitles 😢

Now, I didn't know they designed the diesel engines on site. I thought that was in Aachen in Germany.

where's the London least used stations series???

thanks for getting rid of the subtitles

@arfski

7 жыл бұрын

It's for people on mobile devices with the sound turned off, especially on social media posts, really useful when you watch a video without the entire office knowing!

@trainspotting4401

7 жыл бұрын

arfski (boss: who's watching videos) worker urm um not me( boss: I'm standing Wright behind you) (worker oh)

I work there I’ve been in there few times

Stacey is the most famous thing in Dagenham

@chhavikochhar2123

7 жыл бұрын

will16320 I went to school with her 🤣

What, no mention of Dudley Moore, Dagenham's own Phallic Thimble?

mmm more on the xr2i..

impressive, where do you fit 30k employees in with all those robots? or has the number dwindled somewhat? what is the "living wage" for a robot?

So when Geoff leaves Londonist drifts out the way Anglophenia did.

@tanithrosenbaum

7 жыл бұрын

Huh? Geoff left or is going to leave Londonist?

@benphillips6386

7 жыл бұрын

He's not there ate the moment. He's doing All The Stations with Vicki. Have you been watching it? I don't know if he's leaving indefinitely

Just to be a nerd for a moment but weren't GT40s made in Slough, not Dagenham?

@flavoredsnacks9979

7 жыл бұрын

Chris Stephens The Road-going GTs and the Mk IV GT40 were/are built in North America but the 60s GT40 Marks I, II, and III were built in Slough.

@chrisstephens6673

7 жыл бұрын

So the real ones were made in Slough, one doesn't count the new ones as real. They are not real because they don't try to decapitate Clarkson when the door is closed. :>(

@flavoredsnacks9979

7 жыл бұрын

So the MkIV GT40 which won the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 1967 12 Hours of Sebring isn't a real GT40? TIL.

@chrisstephens6673

7 жыл бұрын

No, just copies :>) I cut down my reply to one (very) little witticism because we were getting away from the slough dagenham question.

Will Geoff be returning?

@Sam-gf6ue

7 жыл бұрын

Rob Williamson he is doing all the stations so can't work for londonist

@Clowch99

7 жыл бұрын

Of course he will, he's just away at the moment. I'm sure you know about All The Stations

@robwillie226

7 жыл бұрын

Sam 1 I know, I've seen everyone. I just don't like the editing style in the video or the guy in it.

That's how you fit a cam belt.

@vincentdeguard4726

7 жыл бұрын

far easier when the engine block isn't in the car!

Who wudda thought, high tech manufacturing done in the UK!

@hoffwell

7 жыл бұрын

tsangpogorge It's the low tech stuff that's gone abroad. Turks are ok to put a van together but seemingly not to be trusted making the engine.

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The choice of music is terrible by the way. it really ruins it.

Making dirty diesels...