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        WVS Meals On Wheels, Barking & Dagenham (c1963)

        Meals on wheels pays a visit to some of Barking & Dagenham’s elderly population in a film from the 1960s.

        Sponsored film 1953 3 mins Silent

        From the collection of:

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        Overview

        Members of the Women’s Volunteer Service are seen transporting a big box into a van and then delivering the contents – meals on wheels - to locals in Barking & Dagenham. Shows an elderly couple eating and chatting to the volunteers. Includes interior and exterior shots of Woodlands House, a grade-II listed former care home for elderly that’s now a registry office.

        Barking & Dagenham Heritage and Archives Service