The 1970s. Zany fashions brought the Decade That Taste Forgot. Change is in the air. Decimal currency; the Common Market; widespread strikes; the Winter of Discontent; IRA bombings; the sale of Council houses and quickie divorces make their mark on the whole country including the community of the Banjo. The eight households who live in Cromwell Close experience births, deaths, marriages, shocks and surprises but as the 70s become the 80s and beyond Dagenham undergoes great transformation. The once close-knit Community is changing.

"The Banjo - One and Two, are novels both based on living in Dagenham from 1950s to present day (August 2020). Documenting the life of a group of families growing up on the estate and the changes experienced. It is an excellent social history as well as an entertaining read." - Lena Smith

Barking and Dagenham nomination.