One borough, one community
It seems quite obvious to me that the "one community" element of this Barking & Dagenham Council epithet for the borough is put there specifically to address the enduring idea that B&D is divided into two parts. In 1965 two former municipal boroughs did merge to form one London Borough (with other minor changes) and in 1980, those who believed that this merger should be reflected in the LB name won out, and The London Borough of Barking became The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. It is one LB - no question, despite what a few people seem to believe (still), but the two parts idea still persists. I have just seen the draft report of some research I worked on and it is interesting to see the issue touched on by writers who are certainly too young to have any recollection of 1965 and probably too young to have any recollection of 1980. Even so, they are not 'from round here' and would not / could not be expected to grasp the thrust and nuances of this faul