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Two Stops Past Barking

In journalist Jane Moore's annual "awards" column, which most recently appeared in The Sun in late 2019, she named Amanda the winner of the "Dagenham Award (Two Stops Past Barking)." In Essex jargon, "two stops short of Dagenham" refers to someone who has gone mad. Amanda was deeply unhappy to be named the recipient, and she made it known...

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