Dagenham Girl Pipers

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The Dagenham Girl Pipers are a female bagpipe marching band based in Dagenham, London, UK.

The band was formed in by a Congregational minister in 1930, turning professional three years later ^[1], and have toured internationally.

During World War Two, the pipers were members of ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association) and entertained the troops. ^[2]

[edit] Dagenham Girl Pipers in popular culture

In an essay by Douglas Adams published in The Salmon of Doubt, Adams described the Dagenham Girl Pipers as his "dream lover", writing "With all due respect and love to my dear wife, there are some things that, however loving or tender your wife may be, only a large pipe band can give you".

[edit] References

1. ^ Olechnowicz, Andrzej (1997). Working-class Housing in England Between the Wars: The Becontree Estate. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-198206-50-X. [1] Accessed online 2007-02-16
2. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/essex/videonation/war_farm_work.shtml

[edit] External links

• Dagenham Girl Pipers at the Internet Movie Database
• Article from Barking and Dagenham Post