Chingford Then & Now

 

THEN
NOW
Hatch Lane Chingford late 50s early 60s
Commercial Postcard
Hatch Lane Chingford May 2013
Chingford Green 1907
Commercial Postcard
Chingford Green 26/07/2012
Chingford Assembly Hall and Library in the 60s/70s
Commercial Postcard
Chingford Assembly Hall and Library 10th July 2012
Chingford Municiple Offices in the 60s/70s
Commercial Postcard
Chingford Municiple Offices 24th June 2012
For a selection of photos between these dates CLICK HERE
Looking North up Chingford Mount late 50's early 60's
Commercial Postcard
Looking North up Chingford Mount March 2012
"The Bird Cage" sign. September 2010
The Bird cage has gone from the top, but the words give it away! March 2012
Then "The Bird Cage" September 2010
Now "Chanz" March 2012
Chingford Old Church (All Saints) South Side
Commercial postcard date stamped Feb 1911
Chingford Old Church (All Saints) South Side
September 2011
Chingford Old Church (All Saints) North Side
Commercial postcard date stamped Feb 1907
Chingford Old Church (All Saints) North Side
September 2011
Chingford Bus Station April 1974. Routemaser RML2519 on Route 102 to Golders Green
© Witz Czerny and reproduced with his kind permission.
Chingford Bus Station February 2011. ADL975 on Route 444
at the same stand as RML2519.
The connifer trees obscure the housing .
Tram at terminus in the middle of Chingford Mount Road looking towards Albert Crescent. The Building on the right is the " Prince Albert" pub
© Vestry House Museum
The same spot in 2008
The Prince Albert pub. Unfortunately there is no date
Commercial Postcard. Postage was ½d

The Prince Albert is beneath Iceland Supermarket on the same site, but is now closed

"The Prince Albert" sign.
Replaced by "The Bird Cage" sign
"The Prince Albert" after it was closed
Now "The Bird Cage" 2010
Looking up Chingford Mount in the early 1900s
Commercial Postcard.
Looking up Chingford Mount in October 2011
Albert Crescent Chingford about 1960. 557 Trolley Bus destined for Liverpool Street Station
©
R.H.G. Simpson. Reproduced with kind permission.
Albert Crescent Chingford 2008. W16 waiting to depart for Leytonstone Underground Station

All "NOW" photo's are © Richard Dunn