Chingford Then & Now
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       NOW 
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       Hatch Lane Chingford late 50s 
        early 60s 
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       Hatch Lane Chingford May 2013 
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       Chingford Green 1907 
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       Chingford Green 26/07/2012 
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       Chingford Assembly Hall and 
        Library in the 60s/70s  
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       Chingford Assembly Hall and 
        Library 10th July 2012 
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       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  | 
  
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       Looking North up Chingford 
        Mount late 50's early 60's 
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       Looking North up Chingford 
        Mount March 2012 
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       "The Bird Cage" sign. 
        September 2010  
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       The Bird cage has gone from 
        the top, but the words give it away! March 2012 
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       Then "The 
        Bird Cage" September 2010 
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       Now "Chanz" March 
        2012 
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       Chingford Old Church (All Saints) 
        South Side 
    Commercial postcard date stamped Feb 1911  | 
     
       Chingford Old Church (All Saints) 
        South Side  
    September 2011  | 
  
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       Chingford Old Church (All Saints) 
        North Side 
    Commercial postcard date stamped Feb 1907  | 
     
       Chingford Old Church (All Saints) 
        North Side  
    September 2011  | 
  
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       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 .  | 
  
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       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 
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       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  | 
  
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       "The Prince Albert" 
        sign. 
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    Replaced by "The Bird Cage" sign | 
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       "The Prince Albert" 
        after it was closed 
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       Now "The Bird Cage" 
        2010 
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       Looking up Chingford Mount 
        in the early 1900s 
    Commercial Postcard.  | 
    Looking up Chingford Mount in October 2011 | 
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       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 | 
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       All "NOW" photo's are © 
        Richard Dunn  
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