Nobody really likes looking at power stations, do they? This week, we have one view that looks a lot better, and another that looks a lot worse.
Here is a view from Daws Hill, Chingford of Brimsdown and King George V Reservoir. Undated (image courtesy of Vestry House Museum picture archive)
Here is the same view today by photographer Mark Soanes:
And here is East Avenue looking west from Vestry Road playground in Walthamstow, east London in 1967. (Image courtesy of Vestry House Museum picture archive.)
In the same view today, the open space has been replaced by fences and a multi-use games area. Whatever happened to jumpers for goalposts?
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