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)

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Here is the same view today by photographer Mark Soanes:

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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.)

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In the same view today, the open space has been replaced by fences and a multi-use games area.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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