Then & Now: What used to be there before the leisure centre?

Here is High Road opposite Leyton Green, Leyton, in 1956. (Image courtesy of Vestry House Museum picture archive)

On the same spot today is Leyton Leisure Centre.

And here is Simmons Lane from railway bridge, Chingford. (Image courtesy of Vestry House Museum picture archive)

And here is Simmons Lane from railway bridge, Chingford. (Image courtesy of Vestry House Museum picture archive) Here is Simmons Lane from railway bridge, Chingford, 2019