Sometimes adverts are enough to make a place a landmark.

Here is the corner of High Road and Beaumont Road, Leyton, in 1956. (Image courtesy of Vestry House Museum picture archive.)

How many of these posters do you remember?

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The same spot in 2019. It could almost do with some billboards.

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These rustic-looking houses with an old-fashioned signpost and gas lamp are Oak Cottages, in Hale End Green, Waltham Forest, in 1910. (Image courtesy of Vestry House Museum picture archive.)

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Here is the same spot today. The houses are sadly gone, but the sign post on the corner is leaning at a slightly steeper angle.

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