The picture at the top of this page is of Blow’s Bakery with horse-drawn delivery vans in Loughton High Road, 1901.
The large building on the far left was the first police station near the junction of Forest Road.
Despite nearly 120 years between these two photos, many of the buildings survive to this day.
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