Pictured at the top of this page is Old Church Road looking north in c1925.

With solid housing, plenty of amenities, a rich social life, close to the forest and fast trains to London, Chingford must have been the suburban dream for so may people who settled here in the early part of the 20th century.

East London and West Essex Guardian Series:

A modern-day view of the same road

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