Local History

Bulldozers demolishing the former Royston Arms

Looking back

When bulldozers tore down a beloved pub to make way for flats

Then & Now: A newly-built church pictured a century ago

The people who called the much-missed Grove Tavern home

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Then & Now: Rolling farm fields that made way for housing and a school

When an appeal was launched to build a new hospital in Watford

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When Mini Holland scheme led to big increase in cars using road

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Then & Now: Surviving tree from century-old picture cut down

The band created to bring 'pleasure to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood'

Then & Now: The former farm once home to a 16th century inn

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Looking back

When developers offered first glimpse of plans for historic cinema

Then & Now: Early tricycle rides along a high street a century ago

Then & Now: A glimpse of how road direction signs once looked

How do I view the 1921 census? Is it free? Your questions answered

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Looking back

When man had lucky escape after tree fell on house

Then & Now: A tranquil scene pictured at the turn of the 20thcentury

Then & Now: 120-year-old picture of carriages awaiting their passengers

Then & Now - a Tudor hunting lodge and a wintry high street view

Then & Now: Two people enjoying a countryside walk a century ago

The fun and games served up at dinner parties

Then & Now: The coal merchant who delivered post and circulated gossip

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'This is all about money': When planned new parking scheme was slammed

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Then & Now: A picture postcard view of a Victorian High Street

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Memories of the White Swan which closed when 'last barrel was empty'

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Then & Now: A peaceful scene that became a busy road junction

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The man who built the Thorn electrical empire

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Looking back

Dramatic picture of burnt out double-decker bus

Then & Now: Church that cost £6,500 to build and furnish pictured 110 years ago

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Letters offering insight into one of Europe’s most noble houses

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Then & Now: The old Chingford railway bridge pictured a century ago

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Looking back

When late Hollywood star was pictured filming outside a Leytonstone pub

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Then & Now: Cars pictured parked in a marketplace in the 1940s

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The grand house that became home to a bishop

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Then & Now: The area that was a 'suburban dream'

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Looking back

When plans to build 600 homes on much-loved sports ground were blocked

Then & Now: A 150-year-old picture in which many buildings survive to this day

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Showbiz Nostalgia

Product placement is now allowed on TV - but does it work?

Then & Now: A rural East London scene pictured a century ago

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I'm a 24-hour 50th birthday party person

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Looking back

'Stop destroying 130 years of history' - when O's fans called for owner to go

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Then & Now: Memorial decicated to 66 men who fell in the First World War

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When the popular Lorne Arms was at the heart of its community

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Then & Now: Memorial erected to honour 240 servicemen who fell in the Great War

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Then & Now: The tea garden that provided refreshments to forest visitors

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Then & Now: Taking the tram in the last century

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Young Reporter

Missing Lockdown? You May Not Be Alone...

Looking back

When Michelin star restaurateur vowed to 'bring community together'

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Then & Now: Incredible spectacle of the circus visiting in Victorian times

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Then & Now: Post-war shopping parade where only the Co-op still remains

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The pioneer who founded what became Watford Grammar Schools

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Looking back

Memories of sites proposed for Waltham Forest heritage list

Then & Now: A rural scene pictured before a town grew

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The housing estate that once provided a rural idyll

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Then & Now: A charming picture of a policeman directing traffic a century ago

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Then & Now: An early car pictured alongside horse and carts 110 years ago

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