We may be heading for weeks of low traffic as fewer people travel by car, but old pictures show streets before cars were widespread.
Here is an undated image of Station Road, Chingford, courtesy of Vestry House Museum picture archive.
Here is an undated image of Station Road, Chingford, courtesy of Vestry House Museum picture archive. And here is Station Road, Chingford, in late 2019.
Below is Lea Bridge Road, Leyton, during works in 1955. (Image courtesy of Vestry House Museum picture archive.) The lines above the road are for trolley buses.
Below is Lea Bridge Road, Leyton, during works in 1955. (Image courtesy of Vestry House Museum picture archive.) The lines above the road are for trolley buses.
Only one set of buildings, in the middle distance behind trees, is present in the same street in 2019. But new buildings are going up.
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