Station Road in the 1940s. Credit: Gary Stone
Station Road, Chingford, in the 1940s showing the busy parade and the shops that people still affectionately remember to this day including Brimble’s the book shop and Uglows department store.
Shoppers never had to leave the village as everything could be purchased from the great variety of shops.
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