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Friday Hill housing estate in the early 1950s (Image: Gary Stone)

Friday Hill housing estate in the early 1950s (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: Friday Hill housing estate in Chingford

Epping High Street in the 1920s (Image: Gary Stone)

Epping High Street in the 1920s (Image: Gary Stone)

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Epping High Street

Then and Now: How St John's Tower in Epping looked 100 years ago

The Chingford War Memorial c1925 (Image: Gary Stone)

The Chingford War Memorial c1925 (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: Chingford War Memorial

The Broadway in Debden in the 1960s (Image: Gary Stone)

The Broadway in Debden in the 1960s (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: The Broadway in Debden

Epping Town in the 1960s (Image: Gary Stone)

Epping Town in the 1960s (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: The relatively unchanged Epping Town

Market Terrace in Station Road, Chingford c1895 (Image: Gary Stone)

Market Terrace in Station Road, Chingford c1895 (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: Market Terrace in Station Road, Chingford

SS Peter and Paul Church on Chingford Green c1910 (Image: Gary Stone)

SS Peter and Paul Church on Chingford Green c1910 (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: SS Peter and Paul Church on Chingford Green

The Old Wheatsheaf Inn in Loughton c1900 (Image: Gary Stone)

The Old Wheatsheaf Inn in Loughton c1900 (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: The Old Wheatsheaf Inn is now an Italian restaurant

The boathouse by Connaught Waters in Epping Forest is no longer there (Image: Gary Stone)

The boathouse by Connaught Waters in Epping Forest is no longer there (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: Connaught Waters in Epping Forest

Albert Crescent, Chingford in the late 1930s (Image: Gary Stone)

Albert Crescent, Chingford in the late 1930s (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: Woolworths in Albert Crescent, Chingford

The Bell Inn on Epping New Road c1902 (Image: Gary Stone)

The Bell Inn on Epping New Road c1902 (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: The Bell Inn on Epping New Road

Crowds used to turn up to watch the carnival at Hastings

Crowds used to turn up to watch the carnival at Hastings

Carnivals ain't what they used to be!

A rare sight was captured in London as Steamer Waverley was spotted sailing under Tower Bridge.

A rare sight was captured in London as Steamer Waverley was spotted sailing under Tower Bridge.

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Photos show moment world’s ‘last’ 1940s paddle steamer passes under Tower Bridge

The level crossing at Chingford Hatch in 1935 (Image: Gary Stone)

The level crossing at Chingford Hatch in 1935 (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: Chingford Hatch level crossing

Loughton High Road c1900 (Image: Gary Stone)

Loughton High Road c1900 (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: Lopping Hall and its clocktower in Loughton

Wartime agent Violette Szabo

Wartime agent Violette Szabo

The female spies who risked their lives behind enemy lines featured in exhibition

Old Church Road in the 1950s (Image: Gary Stone)

Old Church Road in the 1950s (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: Remembering the shops of Old Church Road in Chingford

Teverson’s butchers’ shop on Kings Green, Loughton in 1887 (Image: Gary Stone)

Teverson’s butchers’ shop on Kings Green, Loughton in 1887 (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: Teverson's butchers on King's Green, Loughton

A beaming Tony Currie revives Pye record label

A beaming Tony Currie revives Pye record label

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Kinks’ classic record label revived after 40 years - and on vinyl

Church House in Church Lane, Loughton c1880 (Image: Gary Stone)

Church House in Church Lane, Loughton c1880 (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: Church House in Church Lane, Loughton

The Retreat in Bury Road, Chingford, late 1890s (Image: Gary Stone)

The Retreat in Bury Road, Chingford, late 1890s (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: The Jubilee Retreat in Chingford

Epping at the turn of the 20th century (Image: Gary Stone)

Epping at the turn of the 20th century (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: The tree-lined Epping High Street

Like most people, Brett Ellis shops onine (Image: PA)

Like most people, Brett Ellis shops onine (Image: PA)

Nostalgic for the traditional way of shopping

An overgrown cottage on The Ridgeway, Chingford (Image: Gary Stone)

An overgrown cottage on The Ridgeway, Chingford (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and now: A hidden cottage on The Ridgeway, Chingford

House on Loughton High Street built by architect Edmond Egan c1870 (Image: Gary Stone)

House on Loughton High Street built by architect Edmond Egan c1870 (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: Architecturally built house in Loughton

Various trades operated from these cottages on Station Road, Chingford c1911 (Image: Gary Stone)

Various trades operated from these cottages on Station Road, Chingford c1911 (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: Trades in Station Road, Chingford

The One With The Friends Experience In London

The One With The Friends Experience In London

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'I went to the FRIENDS Experience in London and OH… MY… GOD’

The Prince Albert Pub in Chingford Mount c1906 (Image: Gary Stone)

The Prince Albert Pub in Chingford Mount c1906 (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: The Prince Albert pub in Chingford Mount

Epping High Street c1924 (Image: Gary Stone)

Epping High Street c1924 (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: The rural end of Epping High Street

Chingford Police posing for a photograph outside their newly built Station on Kings Head Hill in 1887 (Gary Stone)

Chingford Police posing for a photograph outside their newly built Station on Kings Head Hill in 1887 (Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: Bobbies on the beat in Kings Hill, Chingford

Brett Ellis admits to getting excited over a kitchen gadget (Wikimedia)

Brett Ellis admits to getting excited over a kitchen gadget (Wikimedia)

A middle-aged man and a kitchen gadget

Loughton Baptist Church c1910 (Gary Stone)

Loughton Baptist Church c1910 (Gary Stone)

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Loughton Baptist Church

Then and Now: Loughton Baptist Church

Brett Ellis says that there is nothing finer than a well cooked Full English breakfast

Brett Ellis says that there is nothing finer than a well cooked Full English breakfast

'Care and love taken over breakfasts is becoming outdated'

Publican Henry Barradine, wife Janet and their daughter outside of The Royal Oak pub in Sewardstone Road, Chingford in the 1920s (Image: Gary Stone)

Publican Henry Barradine, wife Janet and their daughter outside of The Royal Oak pub in Sewardstone Road, Chingford in the 1920s (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: The Royal Oak in Sewardstone Road, Chingford

Children are not given the same freedom today that they were in the 1970s

Children are not given the same freedom today that they were in the 1970s

I hardly ever get to say 'be back in time for tea'!

Volunteer Pauline Obee who started the fundraising ball rolling and came up with idea of the Golden Mile of £1 coins in 1990

Volunteer Pauline Obee who started the fundraising ball rolling and came up with idea of the Golden Mile of £1 coins in 1990

Saint Francis Hospice

'I held a bucket at first collection - now hospice has reached its 40th anniversary'

The Bull & Crown in North Chingford c1890 (Gary Stone)

The Bull & Crown in North Chingford c1890 (Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: Chingford's Bull & Crown

Epping High Street c1915 (Gary Stone)

Epping High Street c1915 (Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: The water fountain in Epping High Street

The Wesleyan Chapel in Chingford Hatch c1906 (Image: Gary Stone)

The Wesleyan Chapel in Chingford Hatch c1906 (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: Wesleyan Chapel in Hatch Lane, Chingford

Station Road in Epping c1895 (Image: Gary Stone)

Station Road in Epping c1895 (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: Children can safely play on Station Road in Epping

Old Church Road, Chingford, in the 1950s (Image: Gary Stone)

Old Church Road, Chingford, in the 1950s (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: Development of Chingford Terrace

The police station at the junction of Loughton High Road c1915 (Image: Gary Stone)

The police station at the junction of Loughton High Road c1915 (Image: Gary Stone)

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Metropolitan Police

Then and Now: The police in Loughton High Road

Pimp Hall Farm with the dovecote in the 1880s (Image: Gary Stone)

Pimp Hall Farm with the dovecote in the 1880s (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: Pimp Hall Farm in Chingford

The Odeon Cinema in South Chingford opened in 1935

The Odeon Cinema in South Chingford opened in 1935

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Then and Now: The Odeon Cinema in South Chingford

Del Boy (middle) regularly called his brother Rodney (left) a plonker in Only Fools and Horses (Image: Newsquest)

Del Boy (middle) regularly called his brother Rodney (left) a plonker in Only Fools and Horses (Image: Newsquest)

Generations separated by a common language

Epping High Street in the 1920s

Epping High Street in the 1920s

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Then and Now: Epping High Street

Brett Ellis was born in Hastings (Image: Pixaby)

Brett Ellis was born in Hastings (Image: Pixaby)

Neglected birth town is officially recognised as miserable

The former post office on Loughton High Street c1915 (Image: Gary Stone)

The former post office on Loughton High Street c1915 (Image: Gary Stone)

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Then and Now: The former post office in Loughton High Road

A postcard of the obelisk on Pole Hill, Chingford (Image: Postcard by F Frith & Co Ltd Reigate)

A postcard of the obelisk on Pole Hill, Chingford (Image: Postcard by F Frith & Co Ltd Reigate)

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Then and Now: The obelisk on Pole Hill in Chingford

Chingford Station stand for a photograph on Platform 2 in c1912

Chingford Station stand for a photograph on Platform 2 in c1912

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Then and Now: Chingford railway station

A rare photograph of York Hill in Loughton c1910

A rare photograph of York Hill in Loughton c1910

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Then and Now: York Hill in Loughton

Old Church Road, Chingford, in 1905

Old Church Road, Chingford, in 1905

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Then and now: Stone masons in Old Church Road in Chingford

Epping High Street in the 1950s

Epping High Street in the 1950s

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Then and Now: Ever popular Epping High Street