Then & Now

Memories of White Lion Inn pub in Epping with back yard attractions

Epping High Street c1950. Credit: Gary Stone
Epping High Street c1950. Credit: Gary Stone
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Epping High Street c1950 with the White Lion Inn on the left.

The pub was very popular with locals and the yard at the rear would sometimes have swings and roundabouts, stalls, shooting galleries and photographers.

Clark’s the smithy was next door but both were sadly demolished in 1961.

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