A nostalgic picture of Albert Crescent in South Chingford c1936 showing the Odeon Cinema, ornate street lanterns, a police box, drinking fountain, gardens and WC.

A nostalgic picture of Albert Crescent in South Chingford c1936 showing the Odeon Cinema, ornate street lanterns, a police box, drinking fountain, gardens and WC

A nostalgic picture of Albert Crescent in South Chingford c1936 showing the Odeon Cinema, ornate street lanterns, a police box, drinking fountain, gardens and WC

By the outbreak of the Second World War the crescent was taken over by a warden's post with sandbags and temporary brick buildings.

A nostalgic picture of Albert Crescent in South Chingford c1936 showing the Odeon Cinema, ornate street lanterns, a police box, drinking fountain, gardens and WC?.By the outbreak of the Second World War the crescent was taken over by a wardens post

A nostalgic picture of Albert Crescent in South Chingford c1936 showing the Odeon Cinema, ornate street lanterns, a police box, drinking fountain, gardens and WC?.By the outbreak of the Second World War the crescent was taken over by a warden's post

Today it is an open space and an important bus terminus.

Credit: Gary Stone - instagram @chingfordhistorical

A view of High Road, Epping, from the early 1920s.Many of the buildings, remain including Whiskers the solicitors at no. 265 (with basement) which has occupied the building since the 1950s.Originally known as Trotter & Sons, their history goes back over

A view of High Road, Epping, from the early 1920s.Many of the buildings, remain including Whiskers the solicitors at no. 265 (with basement) which has occupied the building since the 1950s.Originally known as Trotter & Sons, their history goes back over

A view of High Road, Epping, from the early 1920s.

Many of the buildings, remain including Whiskers the solicitors at no. 265 (with basement) which has occupied the building since the 1950s.

A view of High Road, Epping, from the early 1920s.Many of the buildings, remain including Whiskers the solicitors at no. 265 (with basement) which has occupied the building since the 1950s.Originally known as Trotter & Sons, their history goes back over

A view of High Road, Epping, from the early 1920s.Many of the buildings, remain including Whiskers the solicitors at no. 265 (with basement) which has occupied the building since the 1950s.Originally known as Trotter & Sons, their history goes back over

Originally known as Trotter & Sons, their history goes back over 150 years in the town.

Credit: Gary Stone - instagram @eppinghistory