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An unknown family outside the Refreshment Chalet, Wanstead Park. The image was dated 1926 on a manuscript label on the reverse of one of a group of four photos from an unknown source. TUM image id: 1630070354 Licence:	A fairground ride with traction engine on Wanstead Flats (1925) A description on reverse of the postcard says "W Nichols Whip Wop Wanstead Flats 1925" Old London postcard TUM image id: 1629996749 Licence:	Wanstead station TUM image id: 1510185958 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The George, Wanstead (early twentieth century) The George was a central feature of Wanstead from the earliest times with local courts being held there. The depicted building dates from 1902. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1630144208 Licence:	View of Cambridge Park, Wanstead, looking east from the corner of Blake Hall Road (1914) Printed by E.G.C "The Wonder Box", The Mall, Wanstead. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1629997360 Licence:
Hermon Hill on the Snaresbrook/Wanstead border (undated) Old London postcard TUM image id: 1620668549 Licence:	Grove Cottage, on the corner of Leicester Road and George Lane (now Nutter Lane), Wanstead (1907) Oliver S. Dawson, author of ’The Story of Wanstead Park’, spent his later years in Firtree Cottage on George Lane. Both Grove Cottage - which was Wanstead’s oldest building - and Firtree Cottage have since been demolished. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1630072026 Licence:	Watch Box, St Mary’s Burial Ground, Overton Drive, Wanstead (1901) The ’Watch Box’ is a memorial to Joseph Wilton (1722-1803), sculptor and founder member of the Royal Academy. The memorial was used in the 1830s as a ’watch box’ to guard against body snatchers. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1636131879 Licence:	Romford Road is the main road in Forest Gate. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1624020514 Licence:	Woodgrange Road, Forest Gate (1905) View coming down from the station to the Alice. Going the other way, the turning on the right is Hampton Road. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1621940085 Licence:
The Green, Wanstead, looking roughly north-east toward The George (1938) Four of the sweet chestnut trees planted by Sir Josiah Child or his son Richard, 1st Earl Tylney of Castlemaine, are visible. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1630145284 Licence:	Woodgrange Road, Forest Gate. The first known record of the name ’Forest Gate’ comes from the West Ham parish registers of the late 17th century and describes a gate placed across the modern Woodford Road to prevent cattle straying from the open Wanstead Flats area of Epping Forest onto the Romford Road. The gate was located close to the former Eagle & Child public house. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1620301549 Licence:	The A12 Wanstead in the style of Vincent van Gogh (1853 – 1890) Credit: GoArt/The Underground Map TUM image id: 1629990645 Licence:	Adults and children on Wanstead Flats, beside the junction of Woodford Road and Capel Road (1910). The sign to the right, on the corner of Forest Side, reads ’Banes Manor Farm Dairy’. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1630144875 Licence:	The future sites for roads called The Avenue and Grove Park in Wanstead prior to development (1880) Both roads were constructed after the sale of the Wanstead Grove Estate. Credit: The Counties Residents TUM image id: 1630142692 Licence: