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Pearly kings, queens, prlncesses and assorted children and pets at the congregation of a pets service at Durning Hall on 26 June 1955, as they parade from the church past the Forest Gate Jive Academy. Credit: Newham Heritage & Archives collection TUM image id: 1556884934 Licence:	1950s street map, showing the location of the Wanstead Flats Prefabs (1945-57) TUM image id: 1642172175 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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:	The Premier Cinema, East Ham (1936) The cinema was renamed the Gaumont in 1952 and closed as a cinema in 1963. It reopened as a Top Rank Club for bingo, later renamed Mecca, which closed in 2005. In spite of being a fine example of an early cinema, it was never designated listed status and was demolished in 2009. Credit: John Maltby TUM image id: 1630689466 Licence:	Upton Park (1929) TUM image id: 1660665194 Licence:
Blake Hall Road (1916) A postcard described as Leytonstone which is in an area more often called Wanstead nowadays. The view is looking south, possibly from a viewpoint just south of Bush Road. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1629995508 Licence:	High Street North, E6 The road has been the main shopping street for East Ham since the nineteenth century. TUM image id: 1630690544 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:	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:
London in 2020 was a radically different place compared with the London of other years. Credit: Matt TUM image id: 1609176729 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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:	A view of Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean from orbit Credit: Eumetsat TUM image id: 1609177627 Licence:	London General Bus B 1322 (LF 8102) on Route 15 to Wanstead Flats. The LGOC B-type is a model of double-decker bus that was introduced in London in 1910. It was both built and operated by the London General Omnibus Company (LGOC). The bus was retired from service in the early 1920s. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1629996131 Licence:	Green Street has marked the boundary of the ancient parishes of East Ham and West Ham since the 15th century Old London postcard TUM image id: 1621289661 Licence:

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1950s street map, showing the location of the Wanstead Flats Prefabs (1945-57)
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Romford Road is the main road in Forest Gate.
Old London postcard
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