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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:	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:	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:	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:	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:	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:	Beehive Lane, Gants Hill (1904) Beehive Lane was named after a pub - The Beehive. Unthinkable today, it had a quieter, rural phase until the twentieth century Old London postcard TUM image id: 1636124941 Licence:	Flooding in Southborough Road (later Grantham Road) Manor Park, 1903 Credit: Newham Archive TUM image id: 1566918028 Licence:	Early Central Line poster TUM image id: 1629993957 Licence:

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1950s street map, showing the location of the Wanstead Flats Prefabs (1945-57)
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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.
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