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In 1947 Walthamstow Council erected 176 prefab homes in Highams Park, erected in order to address the dreadful shortage of homes for Londoners after their homes had been destroyed by bombing. During the years of its existence, the estate became a much-loved village community for the families that lived there. It was demolished in 1961. Credit: Walthamstow Memories TUM image id: 1641999392 Licence:	The Cricketers, Woodford Green This local landmark started being used as a public house just before 1848, with it being first listed as a ’beer house’ that year. TUM image id: 1620148773 Licence:	Woodford Green at the top of Salway Hill Old London postcard TUM image id: 1629993244 Licence:	The Highams Park Estate was an estate of 176 prefabs which existed between 1947 and 1961. All 20 roads on the estate were dug up and Highams Park itself restored. Credit: Walthamstow Memories TUM image id: 1642002174 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Highams Park Estate was an estate of 176 prefabs which existed between 1947 and 1961. All 20 roads on the estate were dug up and Highams Park itself restored. Credit: Walthamstow Memories TUM image id: 1642002174 Licence: CC BY 2.0
A typical post-war prefab, coloured in magnolia and green Credit: Wiki Commons/Rudi Winter TUM image id: 1642090128 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Highams Park Estate was an estate of 176 prefabs which existed between 1947 and 1961. All 20 roads on the estate were dug up and Highams Park itself restored. Credit: Walthamstow Memories TUM image id: 1642002174 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Highams Park Estate was an estate of 176 prefabs which existed between 1947 and 1961. All 20 roads on the estate were dug up and Highams Park itself restored. Credit: Walthamstow Memories TUM image id: 1642002174 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Highams Park Estate was an estate of 176 prefabs which existed between 1947 and 1961. All 20 roads on the estate were dug up and Highams Park itself restored. Credit: Walthamstow Memories TUM image id: 1642002174 Licence: CC BY 2.0	A view of The Charter Road from the green between it and Henry’s Avenue (2021) The view shows semi-detached houses in the Highams Estate Credit: Wiki Commons/Regvarney75 TUM image id: 1643907321 Licence: CC BY 2.0
View down Henry’s Avenue (taken in 2021) showing the architecture typical of the Highams Estate Credit: Wiki Commons/Regvarney75 TUM image id: 1643907200 Licence: CC BY 2.0	High Road, Woodford Green (c.1900) This photo was taken just outside the Castle Hotel. TUM image id: 1620295835 Licence:	The Highams Park Estate was an estate of 176 prefabs which existed between 1947 and 1961. All 20 roads on the estate were dug up and Highams Park itself restored. Credit: Walthamstow Memories TUM image id: 1642002174 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Highams Park Estate was an estate of 176 prefabs which existed between 1947 and 1961. All 20 roads on the estate were dug up and Highams Park itself restored. Credit: Walthamstow Memories TUM image id: 1642002174 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The grounds around Highams Park Lake when the prefabs were there after the Second World War. They were demolished in 1961. TUM image id: 1642009763 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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Woodford Green at the top of Salway Hill
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The Highams Park Estate was an estate of 176 prefabs which existed between 1947 and 1961. All 20 roads on the estate were dug up and Highams Park itself restored.
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High Road, Woodford Green (c.1900) This photo was taken just outside the Castle Hotel.
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Glengall Road, Woodford
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Salway Hill in Woodford Green. Despite the postcode naming this as South Woodford, the arrival of the tube station changed the names used in the area.
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