You might be familiar with this village green-like spot, but not recognise it because of something that is there now.

The photo, from Vestry House Museum picture archive, shows Kings Head Hill, Chingford, at a date early in the 20th century.

The road looks as though it might date from before there were any, or many, motor vehicles.

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But the real clue to the date is the absence of the war memorial. Here is the same spot in 2019.

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Here is a view of the Ridgeway, Chingford, from the 1930s, when the area was hardly built up at all. (Image courtesy of Vestry House Museum picture archive.)

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The same view in 2019 shows many houses and flats, and the road appears to have shifted.

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