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 Gidea Park, Hare Street c1950 (ref. G270001) | Hare Street existed long before the creation of the garden suburb of Gidea Park but has now all but lost its separate identity. This view from the corner of Balgores Lane looking towards Gallows Corner shows (left centre) the Unicorn Inn. The original inn was tight against the roadway but was demolished and the new building set back. |  Add your own Memory Add to your Album |
 Gidea Park, Hare Street c1950 (ref. G270002) | The word `street` is an ancient term meaning a row of buildings often sharing a common pavement and does not refer to the roadway passing by them. Hare Street is the name of a village. The two cinema posters on the left are for the Gaumont, which was previously the Plaza, and the Odeon, which was the Havana, neither survives. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Hornchurch, High Street 1909 (ref. 62081) | Everyone poses for the photographer as we look towards Romford. The Bull Inn was first mentioned in the 17th century and at the time of this picture was an Ind Coope house. Its landlord, from 1889 until 1928, was the famous George Heath, who also provided stabling and had carts and carriages for hire. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Romford, High Street 1910 (ref. 62769) | South Street is to the left, with the Golden Lion and North Street to the right. It is remarkable that until the Eastern Avenue arterial road was built in the 1920s, the main trunk road from London to the port of Harwich and East Anglia passed through the narrow confines of the High Street. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Romford, the Market Place c1950 (ref. R52004) | It is surprising that there were not more accidents in the days when the main road passed through the middle of the Market Place. Some Saturdays, shoppers were eager spectators when weddings took place at St Edward`s Church and the bride and groom threaded their way between the market stalls in a cloud of confetti. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Romford, the Market 1908 (ref. 59811) | Romford Market concentrated on livestock on Wednesdays although there were always some general traders to serve the stockmen and farmers. Saturday offered a general market and Friday also became a day for miscellaneous traders. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Romford, Laurie Square c1965 (ref. R52069) | Romford Central Library was opened in 1965. The old library was on the other side of the road and had once been the Charity School. The flower beds and war memorial have now been replaced by the roundabout and pedestrian subway and the first houses in Park End Road have been replaced by the extension to the Town Hall. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Romford, Raphael Park 1911 (ref. 63618) | Herbert H Raphael`s gift to the town of 20 acres of parkland and lake was given out of generosity, but he may also have been concerned that his envisaged development of the select Gidea Park Garden Suburb was separated from the hubbub of Romford. Either way, the park has been a delight for generations of Romford people. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Romford, Raphael Park 1908 (ref. 59828) | Raphael Park`s peace and quiet is ideal for taking baby for a promenade in a beautiful perambulator. This spot was part of the Gidea Hall Estate bought by Herbert H Raphael in 1897. He stood as the Liberal candidate for Romford in 1892 and 1897 but was unsuccessful. Not bearing a grudge, in 1902 he gave Raphael Park to the town. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Romford, the Cottage Hospital 1908 (ref. 59833) | The Victoria Cottage Hospital was opened in Pettits Lane in 1888 on a plot of land donated by Mr W Mashiter. The funds needed to build it were raised by the people of Romford, who were justly proud of the medical facility which gained a fine reputation. The original building remains but is no longer a surgical hospital. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Romford, South Street 1908 (ref. 59809) | The `Star Inn` on the left is being given a fresh lick of paint in this view from the railway bridge. In the 1930s, when the railway was widened, the new Star Inn was incorporated into the Havana, Times Furnishers building, and the site of W Muskett the grocer was occupied by the gas showrooms in a widened Eastern Road. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Romford, Victoria Road 1908 (ref. 59822) | Victoria Road, leading to Heath Park on the south side of the railway, provides the photographer with a catwalk for an Edwardian fashion parade. On the right is a branch of International Stores who had larger premises in South Street. So too did W Muskett the grocers and confectioners whose delivery cart is on the left. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Romford, Victoria Road c1950 (ref. R52016) | Looking from South Street the general appearance of Victoria Road has changed little in the last 50 years. Of course most of the shops have changed hands, for example Killwick`s, (pronounced Kill`ick`s) the furniture shop, is no longer on the corner of Station Parade. In the centre is a motorbike and sidecar, a popular and affordable form of transport. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Romford, Manor Road 1908 (ref. 59823) | Manor Road with its well-appointed suburban villas offered the Victorian and Edwardian idyll, an elegant and fashionable domicile for the early London commuter. Each morning he would set off for the station along Victoria Road, his smart attire and confident stride telling everyone that he was `something important in the City`. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Romford, the Oldchurch Hospital 1909 (ref. 62080) | The Romford Union Workhouse dates back to 1838. It was built in open country where food could be grown for the paupers who were obliged to work for their keep. The workhouse infirmary grew to meet the increasing need for medical care, and after the workhouse was closed, continued to grow to become the massive Oldchurch Hospital. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Romford, the Trinity Weslyan Chapel 1908 (ref. 59842) | The Trinity Weslyan Methodist Chapel, on the corner of Mawney Road and Linden Street, was built in 1888 and provided seating for 750 worshippers. There was already a small Primitive Methodist Chapel in Romford, built in Victoria Road in 1875. The character of this end of Mawney Road was lost when St Edward`s Way was built. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Romford, Warren Drive, Elm Park c1950 (ref. R52026) | Warren Drive with its neat bungalows and semi-detached homes provides the northern border of the Elm Park Estate, an impressive residential development inspired by the extension of the District Line railway to Upminster in 1932. There was a train to London every 20 minutes all day and every seven minutes at peak times. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Romford, the Brewery 1908 (ref. 59827) | In 1799 Edward Ind bought the Star Inn which had a reputation for brewing fine ale. He developed a prosperous brewing business and in 1845 Octavius and Edward Coope joined the firm. The Ind Coope Company became the town`s major employer. Brewing ceased on the 40-acre site in 1993 and was replaced by the Sainsburys Hypermarket complex. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
