The arrival of trams stimulated housing growth around Chingford Mount in the early 1900s.
However most of the housing in Old Church Road later gave way to shops as the population grew.
The Prince Albert was rebuilt in 1970 above as a supermarket. It is now a branch of Iceland.
Find out more about Chingford Historical Society via this link to their website.
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