A4 paperback, 64 pages This book contains 151 pictures, typically 2 or 3 to a page, with short descriptions. Nearly all the photographs are contained in the Local Collection at Cheshunt Library. The quality of the printed images is not high. |
Waltham Cross Past
A selection of old photographs and engravings with notes
by
Jack Edwards
Privately published 1980
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134. Congregational Church, 1948. Built in 1857 to replace a single storey Chapel which dated from 1706 at which the Rev'd Isaac Watts gave oversight from 1712-1736. The Church closed in the 1960's and for a time was the Pope John Hall, a social centre for the Roman Catholics. It was finally demolished to make way for extensions to the Cheshunt Building Society |
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135. Springfield, 1948. Perhaps late 17th century, this house was reprieved from demolition and is now owned by Thames Water, Lea Division. The cottages adjoining, now converted to shops, are 19th century. |
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136. Floods in Crossbrook Street, 1920. Shops on the left include Spencer's post cad shop and the former Sub-Post Office. In the centre R. K. Trotter's piano showrooms.
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