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Hainault Forest Sunset - Warren Scott A number of historical photography books are available to buy from the local studies and archive. These are:

Ilford

Compiled by Ian Dowling and Nick Harris

This fascinating collection of old photographs of Ilford captures some of the major changes seen by its people over a period of time of more than one hundred years.

This book contains nearly 200 old photographs, some of which date back to the 1860s. Most appear here in print for the first time and are drawn exclusively from the Redbridge Local History Library collection.

Price £9.99

Ilford: A Second Selection

Compiled by Ian Dowling and Nick Harris

This second selection of old photographs from the Redbridge Libraries' Local Studies photographic collection continues the story of Ilford's recent past. It focuses particularly on the social life of the area. The wealth of important and interesting photographic and other material on which this collection draws is bound to ensure that this book will have wide appeal.

With over 200 old photographs the collection takes the reader on a nostalgic tour along the High Road and the surrounding streets of yesteryear. Education and healthcare, trade and industry, religion and recreation are all examined in depth. There is a whole section devoted to agriculture - who now would believe that in 1920 over half of Ilford was still used as farmland?

Price £8.99

Wanstead and Woodford, Second Edition

Compiled by Ian Dowling and Nick Harris

This selection of old photographs of Wanstead and Woodford portrays this pleasant area of Greater London over the last one hundred years.

The history of these, still in places, rural boroughs can be traced in the photographs of this book which are all drawn from the Redbridge Local Studies Library collection.

Price £12.99