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Thorold Road, ILFORD, IG1 4EU

This a slight pan south from Image The road leading away from the camera is Ley Street. The large white building on the right is the multi-storey car park for bus drivers starting their shifts at the bus stand on Hainault Street. Looking east-northeast.

I thought I may as well add this for the sake of completeness, as I have already explored what is on the other side of the railway bridge. This is a response to Andrew Dann's view of the nearby bus station, showing some of the run-down houses, small shops and businesses that are mentioned. The closed down former bakers' shop I have pictured is just to the left of the right-hand bend in the road, while the railway bridge is just behind me. View looking north down Hainault Street to where the road name changes to Ley Street.

This view shows the car park façade on Ley Street. The structure dates from the very early 1990's when the centre opened.

Looking south-southwest. Mill House is BT's office block on Ilford Hill, just on the other side of the town centre.

This is a response to Andrew Dann's Image, taken from Hainault Street and looking towards the railway (behind the buildings in the background). All the buildings you see in the background have only been built over the course of this decade - I think the silver and peach building was built in 2004 and the others behind it throughout 2005 and 2006. The building on the extreme left in the foreground, however, is a multi-storey car park and part of the bus station operations and has been there for as long as I can remember. The bus station is only just inside the left edge of the square, so it may be possible I may be looking at the bus station from square TQ4386, but I'm not quite sure.

This view reminds me of the aerial views over rooftops you get in the title sequence of Coronation Street! Looking north-northeast. My primary school, Christchurch, on Christchurch Road can be seen in the centre of the image.

The railway cuts through Ilford Town Centre in a cutting, which burrows underneath the Exchange Mall, before arriving at Ilford station. The two tracks on the left are for fast trains from Liverpool Street to Southend Victoria, Essex and East Anglia, whilst the two tracks on the right handle the suburban services between Liverpool Street and Shenfield (with an occasional train to Southminster). View taken from the Hainault Street bridge, looking towards Ilford Station. The Ilford Exchange is in the centre of the photo, whilst above and beyond that is the BT tower on Ilford Hill.

Looking north-northeast. Griggs Approach crosses the railway on the concrete flyover in the background.

AS there is a nearby pub called The General Havelock, I assume the Street is named after Major General Sir Henry Havelock KCB (5 April 1795 – 24 November 1857), a British general who is particularly associated with India and his recapture of Cawnpore during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (First War of Independence, Sepoy Mutiny).