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Linden Street, ROMFORD, RM7 7DP

The River Rom as it enters a culvert under the town centre. Public access to this part of the Rom is difficult, as most of it has been culverted. However, plans have recently been announced to open up parts of the river.

This is the view opposite Image This time we have Linden Street in view, a small cul-de-sac which stems off Como Street. Just out of shot to the left is a car park for a medical centre which backs out onto and can be seen from St Edwards Way. View taken looking northwest in the direction of North Street.

One of a number of single level Car Parks dotted around the Romford Ring Road.

Over the River Rom.

The junction of North St and St Edward's Way

A rather superfluous footbridge over the River Rom. I was standing on the main road bridge when I took the picture.

The River Rom just clips across the north-east corner of this grid square as it goes under the Romford Ring Road, prior to entering a long culvert under the Brewery Development site. This is the view looking downstream from the ring road bridge with a rather attractive footbridge that allows pedestrian access between two car parks.

The River Rom just clips across the north-east corner of this grid square as it goes under the Romford Ring Road, prior to entering a long culvert under the Brewery Development site. This is the view looking upstream from the ring road bridge. The grey slab at the top of the photograph is the bottom of a maintenance access ramp.

This was an attempt to try to re-create a Francis Frith image of an ordinary street scene from 100 years ago. The Frith image can be seen here http://www.francisfrith.com/search/england/essex/romford/photos/romford_59816.htm I did not quite get the angle right but the houses are recognisably the same. The identical houses on the right side of the street visible in the Frith version still exist by the way. This photograph was taken at the junction of Como Street with Brooklands Road to the left and Olive Street to the right. The houses must have been fairly new in 1908 as the 1897 Edition of the Ordnance Survey 6" to the mile map does not show them, although Como Street itself is shown. Spot the differences! The furthest three in the first block of six have evidently lost their pitched roofs over the bay windows at some stage, and indeed this seems to have happened to most of the houses in the street.

Looking upstream from Como Street