These are old photo of Broad Walk Rainham which is now High Street/A2. Broadwalk was the section of the A2 between Rainham Watling Street junction of Mierscourt Road and Otterham Quay Lane and is currently where the Rose Inn and the Congregational Church are located. I believe the houses in the photo below no longer exist. From Kelly's Directory it appears that Broadwalk was renamed High Street in the 1930s along with other street name changes in Rainham. How Rainham Kent Street Names have changed over the years
I believe the houses above are the ones in the photo below to the left of the Chapel
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Wigmore DIY was located on Hoath Lane in Wigmore, Rainham Kent near the junction with Woodside. It was adjacent to Sherlodge Garage, a Shell petrol station and Skoda Dealer that later became Harvest Energy before the site was cleared and developed for housing. The photos of Hoath Lane below were taken in 2003. The price of unleaded petrol in 2003 is shown on the sign as 79.9p per litre. The shop next to Wigmore DIY was Armitage Television.
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