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8 months agoPHOTOS: The long-lost pubs of Romford remembered
The Bow and Arrow pub in 1967 when Mr. & Mrs. E.G. Snelling were the hosts. This photo taken in 1967 shows The Bow and Arrow, in Straight Road - the last pub to be built in Harold Hill, according to Havering Libraries. It opened in October 1964 after a failed petition by residents to build new houses on the land. The closure of The Bow and Arrow was no less controversial than its opening, according to Havering Libraries, with residents trying to stop McDonald's converting it into a drive thru - but it closed anyway in 1997 and McDonald's opened a year later.