[2][4] On 17 August 1915, three explosive bombs from the German Zeppelin L.10 landed on or near the station, destroying the ticket office and a billiard hall in the arches under the platform and damaging several houses nearby.

[2] As with Leytonstone High Road and Wanstead Park stations, the booking office was built into the viaduct arch.

By the 1980s all the old buildings had been removed and the Greater London Council built a new booking office on Midland Road itself.

[2] Since the takeover by London Overground the station has benefited from a major refit including deep clean, new signing, a ticket machine and additional waiting shelters.

The community garden which was started by members of the GOBLIN support group is tended by station staff now, one of whom recently[when?]