The area in and around Walthamstow Central has changed a lot in recent years, with new road layouts and buildings, and new development proposals are looking to irrecoverably transform this corner of Walthamstow forever. Fortunately, some buildings survive and provide a welcome link with the past, especially when they have retained the same function. One of these is The Goose, on the corner of Hoe Street and Selbourne Road, a familiar local pub for well over 100 years. It opened as the Tower Hotel in 1883, in a prime location, opposite Hoe Street Station (now Walthamstow Central). Despite local opposition preferring a temperance establishment, a full license was granted on the condition that it also functioned as a hotel.