Category: SW12

Nightingale Lane, SW12

Nightingale Lane leads from Clapham South to Wandsworth Common.

The Balham Disaster of 1940

During the Second World War, Balham was one of many deep tube stations designated for use as a civilian air raid shelter. At 20:02 on 14 October 1940, a 1400 kg semi-armour piercing fragmentation bomb fell on the road above the northern end of the platform tunnels, creating a large crater into which a bus …

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