lotc: clapham south air raid shelter
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LOTC: Clapham South Air Raid Shelter
Holly Swan, Blanche Atherton, Ruby Mayo, Rosie Hart, Jasmine Landers
and Maxine Woodbridge
The Deep-Level Air-Raid Shelter
Our trip• Underground shelter
tour• Bomb tour• Clapham common walk• Picnic
Background Information• Available from 19th July 1944• Last used March 1945• After the war used for document
storage and accommodation • Restored 2012 • One of a network of deep shelters
across London• Constructed 1940s • Designed as two parallel tubes of 16
foot inches internal diameter and 1,600 feet long
• Two decks with bunks, medical posts, kitchens and sanitary facilities
• Held 9,600 people
Then and Now
Our trip
The End
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