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The apartments above the station, named Westbury Court, were a later addition, built in the mid-1930s. The parade of shops along Balham Hill was extended as part of the same development using the same style as the original three closest to the station.
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arrived at Tilbury in 1948 carrying 492 immigrants. London had a severe labour shortage after the war and the Colonial Office had sought to recruit a labour force from Jamaica. An advertisement had appeared in Jamaica's
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was quickly filled. As there was no accommodation for all of the new arrivals, the Colonial Office housed many of them temporarily in the deep-level shelter at Clapham South.
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underneath it. In 1948, the deep shelter was used as temporary accommodation for immigrants from the West Indies. The
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The station was refurbished in the 1990s, with new flooring, tiling and CCTV - albeit ensuring that original
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features were restored or reproduced. The restoration work was awarded a National Railway Heritage Award.
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One of the entrances to Clapham South deep level shelter; the other is on the Common
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and was opened on 13 September 1926 as the first station of the
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The underground shelter has been available to visit through
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It is one of eight London Underground stations with a
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London Underground

Clapham South is located in Greater London
Clapham
London Borough of Wandsworth
London Underground
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Coordinates
51°27′10″N 0°08′49″W / 51.452778°N 0.147°W / 51.452778; -0.147
London transport portal
London Underground
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Clapham Common
Balham
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Clapham Common
Travelcard Zone 2
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