Clapham Common
Some Old Postcards and Photographs

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Clapham Common See Wandsworth Borough Council's Character Statement  
An aerial view looking westwards down Long Road from somewhere near the tube station. Seems to be taken from too high for a building but rather low for an aeroplane or balloon - Any suggestions? Worth looking at the details - Trams, coach, cart, etc, not much traffic, maybe early on a Sunday morning.  
Clapham Common North Side, postmark dated 1905  
Clapham Common North Side, postmark dated 1912
A photographic postcard taken from, I think, further west than the view above and showing St Barnabas' Chuch in the distance
For today see the BBC Jam Cam
 
Clapham Common, Mount Pond, postmark dated 1907  
Clapham Common, Mount Pond, postmark dated 1916  
Boat Pond, presumable the Eagle Pond on Clapham Common South Side, probably in the 1900's  
Clapham Common, undated postcard probably Edwardian  
Clapham Common, undated postcard probably Edwardian  
Clapham Common, undated postcard probably Edwardian  
Clapham Common, South Side  
Clapham Common, The Avenue  
The Long Pond, Clapham Common, postmarked 1905  
The Parish Church and The Cock Pond (named after the nearby inn, "The Cock")  
The Fountain, Clapham Common, postmarked 1906 (? unclear)  
The Bandstand, undated but probably from the early years of the 1900s  
The Bandstand and an unidentified building, Edwardian postcard, date stamp unclear. Can anybody tell me what the history & purpose of the little building is? The 1894 OS map shows a "Refreshments House" to the east of the bandstand and another, smaaler building surrounded by a fence or hedge to the west. This hut looks to small to be the "Refreshments House" but could be the other building.  
Windmill Road, Clapham Common  
The Bandstand, Clapham Common, 1980  

The Bandstand, Clapham Common, 1999

The cafe next to the Bandstand, Clapham Common, 1999  
     

For some old images of Clapham & the common see the Ideal Homes : Suburbia in Focus site

Clapham Common is managed by Lambeth Borough Council
Friends of Clapham Common - Site was under construction Feb 2004 but now March 2005 seems to be down

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