m Junction Approach, together with the former Sorting Office, were demolished in the early 1970’s to make way for a new development including the current entrance to the station and shopping centre.
However, many historic buildings remain and at the time of writing, the former Granada Cinema is going through a transition in which the auditorium will become a church and apartments will be constructed above.
Clapham Junction was originally part of the Borough of Battersea, which was incorporated into Wandsworth in 1965.
UPDATE 9/04/2020: Photo of the Chestnuts in 1973 (nowadays only the back of the farm is visible 22 Mossbury Road, and restored to its brick façade)
UPDATE: 1/02/2021: Corrected V-2 rocket instead of V-1, thanks to Julia Matcham who told us: “The V1, which preceded it, was a pilot-less plane with fire coming out of its tail as it chugged across the sky, sounding like a barge, to run out of fuel and fall on some unlucky area.”