Once a rural backwater called Sandy End, Sands End became the industrial heart of Fulham with its gas works, power station and petrol depot providing work for generations of local families


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Once a rural backwater called Sandy End, Sands End became the industrial heart of Fulham with its gas works, power station and petrol depot providing work for generations of local families.

A property boom beginning in the 1970s coupled with the advent of oil fueled processing of North Sea oil led to an inexorable process of gentrification.Licence: CC BY 2.0