Nightingale Lane leads from Clapham South to Wandsworth Common.
Category: Balham
The Balham Disaster of 1940
During the Second World War, Balham was one of many deep tube stations designated for use as a civilian air raid shelter. At 20:02 on 14 October 1940, a 1400 kg semi-armour piercing fragmentation bomb fell on the road above the northern end of the platform tunnels, creating a large crater into which a bus …