Our trip to Clapham South Air Raid Shelter

1. LOTC: Clapham South Air Raid
Shelter
Holly Swan, Blanche Atherton, Ruby
Mayo, Rosie Hart, Jasmine Landers
and Maxine Woodbridge

2. The Deep-Level Air-Raid Shelter
Our trip
• Underground shelter
tour
• Bomb tour
• Clapham common walk
• Picnic

3. Background Information
• Available from 19th July 1944
• Last used March 1945
• After the war used for document
storage and accommodation
• Restored 2012
• One of a network of deep
shelters across London
• Constructed 1940s
• Designed as two parallel tubes of
16 foot inches internal diameter
and 1,600 feet long
• Two decks with bunks, medical
posts, kitchens and sanitary
facilities
• Held 9,600 people

4. Then and Now

5. Our trip

6. The End