Clapham, Maritime House c.1970
Photo ref: C327059
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The Children's Playground is in a westward projection of the common. The houses of Clapham Common North Side, part of the busy A3 London to Portsmouth Road, are visible through the trees. Behind the photographer the traffic teems along Clapham Common West Side. The playground is still surrounded by its hairpin iron railings.

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Maritime House used to house the National Union of Seamen but I believe it is now occupied by the Railway Union. My grandfather Sir Thomas Yates was the General Secretary of the Seamen's Union until he retired around 1960. He had been a seaman himself for a number of years before becoming a Branch Secretary to the Union in a number of different locations and working his way up to become the ...see more