Demolition and Construction c. 1970

The common features of both photos are the Granada (former Empire) on New Road being demolished while in the foreground St Georges multi-storey car park is being constructed and on the right hand side is the distinctive shape of The Broadway multi-storey rising up. The photos also give a nice view of the shops on The Broadway and the buildings on New Road that were yet to bite the dust.

This particular view shows the old housing on the Barbot Estate in the background behind the railway.

This second view is broadly similar. Notable in this photo are the two nine-car trains in the station. The relatively ornate looking building on New Road in the centre of this photo is the Conservative Club. If memory serves me correctly this moved to a rather anonymous looking new building on Balham Road.