See inside the St. Leonards air raid shelter in East Sheen

On a side street not far from Mortlake station is a set of 1930s residential flats and in front a curious brick building – the entrance to an underground air-raid shelter.The air-raid shelter was built in two stages, the first being a solid if simple couple of rooms with toilets for people to wait out the danger for a short while, but later as the war got worse, a second section was added for people to spend the whole night down here.
To build the shelter, the lawn in front of the flats wa