Looking across Spencer Park to the memorial for the Clapham Rail Disaster
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Looking across Spencer Park to the memorial for the Clapham Rail Disaster
Image: © Marathon Taken: 30 Mar 2016
The Clapham Rail Disaster occurred on 12th December 1988 and involved three trains just south of Clapham Junction. As a result of the collisions, 35 people died, 69 were seriously injured and another 415 received minor injuries. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapham_Junction_rail_crash for a detailed account of the events. This memorial seen across the other side of Spencer Park is immediately above the line where one train went into the back of another. A small garden has also been created on the embankment. The tower in the background belongs to Emanuel School. Pupils and teachers from the school were first on the scene of the disaster. They were commended for their service by the then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. For close ups of the memorial see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4886009 and http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4886012 and for the memorial garden see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4886023
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