Sainsburys. What can you say? So much history and so little time. A horse tram depot was built here in 1885 and converted for electric trams in 1904. The sheds were badly damaged during the war and were rebuilt in 1950 as a bus garage. In 1958 the garage closed and two years later it was used by the Museum of British Transport, until 1973. From 1979 to 1987 it was a bus garage again until it ended its days as an indoor go-kart operation. Perhaps more importantly, the Globe, Clapham's very first picture house, opened here in 1910. A tiny establishment, with just 130 seats, it closed in 1915 when it already faced competition from three other cinemas.

All this history and more disappeared in 1996 when Sainsburys built their modern edifice which has quickly ceased to be an eyesore and is now a familiar part of the High Street. The video wall, which was the largest outside video wall in Europe when it was revealed, has never worked. If anyone ever sees all 20 screens working please alert the media!