Morden town centre in 1949
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During the late 1940s and '50s Morden had a thriving shopping centre. The high street held everything from banks, newsagents and tobacconists, to clothing shops, food stores, chemists, florists and hardware outlets.
The streetscape was dominated by large Art Deco buildings constructed in the 1930s from the local Underground station and Morden Odeon, to a large Burton's store and the multi-storey Royal Arsenal Cooperative Society department store.
Local residents could find everything they needed on their doorstep - Morden also attracted shoppers from leafy Surrey and neighbouring towns.
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.jpg "London Road c.1949")
This animation has been produced for Merton Heritage Service by 5:25 Creative Agency in Colliers Wood. It was commissioned for "There's More to Morden," a local heritage project designed to engage people with over 100 years of history from the Morden and Merton Park area.