Looking like a very ordinary British high road at first sight, Streatham High Road has its fair share of surprises when looking a little closer. One of these surprises is a building, which isn’t anymore - 512-522 Streatham High Road. According to locals and www.secret-bases.co.uk this used to be the address of MI5’s car servicing depot for many years, “hidden” in the very public and ordinary surroundings of Streatham High Road. However, the days of Streatham’s “top secret” building are over and in June 2009 the building was demolished. The new development will be a very ordinary one indeed- a Self Storage facility. One could say the secrets remain – this time of a more personal kind rather than the government…
512/522 Streatham High Road used to be "South London Motors", a Jaguar and Bentley dealer - later Rolls and Land Rover. I worked there in 1961, when the E Type Jag was introduced. Who knew it later became an MI5 service garage!
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