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Ray Smith with photos of his prefab in Penarth
Assembling Uni-Seco prefabs
Kitchen of an AIROH prefab, St Fagans National Museum
Prefab front garden, 413 Wake Green Road, Moseley
Dad's new Morris Oxford parked outside our prefab at no. 4 Tooke St. London, E14
Arcon prefab. 1 Woodman Road, Hainault Estate, Chigwell
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93 Hindmans Road, London SE22
A prefab conversation in Tufnell Park
A lovely prefab conversation at the Lord Palmerston, Tufnell Park Three weeks ago, I met Catherine, Terence and Ben at the ...
A short history of prefabrication
Prefabrication is a method of producing standardised components off-site in a factory or workshop, that can be fitted together on-site. ...
A tribute to John De'Ath
We were sad to learn, from his granddaughter Lorraine, that John De’Ath was in hospital when we took a group ...
AIROH prefabs in Beattie Avenue, Hereford
The first stage of the demolition and replacement of the 41 AIROH prefabs in Beattie Avenue, Hereford, has begun. The ...
Allen and Judith Sawkins in front of the Arcon Mk V prefab at the Rural Life Centre, July 2016
An American prefab in Hertfordshire
Tom believes it to be the last lived-in UK100 in the UK. He sent some photos and a short history of the prefab.
Bernard on his bike in the prefab garden. 60 Harewood Road, Coventry
Bill's memories of growing up in an American prefab near Brent Cross
Amazingly at my age I can still remember the move from Kingsbury Road in 1945 when I rode with my ...
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1966-1967. Cedar Way, Acton W3
A prefab (Arcon Mk V) covered with snow, and tree, Newport, Wales
A short history of prefabrication
Prefabrication is a method of producing standardised components off-site in a factory or workshop, that can be fitted together on-site. ...
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Jane Hearn
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Swedish House dormer bungalow erection manual
02/06/2020
The original documents are in the National Archives at Kew, which is currently closed. When an opportunity arises I will...
Maria Willis
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Swedish House dormer bungalow erection manual
30/05/2020
Hi, any chance those missing pages could be uploaded? I'm currently renovating one of these properties and would really appreciate...
Roy Brooks
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Where I lived when I was a kid, a poem about prefab childhood by Paul Kennedy
28/05/2020
We lived at 106 Pilgrims Way from 1960 to 1972. Remember going to see Cliff Richard and The Shadows at...
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