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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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3 bedroom Arcon MkV, Eccles on Sea
Dave contacted the Prefab Museum in November 2019 to ask about an Arcon MkV prefab he intended to purchase. Dave ...
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 B2 prefabs in Lenham, Kent
Pat sent these delightful photos of the prefab he grew up in, in Douglas Road, Lenham, Kent. Many thanks to ...
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.
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1966-1967. Cedar Way, Acton W3
3 bedroom Arcon MkV, Eccles on Sea
Dave contacted the Prefab Museum in November 2019 to ask about an Arcon MkV prefab he intended to purchase. Dave ...
A prefab (Arcon Mk V) covered with snow, and tree, Newport, Wales
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Swedish houses location list updated 21 September 2020
23/10/2020
Can you tell me where it is please? I can't locate it on the maps. Email prefabmuseum@gmail.com best wishes, Jane...
Neil
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Swedish houses location list updated 21 September 2020
23/10/2020
My wife was born in the swedish house we both now live in, Earlswood near Solihull.
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Emergency Factory Made House: Tarran. Ministry of Works October 1944
22/10/2020
I am living in a Tarran A at LL29 6BB at around 1000 above sea level overlooking both Colwyn Bay...
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