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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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1 Chancel Close, Bristol
12 Wharncliffe, Bristol
1952. 15 Bonchurch Road, Southampton
1957 Me on my trike & old rabbit in Lockley Crescent, Hatfield, Hertfordshire
255A Westbourne Park Road, London, W11
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. ...
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1 Chancel Close, Bristol
12 Wharncliffe, Bristol
1952. 15 Bonchurch Road, Southampton
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With her pram outside the prefab, No.5 Holmbrook street, off of Brooksbys Walk, London E9
08/01/2021
My Father's uncle lived in Holmbrook Street and, from my Father's memory, had the last standing house before the prefabs....
Raymond Thornton was vilosky
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Prefabs on Heaton Park, Manchester
02/01/2021
Yes Lynda I also grew up in the prefabs and went to the park school I have lots of happy...
John Stocking
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Written memories from Eileen Prosser about living in a prefab in Lower Jackwood Close, Eltham, SE9
30/12/2020
My family moved from Lambeth to 59 Lower Jackwood Close SE9 in 1947 when I was 3 months old. My...
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