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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 ...
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 ...
Braintree & Bocking Prefabs (and Hutton) - guest blog post by Braintree historian Mike Bardell
Mike Bardell contacted the Prefab Museum by email on 10th October 2017. He had met someone who had been to ...
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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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Michelle Nicholls
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Swedish houses location list updated 4 February 2020
01/02/2020
Hello. I can give you info on the Old Acre Lane House, as was built by my Uncle. The house...
John Atkinson
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Bants Crescent, Northampton
21/12/2019
I have more photos
Jane Hearn
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Terence’s next door neighbour John standing by the hedge in his prefab garden, Dartmouth Park Hill, London NW5
12/12/2019
Done (I think). Wishing you a very merry festive season. Best wishes, Jane
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