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  • 1950 outside our prefab in Crownhill, Plymouth.

    1950 outside our prefab in Crownhill, Plymouth.

    Me (right) and my friend John Dyer taken by a photographer who worked door-to-door.  Notice my ragged coat, basically we ...
  • 37 Derwent Way, Rainham, Kent

    37 Derwent Way, Rainham, Kent

    Lawrence spent his childhood in a pre-fab, between 1948 and 1955. It was part of a small group called, rather ...
  • A prefab “entente cordiale”!

    A prefab “entente cordiale”!

    I was recently scouting for prefabs in Brittany with my friend Mickaël, the director of Mémoire de Soye – a ...
  • American prefabs at Houseland Road, Mottingham, London SE9

    American prefabs at Houseland Road, Mottingham, London SE9

    The prefabs Mottingham was once a small village largely surrounded by farmland. At the beginning of the 1930’s the London County ...
  • American UK100, Houseland Road, Mottingham SE9

    American UK100, Houseland Road, Mottingham SE9

  • Andree Jones and Pat Cutler's filmed interview about living in a UK100 prefab in the 50s in Birmingham

    Andree Jones and Pat Cutler's filmed interview about living in a UK100 prefab in the 50s in Birmingham

  • Andree Jones and Pat Cutler's recorded interview about living in a UK100 prefab in the 50s in Birmingham

    Andree Jones and Pat Cutler's recorded interview about living in a UK100 prefab in the 50s in Birmingham

  • Bernard and his dad in the prefab garden. 60 Harewood Road, Coventry

    Bernard and his dad in the prefab garden. 60 Harewood Road, Coventry

  • Bernard in his toy car, prefab garden. 60 Harewood Road, Coventry

    Bernard in his toy car, prefab garden. 60 Harewood Road, Coventry

  • Bernard in the garden of his American prefab. 60 Harewood Road, Coventry

    Bernard in the garden of his American prefab. 60 Harewood Road, Coventry

  • Bernard on his bike in the prefab garden. 60 Harewood Road, Coventry

    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

    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 ...
  • Caption of Mother and father of Andree Jones and Pat Cutler in their UK 100 prefab's garden, Birmingham, 50s

    Caption of Mother and father of Andree Jones and Pat Cutler in their UK 100 prefab's garden, Birmingham, 50s

  • Caption of Sisters Andree Jones and Pat Cutler in their UK100 prefab's garden, Birmingham, 50s

    Caption of Sisters Andree Jones and Pat Cutler in their UK100 prefab's garden, Birmingham, 50s

  • Design

    Design

    Prefabs were spacious and well designed with modern conveniences; a fitted kitchen with refrigerator, cooker and water boiler, fitted cupboards ...
  • Education pack

    Education pack

  • Floor plan, UK100 prefab

    Floor plan, UK100 prefab

  • History

    History

    The Prefab Museum is a living history online museum about Britain’s post-war prefabs. Part of the Temporary Housing and Emergency ...
  • In the toy car, Houseland Road, Mottingham SE9

    In the toy car, Houseland Road, Mottingham SE9

  • Irene Ottaway's memories of an American prefab in Willesden, London

    Irene Ottaway's memories of an American prefab in Willesden, London

  • Lassie in the field, Houseland Road, Mottingham, SE9

    Lassie in the field, Houseland Road, Mottingham, SE9

  • Liz and Malcolm Glover portraits in their UK100 prefab in Carhaix, Finistère, Brittany. Photos of exteriors and interiors of their prefab

    Liz and Malcolm Glover portraits in their UK100 prefab in Carhaix, Finistère, Brittany. Photos of exteriors and interiors of their prefab

  • Liz and Malcolm Gover's filmed interviews (2) about living in a UK100 prefab in Carhaix, Brittany, France (2017)

    Liz and Malcolm Gover's filmed interviews (2) about living in a UK100 prefab in Carhaix, Brittany, France (2017)

  • Map

    Map

    Every week people tell us about prefabs we didn’t know existed. We have been directed to prefabs still lived in or long demolished, on farms, used as storage, catteries, as holiday homes or clubrooms, even two made into a pub, and links to community archives or Facebook groups.
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