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Coronation street party on the Treberth Estate, Newport, Wales, 1953
31/01/2018
A prefab (Arcon Mk V) covered with snow, and tree, Newport, Wales
31/01/2018
Ray Smith with photos of his prefab in Penarth
28/01/2018
Heritage Lottery Fund
16/01/2018
Assembling Uni-Seco prefabs
16/01/2018
Braintree & Bocking Prefabs (and Hutton) - guest blog post by Braintree historian Mike Bardell
19/11/2017
Mike Bardell contacted the Prefab Museum by email on 10th October 2017. He had met someone who had been to ...
SWEDISH POST-WAR PREFABRICATED HOUSES, a narrative by Neil Midgley
20/10/2017
By the end of World War Two there was a severe shortage of housing in Britain. Under the Housing (Temporary ...
Where I lived when I was a kid, a poem about prefab childhood by Paul Kennedy
10/10/2017
Paul Kennedy grew up on Pilgrims Way in Wembley between 1950 and 1962. In 2015 he wrote Where I lived ...
A cup of tea at The Prefab Museum by Keara Stewart
27/09/2017
We invited artist Keara Stewart to write about her experience at The Prefab Museum when it was at 17 Meliot ...
Memories of growing up in a prefab in Clock Face, St Helens
10/08/2017
Terry contacted us with vivid memories of his family prefab in Clock Face, St Helens. He was told there was ...
Previous locations of Prefabs in Southampton
10/08/2017
Pete emailed us about locations of prefabs in Southampton in early July 2017. He grew up in a prefab at ...
The Moving Prefab at Eden Camp - and an unexpected discovery!
07/08/2017
Eden Camp Modern History Theme Museum is located in Malton, North Yorkshire and is a fascinating place to visit. In use ...
A day celebrating prefabs on the Excalibur Estate
30/07/2017
The Excalibur Estate has always had a special place in our hearts. Jane and I have been working, photographing, filming, walking, ...
“Those were the days my friend…….” Sam Webb, RIBA©
12/07/2017
When I woke up on 6th June 1944 it didn’t seem like a special day. There was no radio in those ...
A tribute to John De'Ath
10/07/2017
We were sad to learn, from his granddaughter Lorraine, that John De’Ath was in hospital when we took a group ...
A prefab “entente cordiale”!
25/04/2017
I was recently scouting for prefabs in Brittany with my friend Mickaël, the director of Mémoire de Soye – a ...
Mystery prefabs - can you help us locate them from this list?
23/03/2017
Can you help solve these prefab mysteries? The map has been re-launched, and there are still some mystery prefabs left! In ...
One Arcon story
08/03/2017
This is the story of an Arcon MkV prefab. We don’t know where it was originally located or who lived ...
Prefabs in the Outer Hebrides
21/02/2017
The first time I went to The Outer Hebrides was in May 2009. I remember perfectly. I was there for ...
A tribute to Ted Carter, our friend and Excalibur prefab resident
15/02/2017
Jane and I are very sad to hear that Excalibur Resident Ted Carter died at the end of last week. ...
Mapping post-war prefabs part 2 - industrial London
01/02/2017
This blog post is something of a ramble, to start the new year. There is a lot of talk about gentrification, ...
Prefabs in North Derbyshire
13/01/2017
In 2005, I was contacted by a prefab enthusiast, Graham Burton, who lived in a prefab in North Wingfield, North ...
Swedish Post-War Prefabricated Houses
10/01/2017
The houses were imported from Sweden at the end of WW2 to designs from the UK. Many are still standing and lived in. There are several different styles but typically, unless they have been re-clad, they have distinctive vertical wooden exterior planking. One pair of dormer bungalows in Ellers Lane, Auckley, Doncaster is listed Grade II by Historic England.
Politics and prefabs
19/12/2016
“People have got the idea that it (prefabrication) means jerry building, tumbledown shacks, caravans, shoddy work, ribbon development, draughts and ...
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John Chinery
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Two children, a girl and boy, outside a prefab in Underhill Road, London SE22
09/12/2019
Many thanks Jane, best wishes, John
Jane Hearn
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Two children, a girl and boy, outside a prefab in Underhill Road, London SE22
09/12/2019
My apologies John. I will correct the catalogue entry. best wishes, Jane
John Chinery
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Two children, a girl and boy, outside a prefab in Underhill Road, London SE22
08/12/2019
The smallest child is a boy.
Jane Hearn
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Welcome to the Prefab Museum
06/12/2019
Thank you John! I discovered the Westcroft Way prefabs on Britain from Above, and put a marker on the photo....
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