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  • Jim's mum. Excalibur Estate, London SE6

    Jim's mum. Excalibur Estate, London SE6

    14/03/2018
  • Catherine Crouchman, mother of Cyril. 5 Selwyn Road, St Pauls Cray

    Catherine Crouchman, mother of Cyril. 5 Selwyn Road, St Pauls Cray

    14/03/2018
  • Dad's new Morris Oxford parked outside our prefab at no. 4 Tooke St. London, E14

    Dad's new Morris Oxford parked outside our prefab at no. 4 Tooke St. London, E14

    14/03/2018
  • Me and younger brother Shane at our side gate. Tooke Street, London E14

    Me and younger brother Shane at our side gate. Tooke Street, London E14

    14/03/2018
  • Elizabeth Crouchman. 5 Selwyn Road, St Pauls Cray

    Elizabeth Crouchman. 5 Selwyn Road, St Pauls Cray

    14/03/2018
  • Patricia Groombridge. 5 Selwyn Road, St Pauls Cray

    Patricia Groombridge. 5 Selwyn Road, St Pauls Cray

    14/03/2018
  • Mum Rose and her older sister Laili visiting us from the USA about 1960. The bombsite was never tidied up and remained full of rubble except a small portion next to the side of our prefab for the paddling pool and maybe a washing line. Tooke Street, London E14

    Mum Rose and her older sister Laili visiting us from the USA about 1960. The bombsite was never tidied up and remained full of rubble except a small portion next to the side of our prefab for the paddling pool and maybe a washing line. Tooke Street, London E14

    14/03/2018
  • Brother Tony and the bombsite of no 10 Tooke Street, London E14

    Brother Tony and the bombsite of no 10 Tooke Street, London E14

    14/03/2018
  • Aylesbury. Arcon prefab

    Aylesbury. Arcon prefab

    14/03/2018
  • 1957 Woodman Road, Chigwell

    1957 Woodman Road, Chigwell

    14/03/2018
  • 1958 Woodman Road, Chigwell (Hainault Estate)

    1958 Woodman Road, Chigwell (Hainault Estate)

    14/03/2018
  • East elevation, the chair is near the open window of the kitchen, further windows are of the bathroom and separate toilet. Isle of Dogs

    East elevation, the chair is near the open window of the kitchen, further windows are of the bathroom and separate toilet. Isle of Dogs

    14/03/2018
  • Rear of no. 4 Tooke St shortly after we moved in, in 1955. Dad soon had the garden tidied and the outside painted cream. The windows are of the two bedrooms.

    Rear of no. 4 Tooke St shortly after we moved in, in 1955. Dad soon had the garden tidied and the outside painted cream. The windows are of the two bedrooms.

    14/03/2018
  • 3 Woodman Road Chigwell. Grange Hill County Primary School. Grange County Secondary

    3 Woodman Road Chigwell. Grange Hill County Primary School. Grange County Secondary

    14/03/2018
  • East elevation looking across Tooke St to the backs of houses in Havannah St.

    East elevation looking across Tooke St to the backs of houses in Havannah St.

    14/03/2018
  • Mum with her grandmother outside Tarran prefab. Bolsover, Derbyshire

    Mum with her grandmother outside Tarran prefab. Bolsover, Derbyshire

    14/03/2018
  • Arcon prefab. 1 Woodman Road, Hainault Estate, Chigwell

    Arcon prefab. 1 Woodman Road, Hainault Estate, Chigwell

    14/03/2018
  • Seven smiling children by the coal shed. Hollyhedge bungalows, Blackheath, London SE3

    Seven smiling children by the coal shed. Hollyhedge bungalows, Blackheath, London SE3

    14/03/2018
  • Hainault Estate, Chigwell. Photo published in the Express and Independent

    Hainault Estate, Chigwell. Photo published in the Express and Independent

    14/03/2018
  • Jeannette Anderson and Brenda Anderson with kittens in the prefab garden. Hollyhedge bungalows, Blackheath, London SE3

    Jeannette Anderson and Brenda Anderson with kittens in the prefab garden. Hollyhedge bungalows, Blackheath, London SE3

    14/03/2018
  • Prefab back garden, 413 Wake Green Road, Birmingham

    Prefab back garden, 413 Wake Green Road, Birmingham

    14/03/2018
  • Prefab front garden, 413 Wake Green Road, Moseley

    Prefab front garden, 413 Wake Green Road, Moseley

    14/03/2018
  • Outside the prefab at 1 Woodman Road, Hainault Estate

    Outside the prefab at 1 Woodman Road, Hainault Estate

    14/03/2018
  • Pat holding her doll in the prefab kitchen. Bolsover, Derbyshire

    Pat holding her doll in the prefab kitchen. Bolsover, Derbyshire

    14/03/2018
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