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  • Chesterfield and North Derbyshire: Investing in the future of your home. Tarrans/Prefabs Derbyshire/Graham's Chesterfield prefabs (2013)

    Chesterfield and North Derbyshire: Investing in the future of your home. Tarrans/Prefabs Derbyshire/Graham's Chesterfield prefabs (2013)

    31/01/2018
  • Set of 6 scanned family photos with indoors and outdoors of Arcon Mk V prefab, Treberth Estate, Newport, Wales

    Set of 6 scanned family photos with indoors and outdoors of Arcon Mk V prefab, Treberth Estate, Newport, Wales

    31/01/2018
  • Prefabs are the answer

    Prefabs are the answer

    31/01/2018
  • Chesterfield and North Derbyshire press clippings and articles

    Chesterfield and North Derbyshire press clippings and articles

    31/01/2018
  • Tenant's agreement 12 Meliot Road Catford for LW Rich

    Tenant's agreement 12 Meliot Road Catford for LW Rich

    31/01/2018
  • Pat Cutler and Andree Jones drawing of prefab garden

    Pat Cutler and Andree Jones drawing of prefab garden

    31/01/2018
  • Pat Cutler and Andree Jones garden prize for prefab garden

    Pat Cutler and Andree Jones garden prize for prefab garden

    31/01/2018
  • Caption of the Treberth prefab estate from above (Arcon Mk V) Newport, Wales

    Caption of the Treberth prefab estate from above (Arcon Mk V) Newport, Wales

    31/01/2018
  • Portrait of Diane, Alan Page's wife, in front of their Arcon MkV prefab

    Portrait of Diane, Alan Page's wife, in front of their Arcon MkV prefab

    31/01/2018
  • Alan Page's family Tenant's Card / Front - County Borough of Newport 1946-1947

    Alan Page's family Tenant's Card / Front - County Borough of Newport 1946-1947

    31/01/2018
  • Coronation street party on the Treberth Estate, Newport, Wales, 1953

    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

    A prefab (Arcon Mk V) covered with snow, and tree, Newport, Wales

    31/01/2018
  • Ray Smith with photos of his prefab in Penarth

    Ray Smith with photos of his prefab in Penarth

    28/01/2018
  • Heritage Lottery Fund

    Heritage Lottery Fund

    16/01/2018
  • Assembling Uni-Seco prefabs

    Assembling Uni-Seco prefabs

    16/01/2018
  • Braintree & Bocking Prefabs (and Hutton) - guest blog post by Braintree historian Mike Bardell

    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. Updated 1 June 2020

    SWEDISH POST-WAR PREFABRICATED HOUSES, a narrative by Neil Midgley. Updated 1 June 2020

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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!

    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

    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©

    “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 ...
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Latest comments
  • Pat Posner on Scale model of a Uni-Seco Mk3 central entrance prefab

    25/03/2021
    Absolutely fantastic.
  • Ian Abley on Scale model of a Uni-Seco Mk3 central entrance prefab

    25/03/2021
    Fantastic model. Love the heart unit in kitchen and bathroom.
  • Josephine Botting on Interview with Jane and Graham Parker, who lived in a prefab in Searle Street, Battersea SW11

    20/03/2021
    Just watching a film made in 1949 called Stop Press Girl and there is a shot of Searle Street used...
  • Raymond Tuite on Prefabs on Heaton Park, Manchester

    16/03/2021
    I lived in the Bury Old Road estate at this time and I was at Parkside. Miss Walton was the...
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