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A prefab (Arcon Mk V) covered with snow, and tree, Newport, Wales
31/01/2018
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
31/01/2018
Coronation street party on the Treberth Estate, Newport, Wales, 1953
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. 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
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 ...
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Dave
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UK100 prefabs, Wolseley Road, Plymouth 1964
19/05/2022
I remember these, I was born up by the church on the left a few years earlier. All gone now,...
Jane Hearn
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BISF Houses in Harrow, London
19/05/2022
The BISF houses were part of the permanent prefabs programme. There were 35,000 built of type A! between 1944-50. best...
Diana
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BISF Houses in Harrow, London
13/05/2022
In which year were the BISF houses built?
June Anderson
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Memories of Mount Florida, Glasgow
10/05/2022
I lived at 40 Hangingshaw Place, the last one before turning into the drive with my mum (June) dad (Andy)...
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