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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 ...
  • A tribute to John De'Ath

    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”!

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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 on 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 on 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 on BISF Houses in Harrow, London

    13/05/2022
    In which year were the BISF houses built?
  • June Anderson on 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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