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  • Scale model of a Uni-Seco Mk3 central entrance prefab

    Scale model of a Uni-Seco Mk3 central entrance prefab

    24/03/2021
    Philip emailed the Prefab Museum last year about the prefab he lived in from 1947 to 1957 in Harold Place, ...
  • British Concrete Federation Huts in Bourn, Cambridgeshire

    British Concrete Federation Huts in Bourn, Cambridgeshire

    12/03/2021
    Keith sent these photos of BCF Huts still standing in Bourn, Cambridgeshire. His mum lived in one
  • "Weir Houses" were built at Sankeys. Taking over 100 hours to erect they were sent to badly bombed areas to replace destroyed housing. Named after Lord Weir whose Scottish company was also involved in the manufacture of prefabricated housing. Some were built locally and occupied by workers from Sankeys (called Weir Gardens)(now demolished).

    "Weir Houses" were built at Sankeys. Taking over 100 hours to erect they were sent to badly bombed areas to replace destroyed housing. Named after Lord Weir whose Scottish company was also involved in the manufacture of prefabricated housing. Some were built locally and occupied by workers from Sankeys (called Weir Gardens)(now demolished).

    10/03/2021
  • Shrewsbury Avenue, Hele, Torquay, Devon

    Shrewsbury Avenue, Hele, Torquay, Devon

    11/02/2021
    Brenda grew up in prefabs in Ringmer, Sussex and Hele, Torquay and sent these photos of Christmas parties at Shrewsbury ...
  • 13 Mill Close, Ringmer, Sussex

    13 Mill Close, Ringmer, Sussex

    11/02/2021
    Kevin sent photos of his family prefab at Mill Close in Ringmer, Sussex. Many thanks to Kevin.
  • Hawksley BL8 bungalow, Beach Close, Hamble-le-Rice

    Hawksley BL8 bungalow, Beach Close, Hamble-le-Rice

    11/02/2021
  • Hawksley BL8 bungalow, Beach Close, Hamble-le-Rice

    Hawksley BL8 bungalow, Beach Close, Hamble-le-Rice

    11/02/2021
  • Hawksley BL8 bungalow, Beach Close, Hamble-le-Rice

    Hawksley BL8 bungalow, Beach Close, Hamble-le-Rice

    11/02/2021
  • Margaret Tibble (nee Arnold), my father's youngest sister. 13 Mill Close, Ringmer

    Margaret Tibble (nee Arnold), my father's youngest sister. 13 Mill Close, Ringmer

    11/02/2021
  • Margaret and her nephew (my cousin) Roy Woollard. 13 Mill Close, Ringmer

    Margaret and her nephew (my cousin) Roy Woollard. 13 Mill Close, Ringmer

    11/02/2021
  • Dog and child (unknown). 13 Mill Close, Ringmer

    Dog and child (unknown). 13 Mill Close, Ringmer

    11/02/2021
  • Margaret and mother at the side entrance. 13 Mill Close, Ringmer

    Margaret and mother at the side entrance. 13 Mill Close, Ringmer

    11/02/2021
  • Winifred Arnold holding a baby (Roy Woollard) and a dog, plus dog sitting. 13 Mill Close, Ringmer

    Winifred Arnold holding a baby (Roy Woollard) and a dog, plus dog sitting. 13 Mill Close, Ringmer

    11/02/2021
  • Albert and Winifred Arnold outside their prefab. 13 Mill Close, Ringmer

    Albert and Winifred Arnold outside their prefab. 13 Mill Close, Ringmer

    11/02/2021
  • Winifred Arnold, prefabs in the background. 13 Mill Close, Ringmer

    Winifred Arnold, prefabs in the background. 13 Mill Close, Ringmer

    11/02/2021
  • My father, George Arnold, visiting home on National Service. He was in the Royal Military Police 1947-1949. 13 Mill Close, Ringmer

    My father, George Arnold, visiting home on National Service. He was in the Royal Military Police 1947-1949. 13 Mill Close, Ringmer

    11/02/2021
  • Winifred Arnold and daughter with dogs and chickens. 13 Mill Close, Ringmer

    Winifred Arnold and daughter with dogs and chickens. 13 Mill Close, Ringmer

    11/02/2021
  • Christmas 1966. Shrewsbury Avenue, Torquay

    Christmas 1966. Shrewsbury Avenue, Torquay

    11/02/2021
  • Christmas 1966. Shrewsbury Avenue, Torquay

    Christmas 1966. Shrewsbury Avenue, Torquay

    11/02/2021
  • Prefab Christmas Family. Shrewsbury Avenue, Torquay

    Prefab Christmas Family. Shrewsbury Avenue, Torquay

    11/02/2021
  • Nissen-Petren house, Goldcroft Road, Yeovil

    Nissen-Petren house, Goldcroft Road, Yeovil

    11/02/2021
  • Nissen-Petren house, Fairhouse Road, Barwick

    Nissen-Petren house, Fairhouse Road, Barwick

    11/02/2021
  • 1950 outside our prefab in Crownhill, Plymouth.

    1950 outside our prefab in Crownhill, Plymouth.

    02/02/2021
    Me (right) and my friend John Dyer taken by a photographer who worked door-to-door.  Notice my ragged coat, basically we ...
  • St Peters Road, Crownhill, Plymouth 1948

    St Peters Road, Crownhill, Plymouth 1948

    01/02/2021
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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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