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  • 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 ...
  • Swedish Post-War Prefabricated Houses

    Swedish Post-War Prefabricated Houses

    10/01/2017
    The houses were imported from Sweden at the end of WW2 to designs from the UK. Many are still standing and lived in. There are several different styles but typically, unless they have been re-clad, they have distinctive vertical wooden exterior planking. One pair of dormer bungalows in Ellers Lane, Auckley, Doncaster is listed Grade II by Historic England.
  • Politics and prefabs

    Politics and prefabs

    19/12/2016
    “People have got the idea that it (prefabrication) means jerry building, tumbledown shacks, caravans, shoddy work, ribbon development, draughts and ...
  • Prefabs in France

    Prefabs in France

    15/12/2016
    “Are there any post-war prefabs in France?” I am often asked this question. So here I am, trying in ...
  • Festive update from the Prefab Museum!

    Festive update from the Prefab Museum!

    13/12/2016
    Dear Prefab Lovers, 2016 is coming to its end and has been a fantastic prefab year: after years of prefabs commitment, ...
  • How my passion for prefabs made me a calendar girl

    How my passion for prefabs made me a calendar girl

    28/11/2016
    I have always wanted to be a pin-up on a calendar. After all, that’s how Marilyn Monroe started her career… ...
  • Mapping Britain's post-war prefabs

    Mapping Britain's post-war prefabs

    24/11/2016
    I started plotting the online prefab locations map nearly eight years ago, a couple of months after we closed the ...
  • The history of Uni-Seco Structures - guest blog post

    The history of Uni-Seco Structures - guest blog post

    17/11/2016
    Our thanks to Paul Francis from the Airfield Research Group who contributed this report. Text and photographs copyright Paul Francis/ARG. Early ...
  • AW Hawksley Ltd and the factory at Brockworth - guest blog

    AW Hawksley Ltd and the factory at Brockworth - guest blog

    16/11/2016
    We would like to thank Paul Francis from the Airfield Research Group for contributing this report. AW Hawksley Ltd and the ...
  • Moving Prefab exploration: Le Chateau (de Crittall), and prefabs in Silver End, Essex

    Moving Prefab exploration: Le Chateau (de Crittall), and prefabs in Silver End, Essex

    06/10/2016
    The history of Silver End is a fascinating one, beginning in the 1880s when Francis Henry Crittall, the son of an ironmonger in Braintree, began to manufacture metal windows.
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Latest comments
  • Jane Hearn on Prefab fondly remembered. Buckland Estate, Dover

    22/05/2023
    Thank you for your comment. I don't have access to the old maps anymore but there is some information on...
  • Ann Charlwood on Memories of Bracken Avenue, Shirley

    19/05/2023
    My name was Ann Hearne before marriage. I lived with my Mum Dad and younger brother at 18 Bramble Close....
  • Graham Webb on Prefab fondly remembered. Buckland Estate, Dover

    19/05/2023
    I was born in 1952 in a prefab at 10 Ruskin Terrace (I think on the Buckland Estate) which I...
  • Morrie on Denise Thompson’s memories of her family prefab in Weston Road, Lichfield

    11/05/2023
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