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  • "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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
    For more information on Plymouth prefabs please visit this link from Plymouth’s Central Park History Group https://www.focpp.org.uk/prefabs/
  • Prefab 53 Huron Road, SE London

    Prefab 53 Huron Road, SE London

    31/01/2021
    Ron, Bala (Barbara) Burden and their two sons were bombed out of their home in Balham during the war. They ...
  • AIROH prefabs in Chancel Close and Wharncliffe Gardens, Bristol

    AIROH prefabs in Chancel Close and Wharncliffe Gardens, Bristol

    19/01/2021
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  • 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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