Willesden’s Post-War Prefab Homes An illustrated talk delivered by Philip Grant, a local historian, to Willesden Local History Society on 18 October 2023. Many thanks to Philip for permission to share with the Prefab Museum. Download (PDF, 4.47MB) Author Philip Grant Tags history (11)illustrated talk (1)local history (1)London (312)post-war (866)prefabs (445)Temporary Housing Programme (418)Willesden (21) Page added 23/10/2023 No Comments Start the ball rolling by posting a comment on this page! Add a comment about this page Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Your comment:Name * Email * I consent to my name and e-mail address being stored along with this comment, and to the website editors communicating with me by e-mail about the comment if necessary. My name may be published alongside the comment on the website, but my e-mail address will not be published. My information will not be shared with any third party (see our Privacy Statement - opens in a new window). * Δ New contributions "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).16 Roding Avenue, Barking, Essex1950 outside our prefab in Crownhill, Plymouth.255A Westbourne Park Road, London, W1137 Derwent Way, Rainham, KentAboutAerial map of post war prefabs where I was born. Shrublands, Shirley, SurreyAirey Houses in Clee View and Whitbread Road, LudlowAirey Houses in Gwent Road, AbergavennyAirey houses in LeicestershireAIROH B2 prefabs in Lenham, KentAIROH prefabs in Beattie Avenue, HerefordAnglesea Street prefabs off Vallance Road, Bethnal Green, LondonAnother prefab bites the dust, Eccles on Sea, NorfolkArcon MkV in Algiers, North AfricaArcon Prefabs around Ashby-de-la-ZouchBesson Street, London SE14BISF Houses in Harrow, LondonBISF Houses, HerefordBonchurch Road, SouthamptonBournemouth prefab Homer familyBraemar Avenue, CrayfordBritish Concrete Federation Huts in Bourn, CambridgeshireChancellor's Road on filmChipstead Lane, Lower Kingswood, SurreyChristmas in the prefabsConservation and restoration of 407 Wake Green Road, August 2024ContactCornish three-storey blocks of flats in Hunderton Road, HerefordCornish three-storey blocks of flats in Oak Crescent, HerefordCornish three-storey blocks of flats in River View, Putson, HerefordCornish three-storey blocks of shops at The Oval, Belmont, HerefordDelivering PrefabsDruitt Hall, Christchurch - a prefab community buildingEast Walk, Aveley, EssexEisenhower Drive prefab estate.Essex Square, Salisbury, WiltshireEVOLUTION OF PREFAB TIMBER SWEDISH HOUSES IN UK FROM PROTOTYPE IN SWEDENFinally, a place of their own! Wyke Gardens, Hanwell, LondonFirst to Live in a PrefabFrench Aircraft Carrier 'Dixmude' loading prefabs at Newport Docks, probably in 1946.Front garden of 845 Yardley Wood Road, the Valley PrefabsGavell Road, Cobham. 1950'ishHainault, Winter 1947Hamilton Drive, Harold Wood, RomfordHappy memories of Lower Jackwood CloseHappy memories of the pre fabsHappy times at Crowhill Street, Parkhouse, GlasgowHawksley BL8 construction manualHawksley BL8 Prefabs in Clee View, LudlowHawksley BL8 Prefabs in Lower Bullingham, HerefordHigh Cross Road, Tottenham N17Howard Steel Houses in StaffordInterest of Construction - timber forestry housesIslington Crescent prefabs, Wood EndKingsbury’s Post-War Prefab Homes, an illustrated talkLimbourne Avenue prefabs (sometimes referred to as Whalebone Lane South), DagenhamLockley Crescent, Hatfield, HertfordshireMemories from a childhood in Cheadle HulmeMemories of 2a St Paul’s Way, Mile End , StepneyMemories of 31 St Peter's Road, Chadwell St MaryMemories of Balham PrefabsMemories of Bracken Avenue, ShirleyMemories of David Hibbert at Gurnell Grove, GreenfordMemories of Eileen JolinMemories of John Hawthorne. Hatfield, HertfordshireMemories of Llanelli Place, FforestfachMemories of Manchester Road, London E14Memories of me mum dad and my sister. Richmond Road, Beddington, SurreyMemories of Mount Florida, GlasgowMemories of Nissen Huts in Eastfields (now Laburnham Road), MitchamMemories of Rochford Road prefabs in Southend on SeaMemories of Roy Harries, Ystrad, Rhondda, South WalesMemories of Stephen Jones.Memories of the Godden FamilyMemories of White City Estate PrefabsMemory Lane for a Wentland Road boyMining village Airey houseMore prefabs in Birkenhead.Mottingham PrefabsMum & Dad at the prefab. St Lawrence Way, Buckland Estate, DoverMy brother and me. Wyke Gardens, Hanwell, LondonMy childhood home in CoventryNissen Hut, Brockley, south east LondonNissen Huts in Bentham Road, HackneyOur House 40 years of Memories of Ron BartlettOur Reaston Street prefab homeOutlines of long demolished prefabs, London SE4Outside our prefab, the Crystals, CardiffPaintings of Prefab Houses c1971 by artist Arthur Berry (1925-1994) born Stoke on TrentPatten Street, BirkenheadPhotos of Dundeugh Village, DG7 3SXPhotos of prefabs in Westbourne Drive, Forest Hill, LewishamPhotos of the final few prefabs in East DulwichPrefab 53 Huron Road, SE LondonPrefab fondly remembered. Buckland Estate, DoverPrefab garden 1950s, Munster Square, Camden NW1Prefab interiors - can you help?Prefab model Underhill Road, London SE22Prefab newspaper cuttings from Wembley and Willesden, 1944 - 1972Prefab photos From Roding Ave. BarkingPrefab recollections of John Canham. St Malo Avenue, Edmonton, London N9Prefabs featured in 1946 film Once a Jolly SwagmanPREFABS IN CARLETON ROAD LONDON N.7Prefabs in Dalmuir, ClydebankPrefabs in Essendon, HertsPrefabs in Haselmere, Surrey.Prefabs in Henwood Road, Rotherhithe, London, SE16Prefabs in Salisbury and Chandlers FordPrefabs in the Loneliness of the Long Distance RunnerPrefabs in Wick, CaithnessPrefabs on Heaton Park, ManchesterPrototype prefab bungalow, Weathershields, 1945Restoration and conservation: The Grade II listed Wake Green Road prefabsRestoration of the Wake Green Road prefabs, July 2024Sandfields Estate, Aberavon, South WalesScale model of a Uni-Seco Mk3 central entrance prefabSouvenir programme, Coronation Celebrations, Chadwell St Mary prefab estateSt Peters Road, Crownhill, Plymouth 1948Stratford Avenue, Basford, Newcastle under LymeSwedish council houses, Bunwell, NorfolkSwedish House dormer bungalow erection manualSwedish House erection manual (download)Swedish houses in Wroxham and Hoveton, NorfolkTarran Prefabs in Chestnut Drive and Pine Grove, HerefordTarran Prefabs in HerefordTarran prefabs in Highmore Street, HerefordThe Ascot Park and North Circular prefabs in NeasdenThe Flanders family, Poplar, London E14The happiest days in Manford Green, ChigwellTin TownUni-Seco Prefab Kitchen in UseUnidentified prefab? 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