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  • 1950 outside our prefab in Crownhill, Plymouth.

    1950 outside our prefab in Crownhill, Plymouth.

    Me (right) and my friend John Dyer taken by a photographer who worked door-to-door.  Notice my ragged coat, basically we ...
  • 37 Derwent Way, Rainham, Kent

    37 Derwent Way, Rainham, Kent

    Lawrence spent his childhood in a pre-fab, between 1948 and 1955. It was part of a small group called, rather ...
  • American prefabs at Houseland Road, Mottingham, London SE9

    American prefabs at Houseland Road, Mottingham, London SE9

    The prefabs Mottingham was once a small village largely surrounded by farmland. At the beginning of the 1930’s the London County ...
  • American UK100, Houseland Road, Mottingham SE9

    American UK100, Houseland Road, Mottingham SE9

  • Bernard and his dad in the prefab garden. 60 Harewood Road, Coventry

    Bernard and his dad in the prefab garden. 60 Harewood Road, Coventry

  • Bernard in his toy car, prefab garden. 60 Harewood Road, Coventry

    Bernard in his toy car, prefab garden. 60 Harewood Road, Coventry

  • Bernard in the garden of his American prefab. 60 Harewood Road, Coventry

    Bernard in the garden of his American prefab. 60 Harewood Road, Coventry

  • Bernard on his bike in the prefab garden. 60 Harewood Road, Coventry

    Bernard on his bike in the prefab garden. 60 Harewood Road, Coventry

  • Caption of Sisters Andree Jones and Pat Cutler in their UK100 prefab's garden, Birmingham, 50s

    Caption of Sisters Andree Jones and Pat Cutler in their UK100 prefab's garden, Birmingham, 50s

  • Floor plan, UK100 prefab

    Floor plan, UK100 prefab

  • History

    History

    The Prefab Museum is a living history online museum about Britain’s post-war prefabs. Part of the Temporary Housing and Emergency ...
  • In the toy car, Houseland Road, Mottingham SE9

    In the toy car, Houseland Road, Mottingham SE9

  • Lassie in the field, Houseland Road, Mottingham, SE9

    Lassie in the field, Houseland Road, Mottingham, SE9

  • Mother and father of Andree Jones and Pat Cutler in their UK 100 prefab's garden, Birmingham, 50s

    Mother and father of Andree Jones and Pat Cutler in their UK 100 prefab's garden, Birmingham, 50s

  • Mottingham Prefabs

    Mottingham Prefabs

    I lived in a prefab in Mottingham SE9 with my mother, father and 3 brothers. We lived 9 Nutton Road. ...
  • Pat Cutler and Andree Jones drawing of prefab garden

    Pat Cutler and Andree Jones drawing of prefab garden

  • Pat Cutler and Andree Jones garden prize for prefab garden

    Pat Cutler and Andree Jones garden prize for prefab garden

  • Prefab memories on film

    Prefab memories on film

    We have been able to capture, through the Heritage Lottery Fund project The Moving Prefab Museum and Archive, prefab memories ...
  • Samuel and Elsie Knight in front of their American prefab in Fox Hollies Road, Birmingham, circa 1958

    Samuel and Elsie Knight in front of their American prefab in Fox Hollies Road, Birmingham, circa 1958

  • Transportation of American prefabs 1944

    Transportation of American prefabs 1944

  • Written memories of Pat Cutler and Andree Jones

    Written memories of Pat Cutler and Andree Jones

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