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“Those were the days my friend…….” Sam Webb, RIBA©

When I woke up on 6th June 1944 it didn’t seem like a special day. There was no radio in those ...
A day celebrating prefabs on the Excalibur Estate

The Excalibur Estate has always had a special place in our hearts. Jane and I have been working, photographing, filming, walking, ...
A prefab “entente cordiale”!

I was recently scouting for prefabs in Brittany with my friend Mickaël, the director of Mémoire de Soye – a ...
A prefab conversation in Tufnell Park

A lovely prefab conversation at the Lord Palmerston, Tufnell Park Three weeks ago, I met Catherine, Terence and Ben at the ...
A tribute to John De'Ath

We were sad to learn, from his granddaughter Lorraine, that John De’Ath was in hospital when we took a group ...
A tribute to Ted Carter, our friend and Excalibur prefab resident

Jane and I are very sad to hear that Excalibur Resident Ted Carter died at the end of last week. ...
About

Elisabeth Blanchet is a photo-journalist and has written two books on prefabs and is currently writing a third book commissioned ...
AW Hawksley Ltd and the factory at Brockworth - guest blog

We would like to thank Paul Francis from the Airfield Research Group for contributing this report. AW Hawksley Ltd and the ...
Braintree & Bocking Prefabs (and Hutton) - guest blog post by Braintree historian Mike Bardell

Mike Bardell contacted the Prefab Museum by email on 10th October 2017. He had met someone who had been to ...
Contact

Please contact us at the email address prefabmuseum@gmail.com. Thank you for your interest. If you are on Facebook we have a ...
Design

Prefabs were spacious and well designed with modern conveniences; a fitted kitchen with refrigerator, cooker and water boiler, fitted cupboards ...
Explore

Every week people email us or tell us on Facebook and Twitter, and at our events, talks and walks, about ...
Festive update from the Prefab Museum!

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

I have always wanted to be a pin-up on a calendar. After all, that’s how Marilyn Monroe started her career… ...
Mapping post-war prefabs part 2 - industrial London

This blog post is something of a ramble, to start the new year. There is a lot of talk about gentrification, ...
Memories

This page is about prefab memories, stories and photos. Please read the blog posts on various topics, from the history ...
Memories of growing up in a prefab in Clock Face, St Helens

Terry contacted us with vivid memories of his family prefab in Clock Face, St Helens. He was told there was ...
Moving Prefab - Memories, memorabilia and Archive

Terence emailed us on 9 July about his prefab in London NW5. “I have just discovered your excellent site which brings ...
Moving Prefab exploration - a prefab in south London

A lovely morning with John De’Ath, prefab resident in Brockley, South London For the last year, Jane and I have been ...
Moving Prefab exploration: Le Chateau (de Crittall), and prefabs in Silver End, Essex

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.
Moving Prefab Moving Picture Show
Moving Prefab Museum - Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings

Prefabulous Weekend! Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings, Bromsgrove in the West Midlands. There is a lovely open air museum there with ...
Moving Prefab Museum - Chiltern Open Air Museum

On the hottest day of the year, 23rd August 2016, we visited Chiltern Open Air Museum in Chalfont St Giles, ...
Moving Prefab Museum - Prefab Scouts and prefab locations

Adrian (aka Sid Cat) who regularly contributes to our Facebook page was passing through Stoneleigh in Warwickshire when he came ...