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Title: Prefabs in Beverley
Post by: Stangat on Monday 04 June 12 18:32 BST (UK)

Hi

I've just been chatting to my Mum and we got onto the subject of the post war prefabs. Her Grandma lived in one at 58 Watts Road, Beverley.  I hadn't been round there in the 40 years since she died until earlier this year. They are all modernish flats now but I'm sure the prefabs were grey and a bit depressing. Then again I was only seven!
I don't suppose anyone has a photo from the Watts Road area showing the prefabs?

I looked on the Treasure House catalogue but there doesn't appear to be any there :'(

Cheers

Ian

Title: Re: Prefabs in Beverley
Post by: LizzieW on Tuesday 05 June 12 11:38 BST (UK)

Don't know about prefabs in Beverley but the ones around Manchester were certainly not grey and depressing.  Two of my aunts and uncles and their children lived in them and they had lots of room, gardens and good neighbours.  They were not happy when the council eventually moved them to a tower block.

Title: Re: Prefabs in Beverley
Post by: a j bayram on Tuesday 12 June 12 08:16 BST (UK)

The local newspaper may be a good source of pictures also, the Local record office should be able to help.

Book stores usually have books of local, historic interest.

Assuming you can get to them of course.

Regards... Andrew.

Title: Re: Prefabs in Beverley
Post by: bessingby on Sunday 17 June 12 14:39 BST (UK)

i know this is late  but my parents lived in a prefab after ww2 old house where pulled
down prefabs built and they and the neighbers said that they was great modern
kitchens heated rooms i never lived in one i wasnt lucky they turned the gardens into
pleasure sites

Title: Re: Prefabs in Beverley
Post by: SteveJW on Sunday 24 June 12 20:10 BST (UK)

Hi

I remember some of the prefabs in Beverley were green. I asked in the pub last night and a couple of people remembered some of the Beverley ones were a shade of blue (almost grey)

Title: Re: Prefabs in Beverley
Post by: bessingby on Monday 25 June 12 15:27 BST (UK)

yes the prefabs i mentioned where in sykes st they were made of concrete slabs
grey in colour peple dashed corogated roofes i beleive in townes they where bricked
over it made them look like a bungalow very nice :)

Title: Re: Prefabs in Beverley
Post by: Stangat on Sunday 08 July 12 14:44 BST (UK)

Thanks to you all for the replies. Lost the internet for a couple of weeks, AGAIN :-X :-X :-X

Hopefully sorted now but not convinced.

I think they must have been the light blue variety.

Cheers

Ian

PS Steve, did you ever see my reply regards a newspaper listing a WW1 soldier who may have been one of yours? I'll look it up again.