Heaton Park Prefabs

[Tabbitha]

Ohhhhhhhhh what a shame to see it in such a bad way.I am shocked the park hasnt been tended to better than that 

[MrsHodges]

I am so glad I found this thread, my mother Janice Comrie lived in the prefab houses on Perrivale Avenue in the estate off Sheepfoot Lane with her 6 siblings and parents. My mother passed away in 1998, so researching her side of the family tree is a bit more difficult, I am sure she had told me lots about her family etc, But I would have been too young to remember.

She did however tell me that Heaton Park was where she lived and that they played in the whole park like it was one big backyard. This would have been in the mid 1950's and early 1960's.

Thank you for posting photos of the prefabs...I found some old photos of my mum outside some buildings that I assumed were holiday homes, now I have realised that they were photos taken outside the prefabs.

[aggiebagwash]

I lived on the same estate. What were the names of all the children? You can PM me with them if they are still alive as I don't think they would want their names published on-line.

I think you have to leave 3 messages on here before you can send a PM but if that's the case just say on reply here and I will PM you my email address and hopefully I will be able to help you start searching your family tree if you like.

Margaret

[uk2003]

Thank you for posting photos of the prefabs...I found some old photos of my mum outside some buildings that I assumed were holiday homes, now I have realised that they were photos taken outside the prefabs.

Hi mrshodges

Any chance of them being scanned and uploaded to this thread.

Ken

[TrottieMenu]

I lived at 24 Reedsham Avenue until 1951. We were the last prefab before the railings round the Army Camp and faced the wall that ran along Sheepfoot Lane.
 At the other end of Reedsham Avenue were the Nissan huts from the war.
My husband, who is 21 years older than me (I hasten to add) was a young pilot in the RAF and was stationed in the huts, in 1942-3, along with Jimmy Edwards and Sir Richard Attenborough whilst waiting to be allocated to an RAF station.

As a child, whose playground was Heaton Park, I remember Sunday nights at the bandstand in summer was always 'Go as you please' night. I think it was a talent show. You could pay to go in the enclosure and sit in a deck chair or just stand at the railing and watch it all for free.

Although I attended Victoria Ave school I  remember going to the school near the top of  Sheepfoot Lane on a Saturday Evening to some sort of social evening. Parents were in the hall and the children in a classroom drawing and crayoning etc.

We had to leave in 1951 because we needed three bedrooms, but I remember the prefeb days very fondly. At school we were the envy of the children who didn't live in a prefab because we had a fridge. It was run by gas and got quite hot on the top near the back - perfect for drying out your gloves after a wonderful morning snowballing.

[sheila ryan]

hi i lived on the other prefab estate until 1962  went to parkside primary then went to plant hill fo about  18 months til we moved to marple  i was friendly with a couple of girls off your estate  janet degning and stella freer do they ring any bells regards

[aggiebagwash]

I used to live next door but one to Janet and her family when we moved from the prefabs and her parents still live in the same house now.

Margaret

[kellli16]

I have some pictures of Grandparents stood outside the prefabs in heaton park as my uncle used to live in them. The are in the background. hope this helps.

[aggiebagwash]

I have a few photo's of a prefab taken at a museum near Cardiff. I also have a few more of the interior if anyone is interested.

Margaret