Heaton Park prefabs.

[emmsthheight]

Hi all.

Thank you for the list of streets in the Prefabs.

I hate to tell you:  Kelly's have completely ignored the prefabsa as far as I can see.

What a sell!

Well, Im sorry about the let down folks.  It's a bit late to take it up with them 60 years on!

This a huge tome with over 2000 92 X 10" or so pages, so it's not just the biggest or most well known!

If anyone had a query about else where feel free to ask - start a separate topic, though.

best wishes

Emms

[Barbara.H]

It's a bit late to take it up with them 60 years on!

Oh I don't know.. just to be awkward! 

I wonder - if the prefabs were council housing, and temporary at that, the directories might not have bothered with them as the occupants were 'only' tenants passing through.  Grr!

  Barbara

[emmsthheight]

Hi

The only other thing I can think of is that many streets changed their names.  I won't have any info on events after 1953, and I suspect some of thos aremissing.

Good hunting!

Emms

[mike_dawson]

Hi to all you Prefabers,
I too visited my relations on one of the estates, but have no record of which one.
Their names were Eddie and May Doran.
I found this topic whilst searching for an address for my Father in 1931.
It was stated as 9, Eighth Avenue, Heaton Park.
On searching the Electoral Register,
I found it listed as Heaton Park, Eighth Ave.
I cannot find where this was. Any clues ??
Also some Prefabs of this type still exist in Altrincham, on Ellesmere Road and Urban Road. These have been modernized and reclad in brick.
Regards to all Mike

[Barbara.H]

Welcome to the thread Mike! 
This is the second Heaton Park Prefabs thread, if you look for the other one here on the Lancashire board (it has slipped down to page 2 now, last posting was on April 13), you will find an A-Z page showing the prefab streets in the late 1950s that Bill aka 'MrBothered' very kindly posted. I can't see an Eigth Avenue on there, can anyone else?

The prefabs, as I understand, were not built until the mid to late 1940s, so I think Eighth Avenue must have been somewhiere else in or around Heaton Park.

Maps out, rootschatters! Who can find Eighth Avenue first? 

Barbara

[0rinoco]

I used to live in Trafford Park and I think there was an Eighth Avenue there. I lived in Second Avenue.
Don't know if this is of any help.

[Barbara.H]

Hi Orinoco and Mike, All I managed to find last night was a Eighth Avenue in Oldham district, very near to Hollinwood Cemetery. Neither Trafford Park nor Hollinwood are close to Heaton Park and when I googled Eighth Avenue, Heaton Park, I ended up in Newcastle on Tyne!

Here's a possibility though, there is or was a Heaton Cemetery in Bolton, near Queens Park.  I have a 1970s A-Z that shows 1st Avenue, 2nd Ave and so on up to Sixth Avenue which is still there.  I wonder if it was there but numbers seven and eight have been knocked down?

Go on google maps or similar and search 6th Avenue, Bolton BL1, see what you think?

  Barbara

[emmsthheight]

Hi, Barbara and all Heaton Prefabbers.

I'm not sure what to make of this.  Maybe you prefab experts can tell me!

Were there prefabs at Trafford Park too?

I've just looked in my Kelly's 1953/54 and for eighth Avenue it says "See Trafford Park".

I've never come across a reference like this in the book before.

When I looked at Trafford Park, there are loads of tiny streets listed, many with names which are basically a number, almost New York Style!  Many are only twenty houses say.

I'll write up some more details but it might be tomorrow at this rate.  I can digi-photo those couple of pages or so for anyone who would like, but easier by email.

Any specific requests, feel free.

Best wishes

Emms

[emmsthheight]

PS

Heading is Trafford Park(17).
Trafford Road, Old Trafford.
(Letters should be addressed Trafford Park, Manchester)

Oh, by the way, my mistake, it's Eighth  Street, not Avenue.

Reading this, it looks like a system where the Streets run across the Avenues.  There are twelve Streets that I can see, but I can only see Avenues up to four.

Good luck!

Emms