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Re: prefabs
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 30 July 13 17:36 BST (UK) »
prefabs glos
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« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 30 July 13 17:46 BST (UK) »
any good ?? :D
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« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 30 July 13 17:47 BST (UK) »
Looks lovely, surely that can't be the original roof?
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Re: prefabs
« Reply #12 on: Tuesday 30 July 13 17:50 BST (UK) »
 the original roof is still there  under them slates that are a type of plastic   yep most of it is still the same underneath
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« Reply #13 on: Tuesday 30 July 13 17:58 BST (UK) »
Hi every one thanks for the replies about the prefabs and the pictures regards Keith.

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« Reply #14 on: Tuesday 30 July 13 18:02 BST (UK) »
NO PROBLEM  ;D
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Re: prefabs
« Reply #15 on: Thursday 01 August 13 08:02 BST (UK) »
Are these also known as 'Modular Homes'
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Re: prefabs
« Reply #16 on: Thursday 01 August 13 08:38 BST (UK) »
That's too modern a phrase I think unless it was attached the one of the types of prefab which was shipped in from the U.S. The scheme only ran from 1945-1947 and the buildings only had a life expectation of ten years. :o

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P.S. There is an excellent book on the subject whose authors escape me I'm afraid. The title is "Prefabs. A History of the UK Temporary Housing Programme" I do remember that the publisher was one F. Spon (He of Goons fame I wonder?)
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« Reply #17 on: Thursday 01 August 13 09:34 BST (UK) »
Buildings have been built in one place and reassembled in another throughout history. Possibly the first advertised prefab house was the Manning Portable Cottage. A London carpenter, Henry Manning, constructed a house that was built in components, then shipped and assembled by British emigrants. This was published at the time (advertisement, South Australian Record, 1837) and a few still stand in Australia.[1] One such is the Friends Meeting House, Adelaide.[2][3] The peak year for the importation of portable buildings to Australia was 1853,
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