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@Prefabs_UK

Prefabs: Palaces For The People is a project to record the history of post-war prefabs. Awarded Heritage Lottery Fund funding to build a moving archive & museum

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Joined October 2012
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Our book, Prefabs by Elisabeth Blanchet and Sonia Zhuravlyova, can be found here | Waterstones #prefabs #postwar #architecture #history waterstones.com/book/prefabs…
Prefabs by Elisabeth Blanchet, Sonia Zhuravlyova | Waterstones

Prefabs by Elisabeth Blanchet, Sonia Zhuravlyova | Waterstones

Buy Prefabs by Elisabeth Blanchet, Sonia Zhuravlyova from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

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Alan Russell@soxgnasher19 Feb 2024
MAIDSTONE STREET HAGGERSTON, 1972 Maidstone Street. east side. Looking south across the pre-fabricated dwellings (prefabs) to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
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Birmingham was heavily bombed during the Second World War, with over 12,000 homes destroyed. Over 4,000 prefabs were erected across the city as part of the Temporary Housing programme. 🛠️ Although only supposed to last for 10 years, many still stand today. 🙌 📍Wake Green Road
A photograph of a cream prefab house with a white wooden fence leading to it.

ALT A photograph of a cream prefab house with a white wooden fence leading to it.

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Near to the house I'm researching a village of prefabs were built in late 1940s for those who had lost their homes during the war. A fascinating part of our housing history!! More stories via @Prefabs_UK plus wonderful films from 1940s on @BritishPathe 👇 youtu.be/KRD5nuKqruk?feature…
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C20 Society@C20Society20 Apr 2023
From our director @catherinecroft: We are in shock at the loss of our beloved Elain Harwood. She was one of my best friends, and got me involved in C20 in my early 20s. She was the soul of the Society; her unmatched expertise, enthusiasm and generosity touched every one of us…
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John Moore@jdmyeepa18 Mar 2022
Thought I'd take a look at the Prefab Museum national archive of post-war prefabs and prefab life. Surprised to see a pic of me aged about 8 looking pretty pleased with myself. @1949
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A typical post-war prefab, coloured in magnolia and green theundergroundmap.com/image.…

A typical post-war prefab, coloured in magnolia and green

A typical post-war prefab, coloured in magnolia and green

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bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @CityLab
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Hiscock's Harbour@ADC4B29 Sep 2021
Lord West of Spithead as a child in front of his family prefab, Rosyth, Scotland, 1954
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@SWOConnell6 Mar 2020
5 Mar 1770 Boston Massacre A mob of angry colonists gathered at the Customs House in Boston began tossing snowballs & rocks at soldiers. The soldiers fired into the crowd killing 5. #RevWar #History
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Love this photo of the Apperley children outside a prefab on Brook Lane, Birmingham in 1968. Alan & Paul on the right went on to form The Prefects @_Nightingales @brummusicpics @Prefabs_UK @JonSavage1966 Thanks to Rob for sharing
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Replying to @Gidman82 @Birmingham_81
This is me with my older brothers & sister outside a neighbours prefab on Brook Lane in 1968,they were great living spaces & should’ve been kept.
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It's been 75 years since the Temporary Housing Programme saw the building of post-war #prefabs in the UK. This is the 100,000th one! Many found happiness, warmth and comfort in their new homes – do pick up our book to find out more! liverpooluniversitypress.co.…
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Francis Frith@francisfrith12 Mar 2020
Prefabs in post-war Britain - we have quite a lot of photos of them. These show Cove (Hants), Sherburn In Elmet (Yorks), South Ockendon (Essex) and Llangefni (Gwynedd). #ThrowbackThursday #TBT #TBThursday #prefabs @Prefabs_UK francisfrith.com/south-ocken…
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We can spend £65bn a year on Housing Benefit by 2065 or build 100,000 social rent homes a year. @4socialhousing make the incontrovertible social and economic argument for more social housing: redbrickblog.wordpress.com/2…
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For stories new and old about #postwar #prefabs, why not treat yourself to Prefabs: A Social and Architectural History, out now via @HistoricEngland It’s a cracking read! retail.historicenglandservic…
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The illustration is currently on display at the new exhibition Poster Prize for Illustration: London Stories, open until 14 July 2019 @ltmuseum
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Sonia@SoniaZhur7 Dec 2018
The wonderful @MunicipalDreams and I will be doing a talk in January: "The history of council housing and post-war #prefabs" at the @CatfordCClub Register for your FREE place here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-the-…
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Public open space policed against the public. My piece. bdonline.co.uk/comment/gadda…
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A 'powerful and humane telling of a story in which technology was mobilised to serve human need and societal necessity'. My latest post reviews a new book on prefabricated and non-traditional housebuilding: municipaldreams.wordpress.co…
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What was the biggest #prefab built in the 19th century in Britain? Find out by pre-ordering our book via @unbounders & @HistoricEngland unbound.com/books/prefabs
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Timepix@Timepixuk25 Apr 2018
#prefab with corner window in 1947 Can @Prefabs_UK or prefabmusuem.uk identify? We put a gallery of prefab photos from timepix.uk on Pinterest at ow.ly/Mprn30jFDDo @OrdnanceSurvey @archivesplus #Withington #Manchester ow.ly/Mprn30jFDDo
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