Although prefabs were meant to be a quick fix to the 1940s housing need, there were problems in getting prefab sites ready. Birmingham Mail reported on the problems faced by contractors in finding labourers.
Didn't know prefabs were built on slabs - these were the only foundations ! Viv.
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The ones I have marked in Blue were certainly still there in the early 60's (a friend lived in one for a while) although I have a feeling many of the others were demolished earlier. The buildings marked in Red were prefab shops fronting Lode Lane, Castle Lane & Faulkner Road. They were as far as I remember Nissen Huts with the front wall converted to a shop front. There was a chemist (Donnai), a hardware store, a greengrocers and several others. They were demolished long before the prefab houses when the Hobs Moat shops were built.
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https://totallymodular.co.uk/I don't know why they don't think up a similar idea to solve the housing shortage especially for young couples just starting out. (Is it me or does anybody else get grumpy when they see these property programmes and people have built up a 'large portfolio' of reasonably priced property, I quite like to watch them but don't like to see youngsters outbidded - back to the topic now).
I don't know why they don't think up a similar idea to solve the housing shortage especially for young couples just starting out. (Is it me or does anybody else get grumpy when they see these property programmes and people have built up a 'large portfolio' of reasonably priced property, I quite like to watch them but don't like to see youngsters outbidded - back to the topic now).
what was the name of your workmateUse to have a work mate who lived in one of the prefabs in Umberslade Road, they where cracking homes, a little cold in winter though.
I think houses these days are status symbols and not really homesI don't know why they don't think up a similar idea to solve the housing shortage especially for young couples just starting out. (Is it me or does anybody else get grumpy when they see these property programmes and people have built up a 'large portfolio' of reasonably priced property, I quite like to watch them but don't like to see youngsters outbidded - back to the topic now).
Rita did you live at number 845 or 849 Yardley Wood Road? For a brief period around 1959/51 I lived at no 847 with my Mom and Dad and Grandma. Shortly after, mom and dad and I moved to a brand new house in Sheldon but my Gran lived there for many years until her death in 1966. My Aunt and cousin lived there for as long as I can remember and I was a very frequent visitor there at weekends and holidays. I seem to recall the name Hawkins as living next door to them and also the surname Halfpenny seems to ring a bell.On the topic of prefabs, I lived in one of the Valley prefabs on Billesley Common for 12 years. We loved living there, even though they were very cold in the winter.
June Howell my very first girlfriend lived at 85Moat Lane Prefabs - this may have appeared elsewhere but here's the link
https://www.modernistbritain.co.uk/post/building/Moat+Lane+Yardley/
Nice piece of information, thanksMoat Lane Prefabs - this may have appeared elsewhere but here's the link
https://www.modernistbritain.co.uk/post/building/Moat+Lane+Yardley/
Rita did you live at number 845 or 849 Yardley Wood Road? For a brief period around 1959/51 I lived at no 847 with my Mom and Dad and Grandma. Shortly after, mom and dad and I moved to a brand new house in Sheldon but my Gran lived there for many years until her death in 1966. My Aunt and cousin lived there for as long as I can remember and I was a very frequent visitor there at weekends and holidays. I seem to recall the name Hawkins as living next door to them and also the surname Halfpenny seems to ring a bell.
The picture shows my late mom and I at the front door of the prefab.
Great picture, just like our prefab kitchen. I remember my mother putting the Christmas pudding in the boiler (shown) that she washed our clothes in. Lovely timesKitchen interior of one of the Slade Road, Erdington prefabs. This looks very modern to me for the times these were erected. Viv.
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Rita did you live at number 845 or 849 Yardley Wood Road? For a brief period around 1959/51 I lived at no 847 with my Mom and Dad and Grandma. Shortly after, mom and dad and I moved to a brand new house in Sheldon but my Gran lived there for many years until her death in 1966. My Aunt and cousin lived there for as long as I can remember and I was a very frequent visitor there at weekends and holidays. I seem to recall the name Hawkins as living next door to them and also the surname Halfpenny seems to ring a bell.
The picture shows my late mom and I at the front door of the prefab.
My sister-in-law and her husband moved to a prefab in Shady Lane, Great Barr in the 1950s, we all envied them at the time. If anyone wants to see how the prefabs looked in their original state there are a couple at the Avoncroft Museum site.
I’m sure my Aunt used to live in a Prefab in Shady Lane back in the 50’s I used to think it was so posh when we visited her except when the metal doors banged shut ,My sister-in-law and her husband moved to a prefab in Shady Lane, Great Barr in the 1950s, we all envied them at the time. If anyone wants to see how the prefabs looked in their original state there are a couple at the Avoncroft Museum site.
Prefabs in Hollywood?
Here is a picture of Prefabs in Druids Lane Hollywood.
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Where is Hollywood? (apart from the obvious!)
Anne
Tongue Twister
Peggy Babcock's knapsack straps
Freshly fried fresh flesh