All these prefabs were in alpha Oder named after flowers my Nan lived Dianthus Lane we lived in Highwood Avrnue
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Just what I was looking for! If I remember rightly there were also some shop prefabs on the corner of Castle Lane and Lode Lane. Does anyone else remember them, or even better, have any photographs?
I remember two shops there. They had a brick front wall but behind they were just a shed made of curved corrugated sheeting. The only time I remember going in one was when my mum bought some fabric from a roll with multiple prints of union jacks across its width. When she got home she cut them out, hemmed them and stitched them to white tape. They were then hung from the front of our house to celebrate the coronation in 1953. I expect mum bought other fabrics from there over the years as she made her own curtains and dresses.
Exactly what I was searching for. I needed confirmation that there were shop prefabs on the corner of Castle Lane and Lode Lane. You are tight about Dillons. Owned by Tony Dillon who moved to the new shops built at Hobs Moat that are still there. I believe that they did grow into a big chain of Newsagents throughout Birmingham. When the prefab shops were demolished around 1960, I remember rummaging around in the rubble and finding a few old toys left behind.
I would agree about the shops. Our neighbour in Coalway Avenue had a garage made of the larger Nissen-style curved sheets. I think they had flat sheets in the cente of the roof to make it wider.
Really great photos...…….thank you!
Of course!
Possible The Greet Inn?
Hi Lyn
Hi OldMohawk, looking back at one of your old photos (598566) of the Prefab (city) I was surprised to see so many on one site, I only remember seeing them around parks and a few on an island at the bottom of Warren farm road. I did a bit of Electrical repair work on a few of them which was pretty easy as the faults were usually just bad connections in the roof space near the Man hole, the connections were simular to the push on type we saw in car wiring. thanks for the Photo. Al
I think that you are referring to the Greet Inn pub. Yes, it's been gone now for over ten years. No one living around there to use it! This was it in 1988.
Wow, just decided to 'search' prefabs on this fab site. I lived in a prefab as a child in about 1958 for a few years, in my mind now that was an enchanting time (for me as a child). Mum, dad, sister, Caroline and me. We lived in the ones on Yardley wood Road ours was directly opposite the doctors. I recall my first doctor there was a wonderful Dr Caddigan. The doctors surgery is still there but it is now a health centre AND I am still registered there - not strictly allowed as I do not live in area now, but I agreed to no house visits if a problem so allowed. I wonder if I am the longest serving 'patient'? In fact there is still the old wooden rocking horse still there that was in the original building - it is kept on view but out of reach to children now due to age and need to protect it.
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I have posted this before. The one at Avoncroft, was next door to the Howells on Moat Lane, Yardley, we lived across and down the street, June Howell. their daughter was my FIRST girlfriend ever!! Often wonder what happened to her.hi peter you may be interested in this thread
Prefab at 85 moat lane yardley
hi folks i visited the avoncroft museum bromsgrove yesterday and to my surprise there was an old pre fab house that was once in birmingham...i cant believe just how spacious they were and i can certainly see how after the war people would be only too happy to live in one...here is the...
