This example of a Post-WWII Pre-fab is in
the Chiltern Open Air Museum and was originally in Amersham.
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Pre-fabs often had gardens |
The lounge |
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More of the lounge |
The style of wedding photo is
similar to John's parents |
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A bedroom |
the Kitchen |
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An estimated 160,000 prefabricated temporary
bungalows were made between 1945 and 1948, to help ease the acute
housing shortage after the Second World War. With traditional materials
scarce, and traditional building methods relatively slow, mass-produced
factory-made houses using alternative resources provided one solution to
the urgent need for houses. This model, which was one of 46 at Finch
Lane, Amersham, was intended to provide only temporary housing. In fact
it was occupied for forty years until the site was redeveloped for
permanent housing in 1987. It is a 'Universal House, Mark 3'
manufactured in nearby Rickmansworth. The furnishings inside the prefab
are not the original pieces but are contemporary with the period |
An information board about
rationing. John had his own ration book. |
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