Authentic prefab, Bristol.
In some places prefabs, put up as an emergency measure to re-house bombed-out families during the war, have proved more enduring than was at first envisaged. Countrywide I suppose most must have gone by now, but in Bristol at least, one or two pockets survive. Those that are owned by the local authority have been renovated with pitched roofs and uPVC windows, which should guarantee their survival for some time to come ...albeit in an inauthentic form.
A few, presumably purchased from the authorities by their tenants under the Thatcherite "right to buy" scheme, perpetuate original appearances with some fidelity. This one still has a flat roof covered only by roofing felt and what look like aluminium window frames.
Authentic prefab, Bristol.
In some places prefabs, put up as an emergency measure to re-house bombed-out families during the war, have proved more enduring than was at first envisaged. Countrywide I suppose most must have gone by now, but in Bristol at least, one or two pockets survive. Those that are owned by the local authority have been renovated with pitched roofs and uPVC windows, which should guarantee their survival for some time to come ...albeit in an inauthentic form.
A few, presumably purchased from the authorities by their tenants under the Thatcherite "right to buy" scheme, perpetuate original appearances with some fidelity. This one still has a flat roof covered only by roofing felt and what look like aluminium window frames.