I lived in South London during and after WW2 and remember seeing prefabs being delivered on the backs of lorries. They came in two ready-built halves which were lowered onto foundations already provided, after which the two halves were quickly joined together. The gas & water pipes and the electricity cables were already built in when the units were delivered and just needed connecting up to provide a ready made dwelling.

I was married in 1951 and I was in the Regular Army and our first house was a pre-fab. We lived in Berberis Green until a few years later we were moved on to the Magdelan Estate where we still live. In a gale the pre-fab's roof used to bang up and down and was full of asbestos. Did not harm us or our kids. We enjoyed the indoor toilet and a nice bathroom.

My father Albert Sheldrick worked as a manager for W.Ames Ltd who were contracted to build the pre-fabs at Shrublands.

My brother Brian and I used to accompany him to the sight where we met many of the German POW's who were shipped in to do the actual building & labouring. We soon realised that these were mostly ordinary pleasant human beings - not the Nazi's the propaganda had us believe- and wanted war no more than we did.

We may well look back on the pre-fabs with a bit of amusement, distain or disbelief now, but at the time most people seemed impressed with their 'modishness' At least they were an improvement/alternative/solution to the bombed-out buildings in the rows and the Howard Street area. Furthermore, they lasted far longer than planned.

I live on the Magdalen Estate (not to far from Shrublands). It's weird to look back at what the area use to look like.

I lived in one of the prefabs, on Cherry Road, with my parents and then one brother. When my youngest brother arrived we moved on to the Magdalen College Estate to the house where my Dad still lives today.

I lived on Catalpha Green with my mum and dad for very short time. I still live on the Mag Estate.1 believe my grandmother and auntie also lived in the prefabs

Mrs B When did you live on Catalpher Green? Our family were one of the first to move in!

I was born in a prefab on an estate in Hainualt Essex, I lived there for the the first 10 years of my life and remember the estate with fondness.

I was born in a prefab, on what was then called Lime Road, Shrublands , in 1963. I can still remember it as a very warm and homely place, my mum never wanted to move into our new house in Gorleston, when the prefabs had to be pulled down.

I used to live on Cotoneaster Green Shrublands where I was born and lived until 1960 when I was 11 years old. My Mum and Dad liked the prefabs and we were all sad the day we had to move. We moved to Suffolk Road but it was not the same and everything seemed to change. I very often walk past Cotoneaster Green now and try to rember the way it was.

We lived on Sycamore Green in the early 1960's (I was about 5 or 6 at that time). I can remember everyone who lived on the green in those days - happy memories!