tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post3132073177626767394..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Brockworth, GloucestershirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-33754503232124222482023-08-25T15:15:59.559+01:002023-08-25T15:15:59.559+01:00I would really appreciate it if Carol Caslin or An...I would really appreciate it if Carol Caslin or Anonymous could contact me regarding the purchase of their bungalows, I have been turned down by numerous lenders due to the construction of the bungalow.Maria Francisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-944464161587547622022-02-16T19:53:33.240+00:002022-02-16T19:53:33.240+00:00I live in one, they are all still standing on Pilg...I live in one, they are all still standing on Pilgrim Ave, Immingham NE Lincolnshire, I think there are 10 semi detached. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03050847575042973169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-46062615265560716272018-02-12T08:45:04.505+00:002018-02-12T08:45:04.505+00:00We too own a BL8 in Hamble Hampshire. Only 4 survi...We too own a BL8 in Hamble Hampshire. Only 4 survive there now of the many that were made for the Air training school that once operated from Hamble airfield. Ours is virtually original too. If you type Hawksley BL8 into YouTube you will see our house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-24119948502009385952015-07-22T18:20:47.560+01:002015-07-22T18:20:47.560+01:00There is a large estate of these bungalows in Elle...There is a large estate of these bungalows in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. Many over the last few years have been refurbished by the local authority. I myself have just bought one and have had a hard time trying to convince the mortgage lender that these are not on the 1985 defective housing list. It shows the Hawksley SGS house but not the BL8 bungalow. There are still a fair few in their original state. These are fantastic large bungalows <br /><br />Carol Caslincarol caslinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-24701941249181070872014-06-16T10:10:44.909+01:002014-06-16T10:10:44.909+01:00Steve: Yes, these Gloucester prefabs seem mostly t...Steve: Yes, these Gloucester prefabs seem mostly to have been covered in some sort of cladding - presumably both to extend their life and to improve insulation. <i>Concretopia</i> is an interesting book, isn't it?Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-38425489645033946302014-06-16T10:04:02.670+01:002014-06-16T10:04:02.670+01:00Reading the early chapters of 'Concretopia'...Reading the early chapters of 'Concretopia' has re-kindled my interest in prefabs. I had relatives then living in a prefab immediately after WW2. They lived in Tennyson Avenue off Podsmead Rd in Gloucester. I made a brief visit to the area yesterday to see whether they are still standing in some form. It seems they are although I believe that the council carried out some maintenance about 12 years ago.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08596711149842597858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-55492079850186986002014-05-04T13:30:59.875+01:002014-05-04T13:30:59.875+01:00Anon: Thank you for your comment. I didn't rea...Anon: Thank you for your comment. I didn't realise there were that many still in Letchworth. Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-57227112381714320282014-05-04T13:26:00.618+01:002014-05-04T13:26:00.618+01:00We own a Hawksley BL8 in Letchworth Garden City. I...We own a Hawksley BL8 in Letchworth Garden City. It is one of 60Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-81346256764804093762014-03-31T18:02:02.829+01:002014-03-31T18:02:02.829+01:00Brilliant rhyme! Thank you!Brilliant rhyme! Thank you!Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-57121473071661685112014-03-31T17:57:10.841+01:002014-03-31T17:57:10.841+01:00I too used to live in pre-fab country:
Living in a...I too used to live in pre-fab country:<br />Living in a jungle, <br />Living in a tent,<br />Better than a pre-fab,<br />NO RENT! <br />(Children's rhyme from one of Birmingham's once-numerous pre-fab suburbs)Joseph Biddulph (Publisher)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655472675410890012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-33529191348767195882014-03-29T17:00:15.071+00:002014-03-29T17:00:15.071+00:00Thank you for sharing your memories. I too remembe...Thank you for sharing your memories. I too remember the AIROH aluminium prefabs – there was an estate of them near my first school. In fact the AIROH was the most successful of the 1940s prefabs: some 54,000 were built, according to Greg Stevenson in his book <i>Palaces for the People</i>.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-89397129413665531092014-03-29T13:57:05.613+00:002014-03-29T13:57:05.613+00:00This post, and your previous, certainly brought ba...This post, and your previous, certainly brought back memories for me. When I was a boy, in the West of Scotland, I was really jealous of my pal who lived in a prefab. To be fair, my parents and I had been rehoused in a newly-built modern tenement flat, but I thought prefabs were just so much better, being little self-contained bungalows with all mod cons. I thought it was a bit unfair that we didn't live in one as my Dad worked in the Blackburn Aircraft factory in Dumbarton where the prefabs were made and he even operated a crane which loaded them on to the low-loader lorries which took them out to sites. I think they were the A.I.R.O.H. (Air Industry's Research Operation on Housing) model. We called them "The Aluminiums". Sadly, Dad, the Blackburn factory and all the prefabs are long gone but I remember all three with fondness. Andimacnoreply@blogger.com