Drinkwater Gardens, Gaer, Newport
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Image: © Jaggery Taken: 3 Dec 2009
Drinkwater Gardens climbs away from Masefield Vale towards Gaer Road. For more than 50 years, until the early 21st century, dwellings along Drinkwater Gardens were prefabs (prefabricated bungalows). A total of 750 prefabs were erected in various parts of Newport to meet a severe housing shortage after the Second World War. The fencing on the left of the photo encloses a currently derelict area formerly occupied by prefabs. Elsewhere, modern bungalows have replaced the prefabs.