A Pre-fab
Introduction
The photograph on this page of A Pre-fab by Anne Burgess as part of the Geograph project.
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A Pre-fab
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 5 Nov 2020
As we got close to Cairndard, I realised that the building looked very familiar. It's a pre-fab, short for prefabricated house. After the second world war there was a huge shortage of housing, and large numbers of prefabricated houses like these were quickly erected as a temporary solution to the housing shortage. I knew the type well because as a child I often visited one of my school friends who lived in a pre-fab just round the corner from my home. It was a bit surprising to find a single one out here well away from any other houses, and it would be interesting to know when it was erected here and why. Compare this with Image and Image and see https://www.prefabmuseum.uk/content/history/one-arcon-story
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Image Location
Latitude
57.315773
Longitude
-2.819131