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We, the Clare family, moved into number 17, Meliot Road, in the winter of 1946. The prefab was quite luxurious to us: it had a fridge, and a built-in kitchen with a wash-boiler, a cooker and the washing could be pulled straight from the boiler and passed through a fold-down ringer, depositing the washing in the sink. The coal/coke burner in the lounge had heater pipes at the rear which served a hot-water tank and passed SOME ducted heat to the two bedrooms (not much!). All this was more advanced than most houses at that date. We lived happily there until I left when I married in 1962. My brother married and left two years later in 1964. My mother and sister left in the late 60s. Myself and my sister both attended Torridon Road school. My older brother went to Blackheath to the Roan School.
The family had returned to London at the end of the war in 1945, having been evacuated to Leicester. I don’t think St. Mark’s church was particularly well attended (it was quite small). Indeed Inwas married at St. Andrew’s church in Torridon Road.
In 2014 I think, our actual prefab, 17 Meliot, became the ‘prefab museum’, but I believe it was destroyed by an arson attack soon after. I would have been surprised if the original Excalibur estate was part of Forster Park: in fact it was separated from the park by Longhill Road. An interesting fact was that 17 Meliot was on the Greenwich Meridian, though, of course, were many properties. Our days on the estate were happy even though times were hard.
I lived at 25 Persant rd Barry, now listed.
I Grew up around Catford , it used to be so pretty, but a sh** hole now!
Everyday is a school day with Vinnie and TRR. Another top notch video lads, appreciate the time, effort and research you put in to show us a world that once was......keep them coming please lads. Bravo. 👍
We lived in a prefab in brighton when i was little, it was brilliant, massive garden. Id go back in a heartbeat.
Thank you for bringing back prefab memories. We lived in one in Newmilns, Ayrshire from 1955 until 1961. They were unique and bred close knit communities. After we left, things were never the same. Thank you for your deep understanding of the issues here. As the saying goes, " you really had to be there." Thus the modern developers are quite bereft of any sympathy for that era. GREAT VIDEO.
These videos are getting better and better.
Vinnie your videos get more and more interesting. Thank you so much.
I'm with you on this one Vinnie,I love these charming homes.
These are wonderful.
We call them Garden Houses here in Germany we have plots of them throughout the country
You walk in the footsteps of greatness, Vinnie; Spike Milligan was a pre-war Catfordian!
I knew there was a community of Prefab homes in South London but didn’t know where.
I lived in Lee.
Had a friend who lived there!
Good stuff vin,I noticed there was no litter in that street whatsoever, wonder if that will be the case with the mayor's housing scheme?
Great video lads. Where I grew up in Birmingham not too far from the airport. My grandmother told me that the POW Italian's built the 2 storey prefabs with flat roof's which are still there today. The single storey ones with corrugated asbestos roof's were demolished in the 80s. There may be some on the SW side of Brum which are listed. Thanks again for another great video.
This is right near me! They are absolute gems, they must be listed, renovated..I know in poor shape, but it’s a living museum.
The Austin A30 (?) at 3.06: I passed my Driving Test, second attempt, in one like that, in 1956, having failed 1st time in a Morris Minor. The majority of cars on the road then were made before WW2 and were more solid in build but post-war braking systems were a significant improvement. Wish you well.
I lived in Catford, and very close to this estate and we often used walk through it to get to the park or get our bus to Bromley. It was like a little village on its own, very peaceful, very green, with people taking great pride in their homes and gardens. I loved the little roads and paths - it almost felt like it was a holiday park in the country or near the sea. So sad to see it mostly replaced with ubiquitous housing. That land should have been returned to parkland but that was conveniently overridden. Great vlog to commemorate this lost historical gem!👍
New builds are tomorrows slums.
I remember the prefabs along the riverside at the bottom of our rd in Cheshire when I was a child. All the gardens were neat & some had little ponds in the front, most had gnomes scattered around, it was delightful as a child to peep through a fence almost fairy tale!!
Bulldozed in the 70s. I often wondered what happened to the people (mostly elderly) In 1998 i bought a new build along the riverside that stood where prefabs were.
Enjoying these Vinnie, whoever edits your vids has talent
That would be me or Maverik
I lived and was brought up at 13 Westland close on the Excalibur estate soon after they were built. Some of my happiest years were spent as a child with my brother making friends with neighbours . The world was a better place to live in those days. I’m now an 80 year old man and think it very sad that so called progress out of greed has run riot.
I used to walk through Excalibur to go to school. I always wished we could of got one as a kid. St marks I went to, to got to brownies in the 70’s. The estate was amazing to me. Yes there was a fantastic community there but it was pulled down for an up to date estate. The council believed that they would make double or triple the properties if they got rid of Excalibur. Some people excepted a pay off from the council and the promise of better facilities in the new homes.m the residents were basically given a pay off. I hate the fact that this happened but the council needed space. They were as a rule very well kept by the tenants and people wanted one especially those that lived in nearby flats and those areas that were not so community based. Shame really
Rosemary brine is my auntie Rosemary I will have to show her this!
I love the Arthurian road names. Very elevating for the inhabitants, or at least, that must have been the intention.
I played in Forster Park. They had an excellent roundabout for playing 'Got it - Dropped it'.
Very interesting video Vinnie. Thank you!
Behind where I lived in Lewisham was a road of these, in 1965 I worked with 2 men and our company had teams taking these down and we erected them on farms mainly for chicken sheds and for other use all over the UK..
Great work!
Horrible! How on earth would you communicate with your neighbours' living in that new build estate? This is the reason there are no communities anymore, everyone in their own little bubble. So sad.
Where I live in Hertfordshire the council are only just going to pull down prefabricated bungalows there life expectations have expired.😮
We have a tendency nowadays towards the immaculate, ignoring the beauty of imperfections, what is the surprise of nature, harmonising with the past.
Thank you for sharing, I love the prefab times ❤ where are there prefabs in London ,I'd love to see some.❤❤ sorry don't like the new builds,they are horrible
My brother lived on the Excalibur Estate in the 1990's,Sadly another piece of British history wiped away for mordern housing development
@2.10, That's not an old fashioned car it's a Palm Green AS5 Series Austin A35
Of course it's old-fashioned it's just not old. Lots of newly built things are built in an old fashion, hope that helps
Whats the music at end pls?
@Chasworth arrr I can't remember, might be worth using that music app that picks up noise and tells you the song. Can't remember what that's called either.
So funny to see one of them has a security camera on them, cause they are so old. I read Elizabeth blanchets book on post-war prefabs and it was excellent. For people living in them, it must be their slice of heaven, due to memories, and loving their own homes. We may not see them as nice, and i agree, but they mean everything to those living in them, and it’s inhumane to demolish them. I would suggest the council refurbish them if safety is a concern. But not get rid of them, it’s cruel and inhumane to do that to a person. Also, if the council forces them out, they should give them a brand new home for free. For those architects brought up in school with humaneness and social responsibility, where are they when you need them? Did you actually learn anything about using history as an education? Could you not see these being refurbished? Why not bring your $100k/year ivy-league students and make them build and GIVE BACK to the community for once. You wont get hurt if you propose this to the council. Shame on those highly paid architects for turning a blind eye when you know the government is ruining them. You have the power to do so, yet turn on poor people. You’re idiots. Not everything is about money. But also learning from history.
Deeply depressing..
Long may Excalibur last.
I like your channel Vinnie. Sad you let a woman dictate your actions. But that does seem to be the norm for Christophobes.
Christianity is from Hebrew text which you admitted before being rude to a woman and others...
I'll not be rude to you but I'll remind you facts came ahead of your feelings in that conversation.
@@vinniesullivan7977 Christianity is from the Greek New Testament is what I said. The Greek Septuagint is what Christ himself quoted from and what the apostles used. I don't trust the Masoretic(Hebrew) text I tried to explain before some hysterical woman interrupted me and you booted me.
Let's bury the hatched and let that be water under the bridge, cause this issue is critical to our movement and deserves an honest hearing.
People getting teary-eyed over tiny little prefabs that people were only meant to temporarily live in after WW2. Now proper housing is being built there and 6 have been listed and preserved. No problem here at all.
Prefabs were built to a higher standard than the "proper housing" that replaced them. I doubt the new properties are affordable either.