Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Fairland Park prefab 1970s
Fairland Park, as it is known today, used to be terraced housing. In World War II this area was hit by a V1 bomb, destroying 30 homes. After the war a number of prefabricated homes were installed. They had their own gardens and section of land.
By the late 1970s the council had re-housed people living in the prefabs. Jeremy Corbyn, then a local councillor, was part of a campaign to turn this area into a park. A consultation with local people was held at what is today North Harringay Primary. A new park was born in 1982/83.
Image and text from the Friends of Fairland Park website. However the original image was taken by Dave N=Snowden in June 2011 and published under a creative commons licence. It shows a prefab at St Fagans National History Museum, Cardiff
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Comment by StephenBln on October 11, 2013 at 23:22
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I'm not sure this was the type of prefab used on either Fairfax or Effingham Roads. This type was however, used on Ritches Road.
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The prefabs in the TBC area were mostly replaced in the early 1960s (see 60s blocks of flats on Warwick Gardens etc.,) The last ones in the area to be replaced were on Ritches Road 70s and St Ann's Road (near to Plevna Crescent).
http://www.harringayonline.com/photo/prefab-194546-1?context=user
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Comment by Alan Sutton on June 4, 2021 at 7:33
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You can see a prefab at the Chiltern Open Air Museum https://g.co/kgs/Tg1ij6
It came complete with all the fitted furniture you'd need, bombed out people didn't have furniture!
NB their website doesn't say say so, but you can walk from a station if you can read a map.
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Comment by adamvietnam on November 7, 2021 at 16:51
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I was just about to ask this question - we are so lucky to have HOL as a resource. As ever, thank you Hugh and all.
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