The wee rent office on Ralston Rd.
When it was put out of use, we used it as a gang hut, great it was, carpet, chairs, tables etc.
We did no one any harm, no damage or noise etc, great place on a wet night, still they chucked us out eventually.
History wrote:
Anyone who lived in the prefabs loved them. The kitchens were state of the art with their built in facilities. Table, fridge, gas cooker and tall cupboards. The living room even had its own glass display cabinet with drawers and the bedrooms had built in wardrobes. The toilet was seperate from the bathroom and the hall had built in cupboards and a shed outside.
All very compact and afforable housing for families getting their lives back after the war.
Only downside was that they were like ovens in the summer and absolutely Baltic in the winter and if the kitchen window was open you almost always hit your head on it when coming along the path outside.
Great wee houses, all detached with their own large garden .
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EMDEE wrote:On the subject of old buildings, and the days of the prefabs, there are probably quite a few forum members brought up in that part of the town who will remember the meeting place for youngsters from the Albyn/Davaar/Calton areas.
There was no concern in these days about health and safety! Although I did once fall out of a tree and break my left arm and dislocate my shoulder. J D Carra will remember that, he was there when it happened. Hope you don't have a photo JD!
History wrote:
Anyone who lived in the prefabs loved them. The kitchens were state of the art with their built in facilities. Table, fridge, gas cooker and tall cupboards. The living room even had its own glass display cabinet with drawers and the bedrooms had built in wardrobes. The toilet was seperate from the bathroom and the hall had built in cupboards and a shed outside.
All very compact and afforable housing for families getting their lives back after the war.
Only downside was that they were like ovens in the summer and absolutely Baltic in the winter and if the kitchen window was open you almost always hit your head on it when coming along the path outside.
Great wee houses, all detached with their own large garden .
Maybe JD will have some family pictures from back then of prefabs
..and yes I remember the dump
jdcarra wrote:Do you know who's house that was?
bill wrote:jdcarra wrote:Do you know who's house that was?
Fraid we don't know who's house it was, but whoever stayed there certainly took great pride in their garden.
Peter Scot's parents stayed in the prefab probably 2nd on the left from the one shown.Their son Peter was aging with us,he also came to Corby.He didn't stay long and as far as we remember he returned home.
EMDEE wrote:Where was that prefab?
jdcarra wrote:
Its great you can all bring back good memories. I EMDEE and History, mind the ones that were at Hillside road/Calton junction, am I right?........... the roof blew off one stormy night with an elderly chap in his bed.
EMDEE, that was a frightfull experiance when you had that fall, what year was that and was it up the Brew?
bill wrote:The second photo which shows the rear of the same prefab.
I find this picture very interesting as basically 100% of the buildings shown are now all gone.
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