The people's palaces: 70 years on Britain's prefabricated houses are still home to many

To tour the maze of 187 prefabs on the Excalibur Estate in Catford, south-east London, is to get a glimpse of the unique post-war attitude of make-do-and-mend. These humble, single-storey bungalows, with their hanging baskets and carefully tended gardens, were put up by German and Italian Prisoners of War from 1945 to 1946.







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