Prefabs

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Mon 10 Nov, 2008 12:29 am

In the 80's, as a lad I got a job sweeping up at Headingley. After a test against the Aussies I was pushing my broom along the top row of the Rugby ground end. I was pushin a mass of beer cans, fag ash, and rubbish just as a gentleman stepped out of one of the boxes. I pushed the mess right over his lovely crocodile shoes. He's charming bloke that Richie Benaud, he actually apologised to me!

Si · Post by Si » Mon 10 Nov, 2008 9:54 am

Brandy wrote: bluebell wrote: d Brilliant picture bluebellBut i bet you cant remember what was going on to the right of the photo,where three of you are looking lolThe kid on the far right looks like a young Pete TownsendA warm Welcome to the site also Yes, great picture! I guess your mate on the left is fighting off an attack by the 7th Cavalry!Are those prefabs still there? There are some single storey buildings in that area (roughly opposite the parade of shops.)

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Mon 10 Nov, 2008 4:05 pm

i hope you dont mind blubell but i have re-worked your picture in photoshop to remove the scrachesI kinda like the look of old photos with the scraches they give them an old feel to them but its nice to have a look at them 'scratch free'Plus having worked on the picture close up and in detail ive grown quite attatched to it lolits got something about it,i cant quite put my finger on it but its got something there,i dont know if its the cheeky kid with the bow and arrow that finnishes it off

bluebell · Post by **bluebell** » Mon 10 Nov, 2008 5:07 pm

Thanks for that Brandy. Feel free.Some of the old photos I am examining again are in a really shabby state. That one is small, too, 7.5 X 5 cms.It is amazing how much information is available in them, though, for computers and software to access and improve.On the "Queenswood Drive" thread I hope to be uploading a picture taken in about 1953 and one taken at the same place in 2008.I was astonished to see that on Google Satellite, the, probably original, pillar box, is still in the same spot and you can see it and its shadow from space (or is it from aerial photography?)!!!!Awesome technology, but probably developed for nasty purposes, originally.

Si · Post by Si » Mon 10 Nov, 2008 9:17 pm

Had a good look on the way home tonight along Queenswood Drive, and despite the failing light, the buildings on the left, heading towards Spen Lane, just after the open space opposite the shops, definately look like prefabs. Isn't that about where you lived, Bluebell? (Weirdly, Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout is playing in the background as I type!)

bluebell · Post by **bluebell** » Mon 10 Nov, 2008 10:18 pm

Our prefab was almost directly across the road from the now-boarded up (so I am told) Dutton Arms pub.We were on the southeast side of where Woodbridge Close (previously Cross) meets Queenswood Drive.Be amazed if any prefabs still left.Google satellite might reveal. PS - just looked at Google.Satellite in fact reveals a lot of flat-roofed buildings around that area.Too long to be original prefabs, but maybe these are the "rabbit hutches" a poster mentioned yesterday?

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Mon 10 Nov, 2008 11:45 pm

Hi Si and Bluebell - the buildings you mention are not prefabs - the prefabs were demolished long ago. The newer ones which are universally referred to as the "flat tops" are the ones you see now. Unlike the genuine and well made prefabs, these have been a disaster of bad design and construction and are being refurbished at present. Some are bungalows, while others are two storey houses. Even when new they were deplorable looking places and had all the suggestion of a "shanty town." They are totally out of character with the pleasant layout and buildings in the remainder of Queenswood Drive - both sides bottom to top. A typical 1960s design howler like the enormous Leeks Street Flats which enjoyed the rather pleasant name of "Hunslet Grange" but were absolute Hell Holes and were demolished in next to no time - the cost to the Council of that giant clanger doesn't bear thinking of !!

Si · Post by Si » Tue 11 Nov, 2008 9:06 am

BLAKEY wrote: Hi Si and Bluebell - the buildings you mention are not prefabs - the prefabs were demolished long ago. The newer ones which are universally referred to as the "flat tops" are the ones you see now. Unlike the genuine and well made prefabs, these have been a disaster of bad design and construction and are being refurbished at present. Some are bungalows, while others are two storey houses. Even when new they were deplorable looking places and had all the suggestion of a "shanty town." They are totally out of character with the pleasant layout and buildings in the remainder of Queenswood Drive - both sides bottom to top. A typical 1960s design howler like the enormous Leeks Street Flats which enjoyed the rather pleasant name of "Hunslet Grange" but were absolute Hell Holes and were demolished in next to no time - the cost to the Council of that giant clanger doesn't bear thinking of !! Hi Blakey,At first glance the single storey buildings look like prefabs, but on second thought, the brick end walls look too new (pink bricks instead of red,) and the windows are full length - untypical of the 1940s!