William and Iris Lark (on right) with the godparents of their daughter Sandra, in front of a prefabricated Nissen hut. The Lark's were allocated a prefab in Loughborough Gardens built, North Brixton, by American engineers in 1944 as temporary accommodation for bombed-out families. Sandra recalls: ' the entrance led into a large room with fireplace in the centre of the wall that divided the bedroom at the rear from the main living area. Mother hung a curtain on the right which hid the sink in which we bathed, the cooker and the dining table....there were two outside privies [toilets] and coal sheds in front, for our house and the one next door.Digital image by kind permission of Sandra Clark. From the Lambeth Archives Home Front project 2005.
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Collection: | Home Front Project 2005 |
Image type: | Photograph |
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Ref: | 06784 |
Identifier: | SPd4066/1 |
Date: | c.1945 |
#1926 - 1950 #ARCHITECTURE / BUILDINGS #BRIXTON NORTH #Home Front Project 2005 #Photograph