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PRE-FABRICATED NISSEN HUTS, LAMBETH: WORLD WAR II

PRE-FABRICATED NISSEN HUTS, LAMBETH: WORLD WAR II

A Nissen hut with a manicured garden in use as a temporary home. 4,323 homes were destroyed in Lambeth during the war and a further 38,105 damaged. The borough erected temporary prefabs during and after the war to help alleviate the housing shortage. From the Lambeth Guide published in 1946. 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:06858
Identifier:12/Res
Date:1946

#1926 - 1950  #Home Front Project 2005  #HOUSING  #Photograph  #WAR AND ARMED FORCES