I lived in a post-war ‘flatpack’ home – prefabs were built for heroes

Around 8,000 prefab bungalows were built between 1949 and 1949 (Picture: Getty/Metro)You can spot them dotted around the UK: single storey houses, made of timber, steel and aluminium.Unassuming, you could walk past a prefab home without giving it a second glance, unaware of the unique place they hold in British history.Prefab homes were the answer to the housing crisis that came after the Second World War, when more than 200,000 homes were destroyed by bombing raids.Almost like flatpack furnitu