Local historian
(and Wembley Matters correspondent) Philip Grant will be giving a free talk, at
11am on Tuesday 25th June, as part of Kingsbury Library’s regular
monthly “Coffee Morning” events. His subject this time is the “prefab”
bungalows that were built just after the Second World War, to provide urgently
needed temporary homes for families.
Nothing is left of
them today (the last ones locally were gone by the early 1970’s), but they had
been a feature of Roe Green Park, Silver Jubilee Park and a corner of what is
now Fryent Country Park (an estate called Pilgrims Way!).
Much of the talk
will include memories and photographs from people who lived in the Kingsbury
prefabs. It is the social history of everyday local people, although some went
on to be more widely known (including a future Leader of Brent Council, and a world
famous musician).
The event is free,
with refreshments (although Brent Libraries would like everyone who comes to
borrow at least one library book as part of their visit). If you are not doing
anything else that morning, and think that the talk might be interesting, why
not come along?
