>You're probably right.
>A short story... back in the late 70s I had a business trip to Europe, so I took 3 weeks vacation after the business.
>One thing I wanted to do (just something I had in my head since a kid) was to see the home where my mom grew up in southern England. I had the address.
>I found the place but was disappointed that the house was too new to have been the same place. But I took a picture, just to show I'd tried.
>Later, back home and a few years after, I was going through some old pictures (my mom's dad (yes, my grandfather, but I never met him) was a professional photographer) and there was my mom in front of her home, in the back garden, etc. Looked familiar, so I dug up the picture I had taken.
>Turned out it was the same place. It was still in excellent condition 35+ years after those pictures!

After WW II there was a deperate housing shortage and the govt. mobilised the construction of "temporary", pre-fabricated, concrete-sided bungalows all over the place. Many of these had amenities that the new tenants hadn't enjoyed before, such as inside toilets and H & C. People grew to love these "prefabs" and many still exist today, beautiful gardens, etc., where modern development hasn't cleared them