| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... 21:19 - Jul 23 with 2092 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
Please settle an argument.
What was the name for a temporary portacabin classroom in the 80s?
My wife and I are from very different geographical regions of the UK.
Please reply with the name for them at your school and the County you lived in! |  | | |  |
| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 21:21 - Jul 23 with 1526 views | bsw72 |
They were just portakabins for us in SE Essex.
EDIT: Note we also had huts which were pre-fab building constructed in the 1950s, but differed from the temporary and supposedly portable classrooms added in the late 70s and early 80s. [Post edited 23 Jul 21:24]
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| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 21:22 - Jul 23 with 1516 views | J2BLUE |
Only 38 but to me they were huts. Suffolk... |  |
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| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 21:22 - Jul 23 with 1510 views | earlsgreenblue |
5a, boh, Suffolk. | | | |
| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 21:26 - Jul 23 with 1454 views | Bluemer |
Vaguely remember them being called mobile classrooms or 'mobiles'
Suffolk | | | |
| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 21:28 - Jul 23 with 1436 views | BloomBlue |
Gypsy caravan - Suffolk |  | | |
| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 21:30 - Jul 23 with 1419 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
Terrapin - Gloucestershire |  |
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| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 21:34 - Jul 23 with 1380 views | BudapestByBlimp |
| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 21:26 - Jul 23 by Bluemer |
Vaguely remember them being called mobile classrooms or 'mobiles'
Suffolk |
Yes, 'mobiles' here in Northumberland. Seemed strange to me after leaving school as the 'mobiles' didn't move in approx 40 years. |  | | |
| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 21:35 - Jul 23 with 1379 views | WD19 |
Temporary classrooms.
That we were only temporary in the sense that they were permanent until they fell apart. |  | | |
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| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 21:35 - Jul 23 with 1379 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 21:26 - Jul 23 by Bluemer |
Vaguely remember them being called mobile classrooms or 'mobiles'
Suffolk |
Yes, that rings bells but it was a long time ago. Suffolk also. |  |
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| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 21:35 - Jul 23 with 1379 views | Perublue |
Both primary and secondary had them and for some reason I thought they called them different things … in my head there was a T name which now looks like it could have been terrapin on checking…! Pretty sure they were called mobiles though …. Suffolk both schools left primary in ‘83 for secondary. |  |
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| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 21:36 - Jul 23 with 1367 views | BlueGoonie |
| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 21:34 - Jul 23 by BudapestByBlimp |
Yes, 'mobiles' here in Northumberland. Seemed strange to me after leaving school as the 'mobiles' didn't move in approx 40 years. |
They were mobiles in my day (80's) but I've heard them called terrapins these days |  | | |
| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 21:36 - Jul 23 with 1365 views | deaddogsmoking |
Lancashire. Mid 80s. Huts.
I'm mid-50s. [Post edited 23 Jul 21:37]
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| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 21:37 - Jul 23 with 1358 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 21:36 - Jul 23 by BlueGoonie |
They were mobiles in my day (80's) but I've heard them called terrapins these days |
Terrapins in the 70's too | |
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| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 22:12 - Jul 23 with 1270 views | farkenhell |
Terrapin - Bucks (70s) | | | |
| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 22:12 - Jul 23 with 1268 views | ElderGrizzly |
Terrapin (Cambridgeshire) [Post edited 23 Jul 22:12]
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| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 22:39 - Jul 23 with 1207 views | ketton_itfc |
Elliott huts, spent most of my formative years in Essex in 70s/80s. |  | | |
| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 22:41 - Jul 23 with 1204 views | BarcaBlue |
Huts at Sidegate Lane. |  | | |
| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 23:02 - Jul 23 with 1139 views | Zx1988 |
Mobiles - Norfolk | |
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| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 23:12 - Jul 23 with 1106 views | gainsboroughblue |
At primary school, I'd hear them called huts.
Secondary school, they were upgraded to mobiles.
Suffolk |  |
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| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 23:16 - Jul 23 with 1100 views | OsmansCleanSheet |
Demountable. Essex. |  | | |
| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 23:33 - Jul 23 with 1071 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
It appears this thread double posted from my phone. Apologies for that.
It was "mobiles" or "portacabins" for me in Herts and Beds.
"Prefab" for my wife in the North West.
Oh, and "Rem Room".
As in "Remedial"...
It was the 70s, things were grim then for anyone deviating from the norm in any way. | | | |
| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 23:49 - Jul 23 with 1051 views | Cheshire_Tractor |
Mobiles - Cheshire |  | | |
| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 00:02 - Jul 24 with 1026 views | baxterbasics |
Prefab (Suffolk) |  |
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| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 04:04 - Jul 24 with 911 views | Benters |
Hut. North Essex.
One of them was jacked up on bricks and blocks and we’d crawl about underneath it.
That was in the 1970s. |  |
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| Weird hive mind question... For people 45+... Who grew up in the UK... on 07:50 - Jul 24 with 813 views | Pinewoodblue |
None of the schools I went to (50s/60s) had any temporary class rooms. We just had larger classes.
There were plenty of pre-fabs used for housing in the village.
Cambridgeshire. |  |
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