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Welland close bungalows were erected between 1944 and 1948 under the Temporary Housing Programme announced by Winston Churchill in March 1944. He promised 500,000 little bungalows, most of them similar to a standard Government model which was first exhibited outside the Tate Gallery in May 1944. 156,623 were actually built, to eleven designs by approved manufacturers using a variety of materials. The Programme ended in 1948 as the bungalows proved too expensive, at an average cost of £1,324 each.
The bungalows were supposed to last only 15 years, but they have proved so popular that many still exist. More information. There were other prefabs built in the Dogsthorpe area, such as Cowper Rd, but these have been replaced by modern housing.
This is Ron Marshall, who used to sell fruit and veg from a barrow, in Welland Close in about 1965.