page_title: F. Pratten and Co Ltd
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: F. Pratten and Co Ltd / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Pratten Bowls Club, Westfield, Somerset.
context_page_description: F. Pratten and Co Ltd, commonly known as Prattens, was a company based on a site in Midsomer Norton and Westfield, Somerset that manufactured prefabricated buildings, most notably portable classrooms that were widely used after the second world war and became synonymous with the company name. The company was founded in 1912 and was acquired by Beazer in 1980, finally ceasing trading in 1993.
context_section_description: The company name lives on in a row of housing named Pratten Terrace, built on what was the entrance to the site of the factory.  The Timbers, a modern housing estate opposite the former site, is another echo of the company's carpentry origins and tradition.
  Two clubs founded in association with the company still survive, Prattens Sports and Social Club, and Prattens Bowls Club, both located in Charlton Lane near the original factory site.
  The sports and social club previously supported a West Country Carnival club, Prattens Carnival Club, that continued for some years after the company closed but is now disbanded.
  The bowls club was started in 1928 by Mr Thomas, a cashier at Prattens, and was built using voluntary labour. For many years it was a male-only membership and the men had to be employed by Prattens to be eligible to play. Now membership of both clubs is open to all.
  Later the bowls club was the site of a fatal ballooning accident in 2011.
  An original Pratten hut is now used as a community centre and live entertainment venue on the site of the Warminster Athenaeum.
caption: Prattens Bowls Club, Westfield, Somerset.
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