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Ernesettle Camp was hutted accommodation for the army and was erected in about 1915. Being located outside the Borough of Plymouth, it came within the jurisdiction of Plympton St Mary Rural District Council. However, an acute shortage of housing in Plymouth following the Great War forced many people to seek shelter in the old army huts. Even though they were intended as temporary accommodation, the huts were still there in March 1927, when 200 people were said to be housed there and all were under formal notice to quit. The corrugated iron roofs were rotting and the badly constructed window frames were also letting in water. Rafters were covered with newspapers, canvas and broken match-boarding in an effort to keep out the rain and wind.
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