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Most were built in the 1920s and '30s as holiday homes, with more being added in the 1940s until the introduction of the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act. Many are now permanently occupied. There are 380 such shacks in total within the Wyre Forest District.<ref>[http://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/media/106049/Adopted-Site-Allocations-and-Policies-LP-1-.pdf Wyre Forest District Council Local Plan] Section 7.103</ref>
It is likely that many were originally based on railway carriages, although after several decades of repairs and extensions, only one none of them retains the any outward evidence of this. The last one recognisable as a railway carriage was demolished in early 2017.
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