My attention was taken by the following description of luxury of a 1934 Essex 16 footer called the “Monarch”. A centre kitchen, 4 berth with single rear beds folding up to lounge seats. Double panelled walls

Other vans had oval shapes, lantern roofs, bay windows, detachable water tanks, small coal fires, telescoping hand basins, built in radiators, oil fired heaters and even the option of a refrigerator, electric lights, bath, electric water pump, slide out sides for extra living space. These and many more innovations continued through to the 50’s with the customer the winner.

The Caravan Club came into its own around 1936 with a prestige National Rally with around 101 caravans attending. From hence, the Club began to have more influence on the input of caravan makers, focusing on areas where improvement was needed.