History of caravanning

It wasn’t until the early 1950’s that light commercial vehicles were released from their 20mph speed limit and allowed 30mph. By the end of 1957 six firms were [...]

From 1960 legislation followed giving planning guidelines and enforcing good site conditions, licences and penalties. But government refused to institute a building code [...]

It was late 1956 before a real monocoque (without chassis) was released. Despite the ‘light’ look, most vans were in fact heavier than their equivalent counterpart. Late in [...]

The lack of housing construction during the War years meant there was a shortage of living accommodation which took until the early 1950’s and use of mobile/relocatable homes [...]

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 [...]

While holiday letting expanded, tax inspectors were catching up with the small investors, many of whom had not declared their earnings from hiring and had not [...]

To prove the ruggedness of caravans, a number of manufacturers went to great lengths to show strength, endurance and towing characteristics to their customers. One such test included [...]

In Australia, bitumen highways had flourished and the caravan came of age as a temporary or permanent dwelling. During late 1939, manufacturer Caravan Park released Australia’s first all steel [...]

From the 1950’s the caravan industry expanded/developed at a great rate and through to the 60’s some manufacturers spread their wings to the international market. Being seasonal, some caravan [...]

The beginning of WWII saw caravans become tactical headquarters, mobile hospitals, bakeries, libraries, offices, mobile lavatories, military living quarters. (Some 30 years later a company called Rollalong, re-invented the [...]