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[gresham flyer]

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Further to COBBER`S remarks about the Rippingilles stove, I thought about all the other vintage caravan and camping equipment to be collected.
I have included some of the items we take to shows.

I also have a collection of vintage tents we take to events.

What about some post`s about vintage or classic caravan or camping collectables.

[rangerover125]

I have collected a lot of caravan related stuff, but thinned it out recently to just items relating to the age of the wifes van. I collect old caravan magazines

[Barry Lord]

Do you sell the items or are they for display only? They look great together. For me, collecting items from the periods in which our vans were made is something I really enjoy, especially in the winter months when it's too wet and cold to use them! The caravan looks good. If it's the van I think it is, I remember it when it 'lived' in north Shropshire.

[cobber]

I like this suggestion Gresham Flyer, this should develop
into an interesting thread.

I have a late 1950s caravan as well as my 1936 'van. It is
not all that hard to find memorabilia and items to go with the
50s 'van but..... Ol' 36 presents a few problems because
caravanning in Australia was really in it's infancy back
then, consequently there was not much available for caravaners.
So I have been limited to displaying things that were made
in the '30s and would have been taken away with you as
you traveled.

This is a “Univex Mercury” camera made in 1938. It takes
a 35mm picture... problem is it needs a “film magazine” that
are not available these days, well, not commonly available.
The method of adjusting the exposure speed is done by turning
the little knob on the right, above the lens, very tricky, and it
appears to work.


This “pocket Primus” appears to have been made in 1931
because it has the letter “V” stamped underneath the tank, this site
was helpful to determine that.






This “Handi Works” iron was made in Brisbane. They were first
made in 1933 & so far I am finding it hard to determine exactly
when this particular one was made.
I have no doubt the little lady would like to do the ironing whilst
on holidays.


I have read that many pre-war caravans in England were
commandeered for various duties during the war.
I like to pretend that my 'van saw active duty as a “Warden's”
first aid station at that time.
This medical cabinet was issued to troops and NES (National
Emergency Service) personal during WW2.
Both the St John Ambulance Association “First Aid to the Injured”
book, which is dated 1939.. and the “Warden's book” were
issued to my father.
Note the “Wild Woodbine” cigarettes which were also issued
to troops to comfort them in times of stress.
The whistle and Badge also belonged to my Dad.




This is the dinning room in Ol' 36..... which also serves as
the adults bedroom... and the sitting room
Here it displays the English “Burleigh ware” dinner set and
various Australian made items from the 30's.


This is “Her Dressing table”


And this is “His Dressing Table”...OK !, so it's
the same table...it's only a little caravan.... we take turns


I wish I had the choices you have "over there"

Cobber.

[cobber]

G'day Gresham Flyer,

Do you have any photos of you "Vintage Tents".... I'd like to see them

Cobber.

[Dalek63]

Hi all
Not caravan collectables, but this is part of our collection of Antique and vintage sewing machines on display at the dorset Steam Fair a few years ago. We were using our Carlight at the time.

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[old van man]

Back in the 30s some of the larger caravan makers, started having their own crockery made to their design which was used to equip their vans with
can anyone guess the make of caravan this was for OVM

[gresham flyer]

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Nice collection of period sewing machines,did you make the awning with one of them!!!!

The period diner service items could be WINCHESTER, or ECCLES.

Nice collection COBBER,they really set of the caravan.

I love hunting out these old items,but in the 1930`s I would have thought a lot of household items were taken away in the caravans.

Then came along Bakerlite,followed by purpose made plastic caravan accessories.

You can`t beat a nice set of china,with your tea and scones.!!

[Barry Lord]

As well as all the bits and pieces for our vans, I like to collect period photographs of caravans - it's amazing how many turn up in antique centres and junk or charity shops. I have a lot, but they tend to end up unseen in drawers, which is a shame.

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[cobber]

G'day Barry,

Original photos have great historical significants don't they ?

On one of our tours I went into the office of a caravan park we had stayed at overnight.
There were 13 old photos of caravans stuck on the wall with sticky tape.

I got so excited at the sight of these photos that the bloke finished up telling me I could have
them....I couldn't believe my ears.... he saw no value in them
I'll show you just three of the thirteen.

I'm sure you can see the similarities to “The Wanderer” in this photo .


A couple of lantern roof caravans in this shot.... can anybody identify them please .


And here they are doing a bit of bush camping. The photos were
taken in the 1940s during a trip through central Queensland.


As for the Old Van Man's Milk jug and plate????
I know Carlight supplied crockery with their 'vans .... and Barry collects Freeman crockery, but I don't know what
the O V M's piece is

Cobber.

[Barry Lord]

Hi Cobber,

Your thirteen photographs were quite a find. I'm not sure if everyone appreciates the historical significance of photographs though. My grandparents used to have a static caravan on a site in Cumbria up until the mid-1970's where my brothers, sister and I used to spend quite a lot of our school summer holidays. We stayed on the site a couple of years ago in our Freeman and the site had changed a lot. It's now part of a commercial group instead of being family owned, and I showed the woman in the shop a black and white photo of the site, taken when I was five or six, thinking she would be interested to see how things used to be. She glanced at it briefly, replied, "Oh right", and carried on with what she was doing! Oh well, you can but try . . .

The picture below is of a set of crockery left in our Freeman Leveret when we bought it. It's made by John Maddock & Sons and there is a full set. We're not certain if it was made for a specific caravan manufacturer or if it was for general sale and just happened to have a caravan on it.

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[old van man]

Hi Barry i picked up this croc as part of a large collection of caravan croc that i bought of a club member , thought it looked nice in the freeman
We had an idea that it might be Eccles, as the van on the croc looks like an a late 40s Enterprise \ Alert but its still anyones guess as to the origin of it OVM

[Barry Lord]

Thanks for that Paul, we now use it in our Burlingham where it looks just as good.

[cobber]

G'day Barry and all,

I suppose you have something similar in England
but.... we have an on-line resource that enables
us to search through the photo collections of all
the state libraries in Australia.
Go to Pictures Australia and type whatever your
interest is in the search box.... click
on the photos and you get a full screen image.
I've wasted hours on the site

Cobber.

[gresham flyer]

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We like to collect items like these,then set the scene for the public to view.
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I purchased this tent from a gentleman,whose father used it in the second world war. It is date,regiment and name stamped.