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'Britsh Caravans, Volume I', book review by Michael E. Ware: 
In Britain our event and rally fields are now being enlivened by owners bringing  vintage and classic caravans, usually complete with period interiors and equipment.  Frederick Alcock is credited with making the first trailer caravan for cars in 1914, but caravans for sale became available in 1919.  The period before WWII was one of great experimentation .  In  this time many companies came and went.  Of those companies 177 of them are described in this book with those that continued after the war being written up in full, so giving a feel for post- war caravanning as well. Volume 2, covering this period in detail, is being written at present.  There is an interesting introduction from which we learn that the speed limit for towing a caravan was 30 mph (until1963) and four wheelers were restricted to 20mph.  I would have liked to have read a bit more on the social side here, what motivated motorists to buy a caravan, and how  camp sites developed for example, the latter having an impact on the requirement for the caravan itself.    

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