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Anyone want to clean my caravan?
« on: Friday 06 July 07 15:03 BST (UK) »
Since quite a few of you seem to enjoy playing around with my pictures, I thought you might like this one. Not much hope for the faces, I fear, as they're rather out of focus, but it could make a lovely picture with some colouring. Unfortunately it was scanned by someone else in B&W at only 300dpi, and I don't have the original.

It was c.1919, and the little boy in his mum's arms was my father, but I have no idea what the occasion was.

Would it be a Romany caravan? Did people take caravan holidays in those days? The man on the caravan appears to be wearing a necktie, which doesn't suggest Romany to me, though I'm happy to be corrected by someone who actually knows about these things . . .  :-\

Hope you have some fun with it.  ;)

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Re: Anyone want to clean my caravan?
« Reply #1 on: Friday 06 July 07 16:37 BST (UK) »
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Re: Anyone want to clean my caravan?
« Reply #2 on: Friday 06 July 07 16:42 BST (UK) »
looks like a Reading Waggon to me Mike, but as I am no expert on these types of vehicles I would suggest that you place a link on the Travelling People board to this photograph as someone on there would, I am sure, give you a correct answer.

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Re: Anyone want to clean my caravan?
« Reply #3 on: Friday 06 July 07 16:59 BST (UK) »
Abit of info on early caravans. http://www.caravanclub.co.uk/News+and+events/News+Articles/2007/May/Wanderer+Route+Revisited.htm     scroll down for some picture links.
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« Reply #4 on: Friday 06 July 07 18:33 BST (UK) »
Hi
Mike

Could also look at this site, about gypsy caravans

http://gypsywaggons.co.uk/varsuk4.htm

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Re: Anyone want to clean my caravan?
« Reply #5 on: Friday 06 July 07 18:48 BST (UK) »
looks like a horsedrawn reading wagon to me

me uncle loved cravats rather than ties, but that dont mean much really.....

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Re: Anyone want to clean my caravan?
« Reply #6 on: Friday 06 July 07 18:52 BST (UK) »
PS there is a sign board on the wheel - a romany giveaway if ever I saw one - what were they selling? fortunes?

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« Reply #7 on: Friday 06 July 07 19:07 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the links. From checking them it looks as if it might be a Ledge waggon, because of the way the sides are stepped out above the wheels, rather than sloping outwards like a Reading . . . wow, I'm an expert already!  ::) ::) ::)

Can't wait to see a coloured version . . . might even have to make time to have a go myself, having looked at some of the tutorials at the top of the page . . .

Undecided about the sign board . . . I thought at first it was a folding table, now I'm not so sure.  :-\

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Re: Anyone want to clean my caravan?
« Reply #8 on: Friday 06 July 07 21:37 BST (UK) »
Dont think so, I think youll find they advertising their wares.
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