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Post by murray on Feb 1, 2014 9:18:04 GMT 10
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Post by cobber on Feb 2, 2014 16:44:30 GMT 10
g'day Murray,
Thanks for posting that article from the woman's Weekly, way back in 1935 aye ?
I'm having a bit of trouble focusing on the item... do you know if it says either van was actually MADE in Australia ?
Let me warn you ..... resist the temptation to go searching Trove for all things that might be of interest to you....... you'll go crazy.
Just look at Al Franklin1... Don Riccardo..... Griffin..... Me....... all mad as hatters.  
Cobber.
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Post by Franklin1 on Feb 2, 2014 17:51:21 GMT 10
Yeah, Trove have got a trial running at the moment where you can search within all the Women's Weekly magazines for whatever you want. Search for the word 'caravan' and you get 1,509 results. Unfortunately, the trial doesn't allow you to sort the results into date order, so you kind of have to look through them for the vintage time period. An interesting article for you cobber, from 1937: Comfort in a caravan (you might have to scroll down one page) I think the magazines are a great resource for research. This is the Home page for the trial: Australian Women's Weekly - Trove trialcheers, Al. |
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Post by akeepsake on Feb 2, 2014 17:56:29 GMT 10
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Post by griffin on Feb 2, 2014 18:56:46 GMT 10
Hi Cobber
That little van is Australian, the text reads "The Collapsible trailer bungalow caravan exhibited at the International Motor Show in Melbourne. It folds up and folds out, can be made small or large, or converted into one, two, or three rooms." But, they didn't say who the maker was and I never found any other reports about it in the coverage of that particular show.
Murray
I have to confess to spending a lot of time on Trove since I found it, but I don't Facebook, Twitter, Tweet or Twerk so I'm happy to Trove when I can. researching a long list of my varied interests. It's interesting to just pick a date and look through a paper from 120 years ago or see whet was happening in the world on your birthday even.
I'm sure you'll find Trove a great place to visit. By the way I believe the similar UK site requires payment to access so how lucky are we it is all free here, and growing all the time with new papers being added.
And this is not a paid political announcement!
George (Griffin)
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Post by Franklin1 on Feb 2, 2014 20:54:28 GMT 10
Here's another interesting photo from 1937 showing a van with windows that are not square: Dec 1937 (you might have to scroll down one page) |
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Post by Don Ricardo on Feb 2, 2014 21:49:41 GMT 10
...An interesting article for you cobber, from 1937: Comfort in a caravan (you might have to scroll down one page)... Hi F1, We worked out a while ago that the van featured in that article was a Jennison - possibly a one-off, built to order. Are you trying to get Cobber all excited by suggesting that maybe his Ol' 36 was built by Jennison? Don't get him too worked up. After all the thrill is in the chase and if he found out who Ol' 36 was built by after how many years - 10, 12 ,15 - you'd take all his fun away.  Don Ricardo |
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Post by cobber on Feb 3, 2014 5:09:32 GMT 10
Yeah steady on Al..... an old bloke can only stand so much excitement 
Sort of similar lay-out inside isn't it .... did WE work out that van was a Jenno Don R ? ....... don't remember that  
I can see and understand why some folk are getting addicted to scrolling through these Women's Weekly early editions, interesting stuff aye ?
Cobber.
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Post by Jennison on Feb 3, 2014 8:24:18 GMT 10
Looks like a Jennison Roadcruiser to me! Jenno..........omg does that mean we are relashuns cobber???!!!
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Post by Franklin1 on Feb 3, 2014 8:30:58 GMT 10
Nah, cobber, I wasn't trying to get you to think your van was related to the one in the article. It was more that the article was fairly comprehensive in the detail about the van. That's something we don't see a lot of when it comes to vans from the 1930s.
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Post by Don Ricardo on Feb 3, 2014 12:46:57 GMT 10
.... did WE work out that van was a Jenno Don R ? .......
Hi Cobber, Yes, WE did work out the van was a Jenno. I did a fair bit of work comparing the inside of that van with the Jennison Road Cruiser, as well as comparing a number of other features of the outside of the van with other Jennisons, then looked at some tiny print on the rear of the van which I thought, might possibly say 'Jennison'. YOU - you, were the smart one. You found the little item elsewhere in that edition of the Women's Weekly which stated in black and white that the van was built by Jennison!  You can read all about how it was done on the DHL Jennison thread. Don Ricardo |
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Post by akeepsake on Feb 3, 2014 13:42:52 GMT 10
Cobber. Welcome to the family Grandad!! |
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Post by akeepsake on Feb 3, 2014 14:06:22 GMT 10
.... did WE work out that van was a Jenno Don R ? .......
Hi Cobber, Yes, WE did work out the van was a Jenno. I did a fair bit of work comparing the inside of that van with the Jennison Road Cruiser, as well as comparing a number of other features of the outside of the van with other Jennisons, then looked at some tiny print on the rear of the van which I thought, might possibly say 'Jennison'. YOU - you, were the smart one. You found the little item elsewhere in that edition of the Women's Weekly which stated in black and white that the van was built by Jennison! You can read all about how it was done on the DHL Jennison thread. Don Ricardo Cobber was this the article ?  Exciting stuff! |
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