Dormobile

™ a vanlike vehicle specially equipped for living in while travelling

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The Dormobile helped fuel a dramatic change in the UK leisure scene and it was converted by Martin-Walter, which had a great reputation as automotive body builders.

Bedford fuelled camper cult; CLASSIC WHEELS

The roar of a Bedford Dormobile can turn a young girl's head, you know.

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Kombi, bus, dormobile, whatever you call it, this was the most iconic, adored vehicle of the 60s and 70s: workhorse, surfboardcarrier and love shack, owned by overlanders, caravanners, celebrities, and me.

TOM GUTTERIDGE COLUMNIST

The model trundled on for many years and became the basis for the much loved Dormobile which is an iconic word among motor caravan fans to whom it is as dear as the VW Microbus camper is to its aficionados.

When Bedford fuelled a camper cult; classic wheels

The main group had arrived in a brown Bedford Dormobile type van parked outside.

Night The Beatles played in Nuneaton

We got some good press coverage, including a piece in the TV Times, entitled "The Dips in the groove", which pictured us standing beside our lipsticksmeared Commer dormobile.

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Some of us travelled up in a Dormobile, carrying the essentials for the sale," he says.

Tatts director Mitchell making retirement plans

It cornered the generic name of Dormobile, but that has to be strictly applied to the motor caravan version produced by specialists Martin Walter.

Where it all began

Things may have become a lot more comfortable since, as Woosnam traded his dormobile for a private jet to fly around the world as US Masters champion, but the same fighting qualities are very much apparent as he faces up to the biggest battle of his career as Ryder Cup captain.

Woosie draws on his Welsh determination

We will sleep in a hired dormobile and dine under the stars on Greek salads and Greek melons bought at sunny Greek markets.

Inside out: Who really wants an anniversary? We will dine under the stars; THE FAMILY WAY

Within the Dormobile of Destiny, my assistant Dr Delight, awaits your ailments with her wide range of pills and potions - most of which have been tried and approved by the crowned heads of Europe, many of whom I count as my closest friends, ladies and gentlemen, " the doctor continued.

Easy-peasy cures

That's not always easy with location caterers, which tends to be two or three people at most cooking in the back of a Dormobile for 70 people, and it's never going to be haute cuisine.