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

After two years at Hill Valleyand now 18, he won his European Tour card and chased all over the Continent in search of success, travelling and living in an old Dormobile.

Woosie deserves second gong for all his hard work; SPORTS ROUND-UP Fairway FOCUS

Motorhome living is an acquired taste but things have moved on a lot since the old days of the basic Dormobile. It's considered more upmarket than a caravan - rock stars use them as their base and this year's Glastonbury music festival had a virtual town made up of them.

Travel: Home sweet motorhome; Viv Lumsden and Alan Douglas enjoy a van-tastic road trip though Fife

That was it, really, so Pig and I got into the Dormobile and spent two years looking for our perfect home.

Calling all 15-year-olds..this is the supercool, hip DJ you listen to more than any other; THE ENDURING APPEAL OF JOHN PEEL...HE'S NEARLY 60, HAS BEEN WITH RADIO ONE SINCE THE DAY IT STARTED AND HAS BEEN MARRIED FOR 25 YEARS TO A WOMAN HE CALLS PIG

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

Answers 1 At Last The 1948 Show; 2 Ardal O'Hanlon; 3 Jonathan; 4 Tom Bell; 5 Bergerac; 6 Diamonte Lil; 7 Dormobile; 8 Control; 9 Robert Lansing; 10 Nyree Dawn Porter; 11 Happy Days; 12 Living Island; 13 45th; 14 Laverne And Shirley; 15 1965; 16 Dr Zachary Smith; 17 Jonathan Harris; 18 Illya Kuryakin; 19 David McCallum; 20 THRUSH; 21 Northern Exposure; 22 Tony Carpenter; 23 Victor Meldrew in One Foot In A Grave; 24 Mr Swainey; 25 Mr Venables; 26 Michael Barrington; 27 Ian Ogilvy; 28 The IT Crowd; 29 Graham Linehan; 30 Jennifer Grey.

TV QUIZ

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. The opening paragraph read: "They grow their hair long and wear leather jackets, but the Diplomats are neither Mods nor Rockers.

Bev Bevan's ROCK 'N' ROLL DIARIES; It was a shock when these kids got a deal and a UK top ten hit

"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.