Happy anniversary to the Club - 112 years!

RowenaBCAMC
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edited June 2019 in Caravanning Events and Announcements #1

Happy anniversary to the Club! We've been sharing our passion for the great outdoors with you and inspiring adventures for 112 years. Here are some of our top moments from our long history:

  • The Club is founded in 1907 following inspiration from William Gordon Stables who built the first leisure touring caravan, the Wanderer.
  • One of the first Club rallies takes place in Ockham in 1908
  • The first Sites Directory and Handbook is published in 1936
  • And of course we can't forget the launch of Club Together in 2012!

What are your favourite moments from your touring history? Comment and share your photos below...

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  • EmilysDad
    EmilysDad Forum Participant Posts: 8,973
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    edited June 2019 #2

    Did the Caravan & Motorhome Club just start the other year? 🙄

  • DaveCyn
    DaveCyn Club Member Posts: 339 ✭✭✭
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    edited June 2019 #3

    Got a feeling your spot on there MM.

    So that would make this the 2nd anniversary. Wonder where the other 110 are from?

  • cyberyacht
    cyberyacht Forum Participant Posts: 10,218
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    edited June 2019 #4

    Have I really been arranging the pixels on here for seven years? Doesn't time fly when you are having fun.

  • scoutman
    scoutman Club Member Posts: 441 ✭✭✭
    edited June 2019 #5

    The registered name is still The Caravan Club Ltd, CMC is just a trading name. So the Club is indeed 112 yrs old. The Scout Association is also 112 yrs old, but began as the Boy Scout Association, a title not used since 1966, but it is still the same organisation.

  • DavidKlyne
    DavidKlyne Club Member Posts: 13,857 ✭✭✭
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    edited June 2019 #6

    Well I am, for one, am glad the Club has been has been here for 112 years, not that I remember all of themsmile  

    David

  • Oneputt
    Oneputt Club Member Posts: 9,144 ✭✭✭
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    edited June 2019 #7

    The club was only 62 when I first went caravaning, if memory serves it was to a field by Llangorse Lake so we could go sailing.  Happy anniversary to the club

  • peedee
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    edited June 2019 #8

    I remember the mud bath of the 100th anniversary celebrations at Blenheim Palace.

    laughinglaughing

    peedee

  • DaveandVicki
    DaveandVicki Forum Participant Posts: 192
    edited June 2019 #9

    And still inferior to the older Boy's Brigade. sealed

  • cyberyacht
    cyberyacht Forum Participant Posts: 10,218
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    edited June 2019 #10

    Sure and Steadfast. wink

  • ABM
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    edited June 2019 #11

    I'll try to remember this thread and resurrect it in 38 years, assuming that the Club is spared of course innocent

  • Wherenext
    Wherenext Club Member Posts: 10,586 ✭✭✭
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    edited June 2019 #12

    Exactly, Brian. Can't recall too many other (slightly) more memorable events fanfaring a 112th.Anniversary. 

    Still it is the era of self promotion.smile

  • ABM
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    edited July 2019 #13

    Still it is the era of self promotion. smile

     

    Is that why I'm still a Lance Corporal ( Acting )  then ?? embarassedfrown

  • Wherenext
    Wherenext Club Member Posts: 10,586 ✭✭✭
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    edited July 2019 #14

    Which idiot promoted you from Private?laughing

  • ABM
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    edited July 2019 #15

    That one-eyed General !

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