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Caravan camps have become much more sophisticated since the 1950s, but they also had lots of fun in those days, you can be sure of that!

With such a fine view across the bay to St Ives, it is little surprise that holidaymakers should have come to camp at Hayle Towans.

Likewise, the many permanent buildings on the site belie its description as a camp.

In 1911 Lord Baden-Powell recommended the former site of the Roman camp, Cataractonium, to be a major military camp - it still dominates the town.

In 1925 it became the Morecambe Bay Holiday Camp, with 400 campers in this building and another 100 men in permanent tents in the grounds.

In 1925 it became the Morecambe Bay Holiday Camp, with 400 campers in this building and another 100 men in permanent tents in the grounds.

In the 1800s, the Royston Militia camped and performed manoeuvres on the Heath, whilst archaeologists, fascinated by the tumuli, carried out extensive excavations.

North Wales has been a popular venue for the annual army camps for regulars and for the Territorial Army from around the turn of the 20th century.

Here the 'camp' title is well justified by the neatly erected tents, with two people folding ground sheets (left).

He died in 1935 in a motorcycle accident on the road leading north from Bovington Camp.

Billy Butlin placed Filey firmly on the summer map when he opened his third holiday camp here in 1939.

This view of Northbrook Street shows the facade of Newbury's famous department store, Camp Hopson, established in 1921.

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In October 1644, during the Civil War, Cromwell's men camped in the fields surrounding the village of Chieveley before doing battle at Newbury the following day.

In this view of Marske beach, with the distinctive cliffs of Huntcliffe in the distance, there appears to be some form of camp being held on the sands with a row of distinctive wigwam-like

This is an early view of Tunbridge Wells, with a lone cart ascending the hill beside the common, where early visitors like Queen Henrietta Maria had camped.

This old tower windmill is on Old Windmill Hill between Blackdown Barracks and Elizabeth Barracks in Deepcut and Pirbright Camps.

In 1907, Robert Baden Powell held a camp for boys on the island, which laid the foundations for the Boy Scout movement.

Rockley Sands was one of the earliest holiday camps.

Beyond, a couple of bell tents at the base of the cliff probably means that some hardy souls are camping there.

In 1549, John Kett led his rebel peasant army from its camp on Mousehold Heath over this fine 14th-century bridge, only for his followers to be cut to pieces in the city.

Wool had a dramatic increase in population during the 20th century, thanks to the proximity of Bovington army camp and the Winfrith atomic power research station.

They camped in the grounds of a house in Church Street called Silver Birches, long since demolished.

Shorncliffe Military Camp was re-established in 1854 to become one of the most important military bases in the country.