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

During the Second World War it was converted to use as a hospital serving the internment camps established at Douglas.

Bovington Camp dates back to the First World War, and is the home of the Royal Armoured Corps. The surrounding heathland is heavily used for tank training.

Rockley Sands was one of the earliest holiday camps. It catered for family groups who wanted outdoor holidays with plenty of activities.

Shorncliffe Military Camp was re-established in 1854 to become one of the most important military bases in the country. The barracks overlooked the town and sea.

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

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

The entrance to the Derbyshire Miners' Holiday Camp and Convalescent Home is on the right, with their gardens coming close up to the pavement.

The sprawling seaside bungalowdom of Camber - the holiday village, camp and caravan site with associated amuse- ment arcades that have grown from the glorious expanse of Camber sands, where the tide

They returned to Woodcote, and stirred up the camp. By 11.30 a group of them, several hundred strong and in something like military formation, were marching on the police station.

Ampthill Park was for many years the venue for large bi-annual camps organised by the Scout Movement in Bedfordshire.

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.

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

The heathland beyond is now a tank training ground attached to Bovington Camp.

Like the nearby Butlin's Holiday Camp, it was a pioneer venture; the miners were determined that their people should be able to enjoy cheap holidays of the same kind.

Several holiday camps were built near Lowestoft in the post-war period. Rogerson Hall was always regarded as being more 'up-market' than the rest.

One of the huts of Blackdown Camp, with a group of soldiers and a bowler-hatted civilian.

Beyond, a couple of bell tents at the base of the cliff probably means that some hardy souls are camping there. White Point Hotel is on the skyline.

Basic housekeeping is a requirement of any well-organised camp, and these boys carry out their chores under watchful adult eyes.

About a century ago Robert Baden Powell held the first Boy Scout camp on the island.

Immediately above it is the outline of the ancient Bratton Camp, an Iron Age fortification.

Several years after this photograph was taken, the East Berkshire village of Holyport became the setting for a First World War PoW camp and German soldiers were regularly seen marching through

Immediately above it is the outline of the ancient Bratton Camp, an Iron Age fortification.

At this time camping holidays were extremely popular. Both touring and permanent caravans were used.