By all accounts, it could be said that Harry Vickers was a character. Starting off as a Trapeze Artist, the Bolton-born eccentric briefly went into exhibiting himself as the world's strongest man, sold patent medicines in Lancashire, started getting into chromework and then found a site in Morecambe following the Second World War, which is where he started building his caravans and trailers. 

These were the best-of-the-best. A Vickers was a bit like the Rolls-Royce of the Caravan world. They were bigger, roomier, loaded with details and often covered in rich, bright chrome. It was often said that if you could pay for it, the Vickers Caravan Workshop could do it, and to this day one of the legendary Westmorland Caravans is bound to garner plenty of attention. Larger than an Airstream of the same era, it's really inside these remarkable trailers that true gauche glory comes into play. 

Curvy, patterned units and a fireplace sit alongside fully spec'd out stoves and tiled floors, often with frosted and etched glass motifs across the board. It was a very glamorous place to be, and proved remarkably comfortable for travelling showmen who often made it their main home with pride. To this day, it's a very handsomely specified home-on-wheels. 

This fine example requires some chassis repairs and a little bit of restoration work, but the handsome period kitsch is all present and correct, and will no doubt prove a very handsome example when finished. It's recently been part of a very successful holiday let in a circus-themed barn, has been used repeatedly in filming and for wedding photoshoots, and is now being sold due to much-deserved retirement. We think it'll be a very viable business for the lucky buyer!

BEFORE YOU BUY 

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