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In the 1930s, with the increase in car ownership, driving holidays became more popular and so somewhere to stay was required.

You could of course have taken a tent but another option was the collapsable camping trailer, a rare example of which exists in the collection of Michael and Heather Fattorini.

Built from the plywood they were designed to go with smaller cars and were often built based on sets of instruction printed in magazines at the time.

They acted rather like tents as they had space for two beds and some storage, but no other facilities...

Vintage RAC badges

Also amongst the Fattorinis' automotive collection are a series of RAC badges.

Given out to members of the club still today, older versions of the badges were much larger and much more elaborate with the club logo, a Union Jack and the King's head.

Michael Fattorini said he was particularly proud of the large silver version of the 'badge' which has pride of place on his mantlepiece...