Travel Rug

[Chas]

I came across this the other day. It is a page from a 1960s advertising brochure for BMC (British Motor Corporation). The UK went decimal on the 15^th February 1971. As these prices are still in Pounds (£) Shillings (s) and pence (d), it clearly shows that it is from that time frame.

What is interesting is that they are selling travel rugs as accessories at £2 - 19 - 6.

					£ s d
13	Travel rug	(all wool tartan)			2 19 6
		Anderson		37H9928
		Buchanan		37H9923
		Davidson of Tulloch		37H9924
	Tartans	Dress Stewart		37H9926
	available	Macbeth		37H9925
		Macgregor		37H9927
		Macleod		37H9931
		Royal Stewart		37H9929
		Wallace		37H9930

Regards

Chas

[sydnie7]

Having owned and/or been family to several of the breed*, I can attest that even in Southern Calif a travel rug came in handy at times! Your feet might be slowly roasting but the rest could get quite chilly in the "wrong" weather -- with or without the top/side curtains. And then I moved to San Jose for college, woefully unprepared for what turned out to be the coldest winter recorded at that time. . .

Thanks for the glimpse back!

* As many as six '63 Spridgets in the extended family, '64 Spitfire, TR3B, TR4 and TR4A (sans IRS).

[Pleater]

There are two or three tartan travel rugs around the house here - I lost one to mice a few years ago, but they have been around for a very long time. I used them to carry the babies to and from the car, so possibly 30 years old.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[madmacs]

Use one of mine when the covers end up on the other side of the bed... She doesn't like the feel of wool so it gets left behind...

Travel rugs were popular for picnics in the 60's... The UK didn't/doesn't(?) have the fast food culture of an eatery every 100yds...

Now if I can just find an olde english white mini traveller to go with my rug...