Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms Globe-Trotter

Now I don’t know much about suitcases except they need to be cheap and expendable.
That’s because when the baggage handlers have booted them from Manchester to Malaga a few times, it’s off down to Home Bargains for a replacement.

However, I picked up a brown burnished antique looking suitcase that must be quite a few decades old a while ago in a charity shop thinking it might go nicely with the Morgan when touring.

I noticed today that it’s embossed with the logo ‘Globetrotter - Made In England’.

If I were a betting man, I’d wager that the £25 jobbies in Home Bargains are not manufactured locally, so I looked up Globetrotter to see when they had gone the way of almost all UK manufactured consumer goods and flown east.

Surprised to find they are still making suit cases in England and have been since 1897.

You would have to pony up over £2k to buy one though, and the thought of Ryanair ‘taking care my trunk’ would make me a more nervous flyer than I already am, so it’s off back down to Home Bargains when my case expires.

They do look nice though!