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Vintage designs from a time when elegance came as standard
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History of the Gladstone Bag: The original Gladstone Bag developed in the mid-19th century and represented a kind of suitcase built on a rigid frame that could be split into two separate parts. It was usually made of very strong leather and was often 'tied' with lanyards also made of leather. READ MORE.
Great Writers and the Gladstone Bag: So popular and iconic did the bag become in the late 19th and early 19th century that many of the most famous writers of the day found time to mention the Gladstone Bag. READ MORE. The Gladstone Bag and the Great Depression of the Early 1900s: One of the world’s most popular luggage suppliers, Brenner Luggage, situated in South Illinois Street in Indiana, owes a good deal to the austerity of the Great Depression of the early 1900s, during which time travellers with taste but reduced spending ability, began looking for stylish but inexpensive luggage with style to match the iconic Gladstone Bag. READ MORE.
When is a Gladstone Bag not a Gladstone Bag?: Simply when it is another kind of bag or piece of luggage that lacks the elegance and style of the compartmentalised briefcase that formed the design of the original Gladstone Bag. The truth is, however, that no better, more practical, more attractive design of luggage or carrying bag has yet been created to beat or even match the original Gladstone Bag. READ MORE.
The ‘Gladstone Bag’ Murder. The so-called ‘Murder Bag’, based on a murder where a Gladstone bag featured prominently, represents one of the most important breakthroughs in crime detection. The story begins with a particularly macabre murder in Eastbourne in 1924, centering on Patrick Mahon, a salesman whose wife believed he was having an affair and decided to investigate. Mrs. Mahon found a left luggage ticket in her husband’s pocket for an item held at Waterloo station which she expected to contain love letters or other proof of her husband’s infidelity. She employed a private investigator to access the Gladstone bag. READ MORE. Gladstone Bags, Usually Leather, But Canvas Gladstone Bags Also Find Popularity in Major Film Presentations. Recall an image most commonly brought to mind from the film ‘Mary Poppins’ and it’s probably Julie Andrews floating through the sky with an umbrella in one hand and a Gladstone bag in the other. READ MORE. The Gladstone Bag in Literature and Films. Sometimes it isn’t just their novels or stories that cause the names of many great writers to become associated with the Gladstone bag. The name of Somerset Maugham, for example, was inextricably linked to the Gladstone bag by English novelist Christopher Isherwood who compared Maugham to “an old Gladstone bag covered with labels. God only knows what is inside.” READ MORE.
Comedy and the Gladstone Bag. There was one a comedy duo called ‘Mr Gladstone’s Bag’ who thrilled audiences with their sketches accompanied by loud banging drums and poking fun at the life and times of the people of Victorian England. During their act they would pass bunting flags through the audience in the pubs and clubs where they worked. ‘Mr. Gladstone’s Bag’ comprised Mike Clifton and John Watcham whose names are still referred to and their act reminisced about today in Internet forums and entertainment blogs. READ MORE.
The Name Behind the Gladstone Bag. William Ewart Gladstone was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Newark-on-Trent in 1832 and served for more than ten years. Gladstone’s constituency office was based at the Clinton Arms Hotel in Newark’s market place where a plaque on the wall marks his acceptance speech from the balcony of the hotel. READ MORE.
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