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Suitcases made from!

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☺Carol in Dulwich☺

☺Carol in Dulwich☺ Report 1 Oct 2009 12:51

What type of material were those little old brown suitcase made! were they Cardboard!

I don't mean a Luxury Leather one, just the little old run of the mill.

GranOfOzRubySlippers

GranOfOzRubySlippers Report 1 Oct 2009 13:00

Hi Carol I think they were compressed paper/cardboard. Remember having one for school, which was a Samsonite label. Horrid things.

Gail

LindainBerkshire1736004

LindainBerkshire1736004 Report 1 Oct 2009 13:56

Carol
I think they were cardboard, I was given one last year full of my Great Aunts family photos. Unfortunately I don't recognise half the people , though I have noted all those I do know

Linda :o)

Researching:
Peryer(Winchester), Barber(Norfolk), Franklin(Oxford), Sadler(Marylebone), Davies(Hammersmith/Northampton), Rance(Wokingham), Hedley(Gateshead/Lincolnshire), Wilson(Derbyshire/India), French(India/Ireland), Luffman(Wiltshire), Barnett(Brixton/Lincolnshire)

☺Carol in Dulwich☺

☺Carol in Dulwich☺ Report 1 Oct 2009 14:22

Thank you.

Wildgoose

Wildgoose Report 1 Oct 2009 16:01

I have two of these little suitcases. They belonged to my grandmother and I think she used them when she was in service. The used to be full of photos but now they sit on top of my wardrobe.

They are made of cardboard, I think.

Janet

Researching:
Northampton/Blisworth Northants/Hinderclay Suffolk

Jean (Monmouth)

Jean (Monmouth) Report 1 Oct 2009 19:44

They are made of compressed cardboard, sealed on the outside with a very durable brown finish, and lined with a coloured paper. We keep our shoe cleaning equiment in one which my father used in the 50's to carry his ticket machine and spare tickets, and money float, when he was a bus conductor.