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Video: the making of a Globe-Trotter suitcase

July 2012

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How a classic Globe-Trotter suitcase is uniquely hand-crafted in the UK

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Globe-Trotter was founded in 1897. Each of its suitcases is hand-crafted in the UK, using original manufacturing methods, on antique Victorian machinery at their factory in Hertfordshire.

The heritage brand's cases have enjoyed an enviable client list: Captain Robert Falcon Scott travelled with a Globe-Trotter on his infamous Antarctic expedition in 1912 and Sir Winston Churchill used a Globe-Trotter Dispatch Case while he was Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1920s, while Queen Elizabeth II chose it for her honeymoon luggage in 1947 (and continues use her cases to this day).

See the current range at globetrotter1897.com.

Posted by Lucy Thackray

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