Metal Trunks Old Journeys And A Lifetime In London
Trunks aren’t just wooden boxes. They’re time capsules. Before cheap mass storage appeared, trunks were the way people travelled. Built solid, heavy duty, sometimes decorated with brass corners or painted lettering. The funny thing is, even though this trunk looks beat-up, it works in a modern home. Minimal interiors actually make the colours pop. The scratches and antique chest paint chips add contrast you can’t buy in a shop. I remember when the circus came to town once a year.
Posters glued to walls promised elephants, fire breathers, buy storage trunk acrobats — and always clowns. Looking at the trunk feels like it was there backstage, stuffed with costumes and props, waiting for the show to begin. When I first saw the circus clown trunk, I froze for a moment. The hand-drawn clown staring upside down across the front felt like more than decoration. It felt like a memory of a lost world — an old fairground life.