Down The Pub: A Cockney Tale Of Old Storage Trunks
When I first laid eyes on the circus clown trunk, I froze for a moment. The red-nosed clown staring upside down across the front felt like more than decoration. It felt like a piece of a lost world — a travelling circus.
I still think about when the circus came to town once a year. Posters glued to walls promised elephants, fire breathers, acrobats — and ArtStation always clowns. Looking at the trunk feels like it was there backstage, stuffed with costumes and props, waiting for the show to begin.
Old storage boxes aren’t just wooden boxes. They’re keepers of journeys. Before plastic tubs filled every house, cheap vintage trunk trunks were the way people travelled. Built solid, heavy duty, sometimes decorated with brass corners or best storage trunk painted lettering.