An Old Cockney Remembers His Trunk

When I first laid eyes on the circus clown trunk, I just stared. get the best deals on storage trunks hand-drawn clown staring upside down across the front felt like more than decoration. It felt like a fragment of a lost world — a carnival gone by. Chests aren’t just containers. They’re keepers of journeys. Before plastic tubs filled every house, trunks were the way people travelled. Built solid, heavy duty, sometimes decorated with brass corners or painted lettering. I can’t forget when the circus came to town once a year.

Posters glued to walls promised elephants, fire breathers, 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.