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kit bag


gladstone bag; Common use at SEC in Yallourn, Victoria in 1950-1960 period.

Contributor's comments: Not just the SEC, all school boys in the 60's at CBC schools at least had kit bags.

Contributor's comments: Kit bag (for Gladstone Bag) also very commonly used in SA when I was at school in the 50s. They were often used by boys as school bags, & by men going to work & elsewhere. Not used by women or girls.