John Morgan
Hire Company
Buying colonial leftovers from Britain's best attics since 1984
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Welcome to John Morgan Hire Company Website
John Morgan Hire Company has provided pre-war luggage to the film & television industries since 1984. We need to buy more things! Ready money is paid for redundant leather goods, officers' effects and colonial leftovers. Please enjoy browsing this website and give your neglected kit the chance to relive days of glory.
Our extensive premises are based at Muston's Yard in the centre of the beautiful Saxon hill top town of Shaftesbury. Take an interactive tour round part of our Coaching and Military Museum or you can call us up to make an appointment to visit.
"...he paid well for my bearskin at Erskine..."
"...and bought all of my boots from Glenfoot"
John Morgan (a serving Territorial) combines frequent visits to military training areas throughout Britain with detours via attics, box rooms, stables and cellars.
Our restoration department is second to none. We buy items in any condition, in small or large quantities.
We will already have bought from many people you know, in every part of the British Isles.
No other firm understands the kit like we do.
"I first heard of John Morgan's Hire Company when my father sold him some family military items which were truly "relicts of empire". He was much taken with John's collection. When I left the Army I disposed of my uniforms and various military oddities and antiquities through John who has an uncanny ability to turn the most unlikely items into cash. If you have the slightest interest in our nation's military history from Victorian times to the Cold War then a visit to John's web site is an absolute necessity." Lt Gen Sir Philip Trousdell, KBE, CBE. |
"You'll always find something of interest in John's unique collection. He rises to the challenge of finding those useful things that are difficult to get anywhere else. For example, box-spurred mess wellingtons are just one of the versatile, family christmas gifts he's supplied me with this year." Jools Holland OBE, DL. |
John Morgan buys
Old Luggage - leather & crocodile fitted dressing cases • Gladstone bags • trunks • hat boxes • Louis Vuitton luggage • picnic sets • despatch, attache & brief cases • wooden boxes.
Officers' Effects - uniforms • headdress • accoutrements • uniform tins • highland • accessories • brass-bound & military furniture • swords • daggers • lances • propellers • flying clothing • aviation souvenirs.
Polo & Hunting Kit - polo sticks & helmets • boots with trees • hunting horns • crops • flasks & sandwich cases • hunt coats • silk top hats • boot pulls • boot jacks • stable & tack room fittings • horse blankets.
Colonial Leftovers - leather upholstered & bamboo furniture • Anglo Indian & China • trade relics • albums & photographs • walking sticks • canes • corkscrews • decanters • smokers' requisites.
Sporting & Motoring - golf clubs • model yachts • croquet sets • tennis racquets • cricket bats • curling stones • bowling woods • footballs • boxing • gloves • painted oars • honours caps • shields • toys • trophies • car mascots • car & carriage lamps.
Natural History - game trophies • mounted heads & horns • animal skin rugs • cased birds & mammals • butterfly & insect collections • cabinets • artists' boxes • tortoiseshell & ivory articles • globes • travel & exploration souvenirs • tribal art • scientific & medical instruments.
Shooting & Fishing - gun cases • cartridge bags & magazines • shooting sticks • stalking telescopes • decoys • dog collars • game carriers • panniers • counters • game books • portable furniture • knives • fishing rods • rod boxes • reels • landing nets • gaffs • creels • cased & carved fish.
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