Sitting on Paddington station one February day in 1967, Harold Martin noticed the difficulties which many passengers were having moving their baggage. 'The more I thought about this, the more I came to believe that there could be a large market for a strong, lightweight trolley that looked good enough to appeal to even the most mod-dressed girl. So, during lunch in the buffet car on the way back to Birmingham, I sketched out a very rough idea for such a trolley. When I showed this to my managing director, Ernest Deavin, he immediately agreed to make a prototype. There were no further drawings: I knew exactly how I wanted the trolley to look.'

Constructed from grey-enamelled steel tube the trolleys had silent-running wheels on nylon bushes and designed for use in the home, office and factory. The product won a Design Council Award in 1969.