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GREAT NORTH BAGS
OUR STORY
Great North Bags
Great North Bags was founded more than 10 years ago in a small room on a big machine!
As a way to provide for her family she sat at her industrial machine with a few scraps of canvas, and a vision. And the first Great North Bag was born, a canvas box bag, and then swags and bedrolls! From there the business has grown into a range of travel bags and coolerbags in the local material Chitenge and Canvas.
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If it doesn't say GREAT NORTH on it, its not our bag.
The Makers
Hi! My name is Hope Sherriff. I took over the Bag business from my mother in-law Dawn, and have been designing and running the bags for a few years now. I grew up in Mbala, Zambia and after dabbling in hospitality for a year and a half and moving to Serenje to be with the love of my life. I decided I wanted to embrace a more creative life, and started managing the Great North Bags. I took over from Dawn and now live in Mkushi with my Farmer Husband, and little girl. I run the bags from a little studio off our Farm House.