Yes, even in the 1960s. I had a Gladstone bag during my high school years 1959 - 1964 (and from memory so did most of the other boys at Swan Hill High).
RIP to both of them.
Incidentally one sentence in the text is a bit strange.
'Her death struck a poignant chord with her fans worldwide and even her closest family and friends'.
It makes it sound as though it was odd that their deaths affected their friends and family.
St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall.
A rather dramatic shot of St. Michael's Mount, taken from the Penzance ferry terminal before leaving for the Isles of Scilly in 2015.