July 27, 2024
Tag: sheets
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Where Was It Made?
– Part VI –
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Did you sleep on “Pepper Mill” sheets when you were a kid? No? Neither did I, but that’s what we called them. Pepperell was a brand name of the sheets my mother bought. My family loved them for one reason – unlike other brands, Pepperell sheets did not make those little pills of lint that you would…
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Cannon Mills
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Cannon Mills was the largest manufacturer of towels and sheets in the world. From Dog Patch to Park Avenue, Cannon, as a branded product, was as universal as McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, and Ford.
Past Article
October 6, 2021 7 Comments
A postcard purchased in error becomes the centrepiece of a tale of life in London Town during the Great War. A message written only days after the night of the Theatreland Raid tells how two British ingénue deal with the reality of war.