Originally Posted by starryzar
I will ask around to see if anyone knows where they were woven, the blankets do seem very similar. Somehow lurking at the back of my mind is 'in Wales' followed by Lancashire but will get back to you if I find anything definite. I do think they were made for the Armed Services so the Imperial War museum might have the answer. I always look in the charity shops in the hope of finding them, they are scarce these days though.
Just think of all the pleasure they give to us in their second lives!
Thanks starryzar, In our lives so much has happened, and changed! The town of Berlin NH where I was born, was less than 40 miles south of the canadian border. Even today, people travel back and forth across the border with goods they have bought on "the other side" - so who knows?
My impression is they were just commonly widely used people blankets in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont...
I was born there in 1929, and saw them having been well used - 5 yrs before WWII.
I don't remember seeing them in Indiana, though, when we moved there in 1937.
It does sound like we are talking about the same kind of blankets though.
Thanks for any information you find. ( I would like them for quilting, but no chance here. This town is the same age as my mom!) Lucky you! Jeannie