THE INVENTOR OF BLANKETS
Tradition ascribes tiie invention of biankels to a IfTeiiilsli weaver, Thomas Blanket, who settled in Bristol and fell on evil Jays. Uhe bitterly edit! flight in the year 1340, Blanket and Ins wife could not sleep because of the lack of fuel and their scanty bed covering. In despair lie went into Ins workshop to find something to 'add to the bedclothes. He chanced upon a pieqe of rough, unfinished cloth which had been cast aside, and the great warmth derived from its use suggested 'tlie idea of manufacturing similar pieces as winter bedclothes. This he did, giving Iris name to the article, which soon made linn a wealthy mall.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 19 June 1937, Page 11
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114THE INVENTOR OF BLANKETS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 19 June 1937, Page 11
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