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ENGLISH TARTAN TRAVEL BLANKETS
"Pure New Wool Makes These Blankets Cozy and Warm"
I've always loved wool blankets, and for most of my life I've had on my bed a
U.S. Navy wool blanket that my father brought home from the war. On my first
college trip to study literature in England, I brought blankets home as gifts for my
mother and for my future wife, and I continued to bring blankets back every time I
traveled there. TRF has a collection of these now that we still use on the display tables
whenever we travel to outdoor car events, and I have three or four blankets that I keep
in my work area at to keep me warm on cold evenings.
It is the same at home, where I keep tartan blankets on the sofas and chairs in the
living room, and I have a huge red blanket with black end stripes on my bed along with
my father's navy blanket. The red blanket is a Witney "Five-Point" Blanket made in
Witney in Oxfordshire where British Motor Heritage is located today. It is called a
"Five Point" Blanket because it was worth five beaver pelts when traded with the
Indians in North America. I do not know if they are still making blankets in Witney,
but I am glad that we found a new source for the tartan travel blankets that we sell, as
our old supplier went out of business. I will have to travel in England some time with
the goal of finding more blanket mills.
I love all of the plaids listed below, and one of them can be the start of your own
collection or an addition to a collection that you may have started long ago. I always
like to give blankets as presents, and you may want to keep this idea in mind for
birthdays and other occasions.
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TARTAN BLANKETS,
made in England
of pure new wool, about 60-inches x
72-inches, end fringe
Tartan Blanket, Black Watch tartan,
A/R
NLS
the plaid of the Black Watch Regiment in
the British army, dark green and navy
Tartan Blanket, Dress Gordon tartan,
A/R
NLS
navy, green, white, and yellow
Tartan Blanket, Kilgour tartan,
red,
A/R
NLS
navy, green, purple, and yellow
DRESS GORDON TARTAN
KILGOUR TARTAN
BLACK WATCH TARTAN
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