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Wood Green Baths towels 1934 & 1935

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Anne:
Found these whilst rummaging through my fabric boxes. Had totally forgotten I had them!

Both are made of what seems to be a cotton waffle type fabric, more like tea towelling that the fluffy towels we have now.

Wood Green Baths is no more apparently, but these are a little bit of its history!

Frank:
I presume this is from Wood Green in London. Where I was born and first had swimming lessons! As far as I know the building is still there but not in use!

Anne:
Yes that's correct Frank. I sold them on to a collector from Wood Green for an exhibition or some such that he was doing. Nice to know they have gone home.

Frank:
Nice indeed!

Carolyn Preston:
Which begs the question, does anyone know when terry towel (and where the heck did that name come from) became the standard for bath towels, etc, rather than linen which is still the standard for tea towels and the like?

Carolyn

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