How many times have you asked that question?
You know, your hands are wet and the towel is not on the hook where it normally resides.
‘SOMEBODY’ moved it. Grrrr!
Often the answer absently wings its way back to you: Which one?
Let it be beige, blue, pink or yellow but never bring a white one with the yellow stripe.
A pair of white towels with a deep egg yolk yellow stripe loving lives in the airing cupboard and are only for looking at. They are delicate and have a long story. History.
Towels from Cawnpore, India
Now, to you they might look like old rags. No. They are ‘Anti –queues’ and not faded!
Really.
As I said in a previous post about shapely legs… ‘They were purchased as a gift before I was even a gleam in my father’s eye. A gift for a woman. A woman I never had the opportunity to meet. The fact that she loved, used and cared for them, was enough for me. They may be my treasure at the moment, but I am really a temporary guardian until the day when I pass them on to the next generation.’
The next generation in this case is my Elly.
I have used them many years ago.
After Elly’s first dip in the baby bath, I loving wrapped her in one of these towels and handed her to her dad. It was long before the days of instant cameras & mobile phones with the option of delivering photos round the world as soon as you click. Never mind, I have the memory stored in my head… just as well, my Elly is way to big for wrapping in one of those towels these days. 😉
Muir Mills Logo
Jack bought the towels in India, when he was serving there in World War 2 and posted them home to his mother. It was before being moved on to Burma and the injury that ended his war.
Right, it is your turn now. What everyday object or item in your house has a long history or story behind it?