- flannel. The word's
origin is uncertain, but a
Welsh origin has been
suggested as
fabric similar to
flannel can be
traced back to Wales,
where it was well...
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promise next-day delivery. His
business also took off overseas,
selling Welsh flannel to the rest of Europe, the
United States followed by Australia. During...
-
sometimes written '****b'
flannel the
Oxford English Dictionary says the
etymology is "uncertain", but
Welsh gwlanen = "
flannel wool" is likely. An alternative...
- "slogan",
fflanel "
flannel",
trwnt "truant", and gêl/geol/jael/jêl/siêl "gaol". The
letter ⟨j⟩ has only recently[when?] been
accepted into
Welsh orthography:...
- took over the
business in 1856 and
renamed it the
Royal Welsh Warehouse,
selling local Welsh flannel. The
establishment of the
Uniform Penny Post in 1840...
- very dark blue or
black striped flannel which was
sourced locally. See
example on the left in the
illustration above '
Welsh Fashions Taken on a
Market Day...
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Pryce Pryce-Jones set up the
first modern mail
order in 1861,
selling Welsh flannel.
Catalog sales for an ****ortment of
general goods started in the late...
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Meifod in 1789.
These carding mills produced yarn
particularly for the
Welsh flannel industry. In 1834
James Walton invented the
first practical machines...
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confirmed in 1657.
Abergavenny was
celebrated for the
production of
Welsh flannel, and also for the manufacture,
whilst the
fashion prevailed, of goats'...
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flanged plates of cast iron,
bolted together, with the
joints bedded with
Welsh flannel and a
mixture of
white lead and iron
particles from
boring waste. After...
