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Braided shopping bag by FILT1860
We already know that one of the correct behavior for environmental protection is to avoid the use of disposable bags. And that is why some of our grandparents tips or useful products became the new trend ! I am especially talking about the braided shopping bag… the one that all the housewives had been using till the 70′. Yes, the same one that had been supplanted by disposable plastic bag ….But it is payback time ! The Filt1860 company was funded in 1860 in Normandy (Caen city) by peasants : they used to braid their own crops bags or nets. 160 years later, the company is still there !…
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Candles by MAISON TRUDON
In 1643, Mr Claude TRUDON moved in Paris (rue Saint Honoré) and operated a grocery and candles business. He successfully supplied local homes and parishes with its candles. With luxury know-how and high quality products, its reputation flourished. The Maison Trudon became the Versailles royal court supplier. In 1737, Maison Trudon even bought the one and only Royal Wax Manufacture (created in 1702 in the south of Paris). Its moto has not changed since : “DEO REGIQUE LABORANT”, which means “they (the bees) work for God and the King” Somehow Maison Trudon succeeded in going through the up and down of the history ! And continued serving the Imperial court…
