Quality Fine Fibers and Original Design Since 1976 On a frigid twenty five below zero day the first shipment of English flannel sheets arrived at Grant and Pegge Dowse converted sugarhouse outside of Franconia New Hampshire in the heart of the beautiful White Mountains. Quality Fine Fibers and Original Design Since 1976 On a frigid twenty five below zero day the first shipment of English flannel sheets arrived at Grant and Pegge Dowse converted sugarhouse outside of Franconia New Hampshire in the heart of the beautiful White Mountains.