Professor Vicky's Not Quite History 1: Plymouth Rock (1620)

o long ago that even the mahogany trees have died and the people have totally decomposed, there was a magnificant event!

The Mayflower arrived at Plymouth Rock in 1620, and the pilgrims were eager to disenbark off the ship after over 6 mounths of voyage. One of these passangers was a young lady named Sophie. She was poor, but she was hard working and alone.

She orginally had been intended as a wife to one of the gentleman on board, but he hadn't made it, so she was alone. She didn't mind - she was the first feminist! All through the voyage, she had sewn and sown, making dresses, suits, clothes and socks (as well as underwear) in all types of colours, shapes and sizes (as long as you liked red, black or blue).

When she got to the new colony, and her new future, she helped the other pilgrims build their new colony, Jamestown. Now, after she had helped build the nessessities for the English and other European countries settlers, including homes, pigpens, and a church, she had set to work on her own store.

She quickly, through three months, built herself a little shop, buying the wood and other materials with pieces of jewlery her supposed-to-be-husband had given her. When she was finished, she put the nice stuff she had knit and sown into the store and opened it.

It was Sophie's Dressshop, and it's motto was "The First Dressshop this side of the Atlantic!" She grew and grew the store, winning awards (such as the Plymouth Business Group Best Dressshop 1622). Eventually, when she was very old and had three kids she sold the shop to a very nice man called Jasper E. Searickle.

And that, friends, is the story of the first dresshop in the new world!

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