Growing up in Southern Bleachery

Growing up in Southern Bleachery This is a place to share the stories, of what is was like growing up in the Southern Bleachery Mill Village and working in the Mill.

If you want to buy a memorial brick to help build a memorial Alcove for Southern Bleachery, please email me. I will emai...
05/07/2024

If you want to buy a memorial brick to help build a memorial Alcove for Southern Bleachery, please email me. I will email you a PDF to print out. The picture is of the Camperdown Memorial

I am certain many know about Greenville's Textile Heritage Park. Southern Bleachery is such an important part of the tex...
04/30/2024

I am certain many know about Greenville's Textile Heritage Park. Southern Bleachery is such an important part of the textile story in Greenville. It needs to be included in the Mill Walk.
To get an alcove, memorial bricks need to be sold, memories need to be shared. I will be posting updates.

04/05/2022
What area did you work in? Share your stories!
12/27/2021

What area did you work in? Share your stories!

11/21/2020

This page was created for everyone to share pictures and memories. Please feel free. If tgere are any issues, i am the admin, Teresa Slack. Please contact me

It's finally finished, 6 year labor of love. You can watch the documentary here
11/14/2019

It's finally finished, 6 year labor of love. You can watch the documentary here

By the 1930’s, sixteen major cotton mills and two dye/bleaching/processing mills lay within three miles of downtown Greenville, SC, one of which was the largest mill under one roof in the world. The mills and their villages formed a crescent surrounding the growing city. The entrepreneurs who buil...

Please share stories of any family member that played baseball for Southern Bleachery! Apparently they were the team to ...
08/17/2019

Please share stories of any family member that played baseball for Southern Bleachery! Apparently they were the team to beat!

There's is problem researching. What is happening at the mill today makes research difficult. This page is really depend...
06/02/2019

There's is problem researching. What is happening at the mill today makes research difficult. This page is really dependent on the memories and photos of the people that lived there.
Anyone can post on this page.

Anyone have memories of the company store for Southern Bleachery?
03/22/2019

Anyone have memories of the company store for Southern Bleachery?

photograph of the Union Bleachery basketball "B" team. Southern Textile Basketball Tournament champions 1938. Front row:...
02/18/2019

photograph of the Union Bleachery basketball "B" team. Southern Textile Basketball Tournament champions 1938. Front row: Aromus Belcher, Beattie Eppes, Paul Turner, Jr., Roy Brooks, Ansel Bridwell, Charles Brooks. Back row: Harold Green, Bill Harrison, B.C. Hawkins, Walker Dillworth, B***y Bishop.

Sweet personal stories like this, are not only endearing but important for future generations, and those new to the area...
12/23/2018

Sweet personal stories like this, are not only endearing but important for future generations, and those new to the area.

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