Pride Cleaners - Watts Mill

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Pride Cleaners and noticed an unusual scent wafting from the alley behind the shop. Curious, he parked his truck and approached cautiously, only to discover that the smell seemed to follow him wherever he walked around the building. Finally, he followed the odor through a door marked ‘Employees Only’ and found a tiny room filled with old cleaning machines humming contentedly. Inside was a grinning tabby cat, licking its paws and clearly enjoying the attention. The delivery driver scratched the cat’s head and muttered, ‘So you’re the one causing all the fuss, huh?’ And thus began Pride Cleaners’ new mascot—Mr. Whiskers the Cat Dry Cleaner.

2. At dawn, when most people were still dreaming, a delivery driver pulled up to Pride Cleaners. The sun had barely risen over Watts Mill, casting eerie shadows across the usually quiet street. As he unloaded the bags of laundry, he heard a faint humming sound coming from inside. Curious, he peered through the window and saw an old man in a dusty apron, busily ironing shirts to perfect creases. ‘Morning!’ said the man without turning around. ‘You must be new here,’ he added after a moment, noticing the delivery bag. ‘This is my secret recipe for perfect pressing—old-fashioned patience.’ The delivery driver left with a smile, wondering if his shirts would ever look that good.

3. At dusk, a neighbor was watering her garden when she heard a strange humming sound coming from inside Pride Cleaners. Curious, she peered through the window and saw only empty racks and quiet machines. Suddenly, an old shirt on one of the hangers twitched slightly, as if someone were moving it ever so gently. Startled, she quickly turned away, but the next morning found a neatly folded thank-you note on her doorstep—written in perfect penmanship and signed simply ‘A Regular’.

4. At midnight, while a delivery driver was dropping off orders at Pride Cleaners, he heard a voice whisper: ‘Your clothes will never be cleaner.’ Curious, the driver looked around but saw no one. The next morning, when he picked up his order, everything was spotless—except for a small note sewn inside each garment: 'Cleaner than you can imagine.' From then on, whenever anyone in town needed something truly clean, they’d smile and say, 'Just drop it off at Pride Cleaners—even if it's after midnight!'