22-03-2022, 06:14 PM
(22-03-2022, 04:41 PM)Outsider Wrote:We also had a copper, & a wringer which was attached to the tubs (for rinsing things) & there was a product called I think, Bluo - widely known as blue bags, which were put in the rinsing water to get whites whiter. They were also used on bee stings.(21-03-2022, 02:13 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: How many can you remember? I can remember almost all, & would add the old rotary dial phones, shower caps & the old 78 records with the wind up gramophones.
Hadn't realised I was so very ancient!
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Yes, remember all those but I go back much further. We had one of the old copper washing machines and a mangle - I was in charge of the mangle from about the age of 10 and I loved doing it. It was so satisfying to get all the water out of sheets and clothes.
Also a Bakelite radio - wish I'd kept it - would probably have been worth a fortune by now.
When it was time to wash blankets - always heavy wool back then - it was my job to stand in the tub, walking on them to get the soap out after they'd been washed.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)