General Chat

reminds me one day I was washing the cheese grater and half the washing up brush disappeared!!

Yes loved hanging it out to blow we had a flatley too later on I burnt things often I bet they used starch on the uniforms. Anne

My Mum would sometime grate up soap with the cheese grater into the twin tub.

I can still picture my mother with the old tub & posser,

& dolly blues in a row on the window sill, & the green block of fairy soap.

I loved seeing a row of Terry nappies blowing on a line along with the sheets which stiffened in the very cold winter. Shirts danced on the line too when it was frosty.
As for the twin tubs......my first washing machine was a hotpoint one in 1978. before this I washed by hand or went to the laundrette. Mind you only OH and I then and my nursing uniforms were done for me so not too much hard work. I even had a Flatley drier.

I totally agree dads always mended them I can remember using a hose to swill took ages. But better than the old boiler. I am sure the washing is not as clean as then. We had same sorting idea Dad used to store cigs in his pockets that was bad. So we had to get those out first. Anne

My Mum used to do the washing on a Monday when I was little ( early 60s ).......we had a twin tub washing machine , all the clothes would be sorted into heaps , whites in first , then coloureds , then the really dirty stuff ( like Dads overalls ).....it used to take nearly all day back then.

We had that machine for over 20 years , it would break down , Mum would hope for a new one but Dad always managed to fix it........lol
In the end you had to put all your weight on the spinner lid to hold it down or it wouldn't go round.I lost my temper with it in my teenage years and stoved the spinner lid in with the big wooden washing stick......I said to Dad " there ! you'll have to get a new on now ".........but.........he mended it....lol

Amanda

Stella I never got good at sowing but good at getting wash day hands. Anne

Hi Gem yes we spent all day wring out in the shed or outhouse it was freezing. Can imagine family of fifteens washing. Can you remember when twintubs came out? Anne.

I remember Sunday hair wash and sharing the water.Do you mean you used the bath water for washing the clothes? Anne.

i got to be a dab hand at turning collars and cuffs...lol

Certainly do remember. My Mum was one of 15 children so Nan had loads to do and she spent all day in the wash house/scullery. Mum was 2nd eldest daughter.

Can you remember washday Mondays in the 50s and early 60s took all day all the cuffs and collars had to be scrubbed first then boiled and rinsed put through the ringer and hung out whatever the weather. It looked so good it didnt need ironing. Glad to hear your comments. Anne.