I remember when my nana used to do her wahsing. She used an old Dolly Tub and a Prosser. She filled the Dolly Tub with water and soap and then prossed the washing up and down, up and down for a good ten minutes!She would then push the washing through the Mangle to squeeze out the water, empty and refil the Dolly Tub and go through the whole process again! She had to empty the Tub manually, fill it up manually and then empty it again manually. No wonder it took a whole morning.
Then my mum got a Service washing machine which in effect did a smiliar thing to the Dolly Tub, only you didn't have to stand there with the Prosser - you just flicked a switch and the washing washed itself! Then mum used to push the washing through the two rolls on top of the machine to squeeze the water out. At the flick of another switch the washer would empty itself and then mum just filled it up again and repeated the process until the washing was soap free and ready for hanging on the line! This probably took half the morning!!
Today, I have put my washing in my washing machine, put the powder and softener in, pressed the right button and hey presto.... washing does itself while I go and get the next load ready!!
So within one and a half hours 'I' have done two piles of washing, put one pile on the line, gone shopping, cleaned up, sorted out the ironing
So within one and a half hours 'I' have done two piles of washing, put one pile on the line, gone shopping, cleaned up, sorted out the ironing
and I still think I have no time!!!
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Yes, Carol, I will take the machines of today! :)
Their housework was definitely longer hours and harder. I remember having to defrost the freezer(icebox)as one of my chores as a girl.Putting hot pans of water in there to break up the ice. On a hot summery day it was not too bad.
Love,
Miriam
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