I taught at a rather poor school where one grandmother still used a wringer washing machine. She had 14 grandchildren enrolled at our school. On Monday the children looked very clean. By Friday their shirts didn't look nearly as clean as they had been worn for the entire week. We could not judge them for this knowing how hard their sweet grandmother toiled for them. They were the nicest kids, too! All these cousins truly loved each other. Even after growing up, they often vacationed together with their extended families.
hahaha, what a picture.Took me back to 1950's where I was the "washing machine" and the "mangle" as we called it, was the dryer before we hung the laundry on the line. What a memory!
My grandma always said she wasn't sure the "good ole days" were so good. When I was young she had the wringer washer and hung everything outside to dry. She was born in 1914 and didn't have electricity until she was almost 40.
My grandma did the same, Anonymous, but my parents always claimed that the old lady next door to them used to wait to do her laundry until it rained, and then she took it out, all soapy, and hung it up on the line to be rinsed for free and then, eventually, to dry!
I remember a wringer washer in our basement as a kid. I don't recall whether it was used much. My grandmother's I'm sure. She was born in 1893. Everything was hung out to dry except in the dead of winter. Oddly I remember my mom 'sprinkling' the clothes to iron, and if she couldn't get to all of it, the laundry went in the freezer!? I have clearer memories of the electric washer and dryer. We stood our wirefox terrier on top to clip his coat, while one of us kids bribed him with cereal so he would behave!
I taught at a rather poor school where one grandmother still used a wringer washing machine. She had 14 grandchildren enrolled at our school. On Monday the children looked very clean. By Friday their shirts didn't look nearly as clean as they had been worn for the entire week. We could not judge them for this knowing how hard their sweet grandmother toiled for them. They were the nicest kids, too! All these cousins truly loved each other. Even after growing up, they often vacationed together with their extended families.
ReplyDeleteI like doing the laundry with the modern machines. I wouldn't like it much in the laundry picture you shared.
ReplyDeletehahaha, what a picture.Took me back to 1950's where I was the "washing machine" and the "mangle" as we called it, was the dryer before we hung the laundry on the line. What a memory!
ReplyDeleteand yeah, facial expression was the same, as was the name :)
ReplyDeleteMy grandma always said she wasn't sure the "good ole days" were so good. When I was young she had the wringer washer and hung everything outside to dry. She was born in 1914 and didn't have electricity until she was almost 40.
ReplyDeleteMy grandma did the same, Anonymous, but my parents always claimed that the old lady next door to them used to wait to do her laundry until it rained, and then she took it out, all soapy, and hung it up on the line to be rinsed for free and then, eventually, to dry!
DeleteI remember a wringer washer in our basement as a kid. I don't recall whether it was used much. My grandmother's I'm sure. She was born in 1893. Everything was hung out to dry except in the dead of winter. Oddly I remember my mom 'sprinkling' the clothes to iron, and if she couldn't get to all of it, the laundry went in the freezer!? I have clearer memories of the electric washer and dryer. We stood our wirefox terrier on top to clip his coat, while one of us kids bribed him with cereal so he would behave!
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