Originally Posted by Miss Patsy Jane
I have 2 pairs of pant stretchers that I still use! And I remember my mother washing clothes on a "rub-board". I also remember when we moved to a larger (small) town and going to the steam laundry and using a washer, a tub with bleach in it, and I think, 2 other tubs that had clear water for rinsing. Some of the 'good old days' were good and some weren't! What memories this subject is stirring up for all of us "older adults".
I can shut my eyes and see how our wringer washer and 2 tubs were set up in the middle of the kitchen on laundry day. We didn't have running water, so no water heater. Boiled water on the stove for the water in the washer.
Whites first
Prints second
Dark clothes last
MORE OR LESS------at least that's what I remember
The blueing was in the last rinse for the whites. Pretty well used up by the time we got past prints