Oh yes, the ringer machines, bluing, two rinse waters, and you had to wash the clothes in a certain order, dirty work clothes last. And that darling 'clothes pin bag' that you slid along the clothes line that held the pins. And then the pins themselves, that was an adventure in itself. To use the ones with the springs or not. I remember mom with clothes pins in her mouth even. And we always had bean soup and corn bread for dinner on laundry nights. Beans soaked and cooked all day and then the corn bread didn't take long to make.
The next day was 'dampening' and ironing. It's hard to imagine that people actually ironed everything. Remember the 'sprinkling' head that you put on the top of a soda pop bottle to dampen the clothes, and then roll them up and put them in the clothes basket and cover with a t-towel for an hour before you could even heat up the iron. Remember the clothes basket, lined with cloth or plastic so you would not 'snag' the clothes.
Lots of good memories, thanks for the trip down memory lane!