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Old 05-14-2009, 04:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Izy
When I was a kid, we moved from Scotland down to Manchester, England, and one of my earliest memories was the clothing rack that was on a pully high up against the ceiling usually above the fire, you lowered it to put your clothes on and pulled it back up and wound the rope around a cleat. It was usually 4 long strips of wood which slotted through wrought ironing rails at the ends. Did anyone in the US have this type of airer?
Like this? My Mum used to have one! Great for drying herbs on too! Or hanging your pans up in the kitchen.

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