Even after the automatic came into the house the wringer washer was still used.All the whites were done in it and all the things that needed starched. Mom said the wringer was the only way our socks would come clean=5 kids made for a lot of socks. I use to help until I put my arm through the wringers when I was 5. Summer in a sling. But I still hang laundry outside all year as long as its close to 40 degrees and warmer