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tadpoles_62 09-08-2011 07:52 AM
i remember my my mom telling me how they did laundry she was little she was born in 1924 , i thank GOD every day for my washer and dryer ,

svenskaflicka1 09-08-2011 08:42 AM
Originally Posted by Charlee
Funny!! I just found this same article in some of my genealogy stuff....was always going to print it and frame it with this photo of William's great grandmother!
and i just found that hand agitator in your photo in my dad's basement, from his mother's things from the farm. she had seven boys--five lived to marry and have families. and she "vashed" (swedish) da clothes by hand, ja, with it for many years before she got her old wringer washer.

i still have the old copper boiler she used on the woodstove for the whites, too. i hang mine outside, sometimes, just in honor of all they did in the past...

Rose Marie 09-08-2011 10:21 AM
Yes, I used to wash with a wringer washer.
Diapers had to be the last load to do as you reused the wash water for all your loads.

mojo11 09-08-2011 12:50 PM
Wow. We are a blessed people.

Cynthia Mosquera 09-08-2011 04:36 PM
Oh, that is so cool, I love hearing about the past lifestyle of women from the past. Thanks for sharing.

Momsmurf 09-08-2011 06:58 PM
Brings back memories of my mother who would have to "boil" my father's work clothes to get the printers ink out.

Pickles 09-08-2011 08:03 PM
Originally Posted by barbo117
I remember my mother had a schedule and it was kept no matter what.(I am 62) Monday was washing and ironing, Tuesday was bread making, Wednesday mending and sewing, etc. And each and every day there was a home cooked meal on the table, usually with a chicken she had killed and cleaned that morning and a home made cake or pie with some fruit she had gathered or been given. I also remember that every piece of laundry was starched, except towels and underwear. The pieces were so stiff they would stand up on their own. She had a vinegar bottle filled with water with a cork and sprinker head on it and us kids had to sprinkle the clothes to get them damp while she ironed. And I never heard her complain about anything.
This is to a tea what my Mother did , and never a complain
out of her are use four youngens either when we had to pitch in to help day after day.

montanajan 09-08-2011 09:58 PM
Originally Posted by Val in IN
Thanks for sharing this. Makes me truly thankful for my modern conveniences. @ Montanajan: Your avatar looks strangely familiar...Hmmmm
Yes, our Avatar's could be twins - 66 Red Eye treadle - purchased from a dear friend - had been her MIL's, Albertina is her name.

Tropical 09-08-2011 10:12 PM
That makes me much happier about shopping for a new washing machine tomorrow. Sure puts things into perspective. lol

gypsylady5 09-09-2011 01:31 PM
I do remember my mothers wringer washer and hanging the clothes outside on Mondays!


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