Re: The washer women
Today folks take most things for granted, in that building I mentioned every apartment had only 2 rooms.Re: The washer women
Re: The washer women
I should've said there were no baths in the flats, they had 2 options to keep clean, the public baths were only 2 mins walk away, you could get a hot bath for sixpence (2 and a half pence in today's money) for that princely sum a towel and bar of soap was included.Re: The washer women
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Don't remember wash houses, but old plans/maps of our 200 year old house show outbuildings running one length of the garden which I guess was the laundry.Re: The washer women
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i lived on a farm in scotland till i was 5. my mum had a twin sink and she used to pop me in the big sink with the sheets, i loved it. LOL glad she never put me through the mangle afterwards.Re: The washer women
I also grew up in the country and when my mother died I went to live with my Great Aunt and her family
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