Good morning from Philadelphia where it will be 97 degrees today. I think I’ll do laundry.
@PhillyBella Will you crawl in the washer to take a spin to cool you down😜 ???????
@ReneeVoiceBrand good idea! Doing cold water wash today!
@PhillyBella @ReneeVoiceBrand We wash almost everything in cold water. It saves electricity.
@Oma_Trisha @ReneeVoiceBrand me too actually! Saves my clothes too!
@PhillyBella @Oma_Trisha I live by the mantra 'clothes aren't clean unless they're boiling in hot water.'😱
@ReneeVoiceBrand @Oma_Trisha I remember wringer washers with steam coming out of the clothes.
@ReneeVoiceBrand @Oma_Trisha actually this picture looks a little more modern! Lol
@PhillyBella @ReneeVoiceBrand
Our wringer was -- What, ceramic?
The handle and part of the frame on mine were made of wood, & there was no paint left on them or the metal due to the constant onslaught of water. The outside of the tub had spots where the paint had flaked off as well. I think it was 50 years old when I got it. I didn't care. The only other machine I ever had that came close to doing as good a job was one of the original front loaders - not the late '90s version (I hated those).
@Oma_Trisha @PhillyBella @ReneeVoiceBrand
My mother had a washboard that she used in the bathtub. Finally she went to her mother’s and told my Dad she would not be home until
he bought a washer. She had 3 kids in 33 months. That’s an awful lot of diapers to do. Lol. She got the washer.
@RuthEd @PhillyBella @ReneeVoiceBrand
My mom had my oldest brother on the kitchen table in the house they were renting. She did close with a washboard until my dad went in the military. Base housing in those years included washers and dryers.