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Washing day blues.

Washing day blues in the good old days.

 

Washing day consisted of a tub and a wringer on top of the tub.

 

It was a matter of throwing the washing into the tub add a carefully measured amount of Rinso into the water.

 

Switch the power on and the agitator would do its job.

 

It would turn in violent almost epileptic partial rotations blending the washing powder into the water and churning the clothes.

 

Once that cycle was completed it was matter of putting everything through the wringer to squeeze out any remaining water.

 

Then it was out the back to the clothes line to dry.

 

In the days prior the Lance Hill the washing ladies friend made his fortune with his invention, the Hills hoist clothes lines consisted of two poles that extended most likely the length of the back yard with generally two wires connecting either end.

 

No electronic magic involved.

 

Camden, New South Wales, Australia.

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Uploaded on July 31, 2019
Taken on January 1, 2000