HDR.Clothes wringer.04
Morpeth Historical Village, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia.
These devices were used in the days before washing machines and spin dryers - I can recall using one of these in the mid-1950s when I was 7 or 8 years old.
Clothes were washed in boiling water in a 20 - 30 gallon copper tub set over a wood fire, using a wooden pole as an agitator, with soap flakes as the washing detergent.
HDR.Clothes wringer.04
Morpeth Historical Village, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia.
These devices were used in the days before washing machines and spin dryers - I can recall using one of these in the mid-1950s when I was 7 or 8 years old.
Clothes were washed in boiling water in a 20 - 30 gallon copper tub set over a wood fire, using a wooden pole as an agitator, with soap flakes as the washing detergent.