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stilldreaming Aug 2023 4:00pm, 7 Aug 2023 1,220 posts	0 stilldreaming My mum never had anything but a twin tub ... washing dried outside and aired on the rack hanging from the ceiling in front of the fire. If really bad weather, the Flatley drier would come out!
Flatlander Aug 2023 4:08pm, 7 Aug 2023 2,853 posts	0 Flatlander Hann, our hot water tub was in the room which tripled as our kitchen/dining room/living room, so we had our tin tub baths in the same room! We didn't have a bathroom until the early 1970s when the borough council condemned the neighbourhood and moved out all the residents to various different parts of London, destroying the community in the process. The flat my parents were moved into was quite nice though, modern facilities (bathroom and toilet, proper kitchen).
Velociraptor Aug 2023 4:11pm, 7 Aug 2023 64,852 posts	0 Velociraptor We went straight from a single tub with integral mangle (with the later addition of a separate spin dryer that used to waltz around the kitchen) to an automatic.
Flatlander Aug 2023 4:12pm, 7 Aug 2023 2,854 posts	0 Flatlander Hann, your roller sounds like what we had to clean our rugs. A push one with a couple of integral rollers which beat the rug as it was pushed. For the bare floors we had to use a broom and/or brush and dustpan.
Winniefree Aug 2023 4:22pm, 7 Aug 2023 5,228 posts	0 Winniefree I’m sure many of you have heard this story before but when my mum and dad got their first home together (on Broad Lane ThorntonRunner) they had no running water or electricity. My mum washed the clothes with water from a stream at the bottom of the garden and the mangle was set up nearby. She was having a hard time with the mangle one day and closer inspection showed the cause to be an unfortunate frog, half in, half out and mostly adhering to her washing. Poor frog.
AndyS Aug 2023 4:34pm, 7 Aug 2023 2,241 posts	0 AndyS 3M describes exactly what I remember until I was about 8 or 9: Ah, twin-tub washing machines. And long wooden laundry tongs! Every Monday was wash day (very traditional!). The rest of the week it had a board over the top and doubled as a work surface. Again, my grandparents' upmarket model had a built in Mangle that removed most of the water and fed the clothes straight into the spinner, which you then put a little rubber mat on to stop stuff catching on the lid. Even the tongs, the mangle, the little rubber mat... And I'm so glad those days are long, long gone.
Snoot Aug 2023 4:36pm, 7 Aug 2023 6,705 posts	0 Snoot I remember wash day being a Monday when the twin tub was wheeled into the kitchen so the fill hose could connect to the tap and the drain hose hooked over the sink. Tuesday was ironing day. Mam did everything but Dads trousers which he “pressed” with a knife sharp crease, throw back from years in the navy!!
Bazoaxe Aug 2023 4:36pm, 7 Aug 2023 25,415 posts	0 Bazoaxe They were called Carpet sweepers.
3M Aug 2023 4:42pm, 7 Aug 2023 21,809 posts	0 3M Bissell made an awful lot (as opposed to a lot of awful ) carpet sweepers. I remember us getting a new one from the Green Shield Stamps shop. The same shop today (on Newport High Street) is now a Nail and Beauty salon! (Vintage memory lane on here today!)
Derby Tup Aug 2023 4:46pm, 7 Aug 2023 60,785 posts	0 Derby Tup Some fab memories today