On Sun, 17/1/10, Charlene Charette <[email protected]> wrote:
"Mangle" is the British term for what Americans call a "wringer". On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 3:03 AM, Sharon Collier <[email protected]> wrote: > I am reading a book, "What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew" SNIPPED > FOR BREVITY rolled the clothing until it was pressed." > I would hate to have him doing my laundry! cOMMENT Members of the List Several English, Victorian/Edwardian-era "preserved Great Houses" from the 19th and early 20th Centuries cared for by the National Trust in the S of England have an entire sdection of the "below-stairs" rooms dedicated to the care and cleaning of clothes, and soft furnishings.. I've visited one where a whole stable-like building - only a few steps across a cobbled yard from the Servants' Entrance - has the ground floor dedicated to the entire operation, in appropriate sections. Boiler room, washing room with lots of tubs and early agitation devices, mangling room complete with several mangles, drying room with indoor lines, ironing room, - and sewing room with treadle-operated sewing machines. The Upper floor of the same building was servant's bedrooms. Castle Drogo, built after 1900 as "the last Castle-build" in England - also has a similar section of the "support facilities" . Julian Wilson, in "old" Jersey, National Trust Member --- _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
