Hallo All
your note abou the copper has brought some memories back.
When I was old enough to help my mother with the washing, which she did for
many of the people living in the block of flats in BERLIN, it was my job to
clean the copper. It was a hard job to make it shine again and needed a lot
of elbow grease as it was very big. Never got anything for it, only being
told off when I missed a spot.
Oh dear, going back about 75 years.How time flies
Greetings Dora the Knotter
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jean Nathan" <[email protected]>
To: "Chat" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 7:10 PM
Subject: [lace-chat] Snapshot my life - boiling up the copper
Boiling up the copper isn't an Aussie phrase - my mum and my gran both did
that. In my case, a large copper tub with a gas ring underneath. Filled
with water by bucket from the top, but emptied through a small tap at the
base a bucket-full at a time. Detergent was added and the gas provided
the heat to boil the clothes in the water - before the days of washing
machines. They had a pair of wooden tongs to lift the washing out of the
water.
I fact, I had a pair of those tongs to lift the washing out of my first
washing machine which had to be filled with hot water and detergent. All
the electrical power did was to rotate the impeller backwards and forwards
to swish the washing. I lifted the washing out of the tub into the jaws of
the rollers of the small mangle that was attached to it, which was also
electrically powered. Then into the bath to rinse with cold water before
mangling again and hanging out on the washing line.
No wonder DH says I don't do the washing nowadays - the washer/dryer does.
He's right in saying that all I do is load it and unload it.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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