Hi All, I can remember when I was a small child, my Grandma had a mangle, in what is grandly called a utility room nowadays, but back then was the shed, where the copper wash boiler lived, along with all the laundry impedimenta! We were all very impressed when Mum had a new-fangled washing machine, which did things automatically and, instead of us standing by the die of the mangle and turning the handle to get the washing to go through the two rollers and get rid of as much water as possible, this machine had rollers which you switched on, and they worked with no effort at all. The mangle also had a screw mechanism on top, so that you could lessen or increase the pressure depending on how large or delicate the material being mangled was - really high-tech!!! Talk about the wonders of modern technology - but think how antediluvian I felt when we first moved to Suffolk about 29 years ago, and I took the children to a Household Museum. There was 'our' mangle - not in very good condition, but I really did feel ancient, I can tell you!
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