I remember my mother using a mangle in the yard which was followed by a washing machine with an electric mangle when we could afford it. I also remember the dolly and tub in the yard before the machine. A dolly looked like a 3 legged stool with a long central handle that you pounded up and down in the tub to agitate the washing. I was always a little fearful of the mangles as my mother had lost her left little finger when working as a girl in a laundry when an electric mangle caught her apron and she used her hand to stop it! Those were the days without OSHA or someone to look out for the welfare of workers. We used a copper boiler in the kitchen for the laundry water but I think we had a bath upstairs that used hot water from a tank heated by the fire downstairs. I will have to try "mangling" linen next time I finish a piece. I have just attached a linen collar to a teeshirt for convention but I am not taking it off to mangle it. I would be interested in seeing a demonstration to see the difference it makes. Janice
Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
