After all these interesting tales of historical laundering, I asked my
mother what she remembers.
She was born in 1937; he father was an executive at the paper mill in
Old Town, Maine. She wrote:
My mother had a hired girl/woman who did all the personal stuff by hand
and then ironed the
I spoke to my mom about the lists' recent discussion about cooling linen/cotton
before ironing. My mom was born in 1934 and came from the timber area of
south-central Alabama. The depression was really hard for people in this area.
Poverty is still high in this area and timber is still the
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Subject: [h-cost] Ironing Cold Cotton/Linen
I spoke to my mom about the lists' recent discussion about cooling
linen/cotton before ironing. My mom was born in 1934 and came from the
timber area of south-central
