A Minor Gripe

[poliphilo]

The worst thing about washing clothes by hand is not having a spin-cycle. What I need right now- and I doubt if you can buy them (except in junk shops)- is a mangle.  

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[michaleen.livejournal.com]

I don't think I have ever seen a free-standing wringer, like the one pictured at Wiki. My paternal grandmother was still using a wringer washing machine as late as the 70s. Her daughter had bought her a new machine, but she didn't like it.

Back in the 30s, I am told my great-grandmother had a gasoline-powered washer, mounted on large rubber tires, so it could be rolled down to the creek on wash day.

[ooxc.livejournal.com]

You have reminded me of a long-ago and faraway incidentin the house where I was a very homesick au pair. I was carefully hanging up the baby's dresses to drip dry, as taught by a previous family.
The "little maid" (at least a foot taller and twice my girth) dragged every garment off the line:
"Faut tordre! faut tordre!" and proceeded to demonstrate.
Every little dress went back on the line looking as if it had been - er - mangled by a coiled spring
This story doesn't solve your problem, but might it raise a rueful grin?

mangled

[(Anonymous)]

I remember my nan's mangle. I used to love to turn the handle as she fed sheets through.

How do I sign in here? I am confused.

Liz

liz-and-harvey.blogspot.com

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

When I was a child I remember my mom having a wringer-washer and I'd like to turn the handle on the wringer as she fed the clothes through.

[wlotus.livejournal.com]

I found one (http://www.amazon.com/GetPreparedStuff-Best-Clothes-Wringer-Hand/dp/B002QSXK60) on Amazon.com.