Laundry bygones / Pamela Sambrook.

Main entry:

Sambrook, Pamela.

Title & Author:

Laundry bygones / Pamela Sambrook.

Publication:

Princes Risborough : Shire, 1983.

Description:

32 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Series:

Shire album ; 107

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 32).
The washhouse -- Soaking and soaping -- After the wash -- Washing machines -- Mangles and wringers -- Ironing -- Specialized irons -- Standing irons -- Accessories and fittings -- Further reading -- Places to visit.

Summary:

Before the twentieth century washing aids were few and primitive. This book illustrates these traditional laundry aids - the glass calendars, washing bats, mangle boards and goffering stacks - as well as examples of the multitude of flat, box, solid fuel, spirit, gas and electric irons, washing machines and wringers.

ISBN:

0852636482 (pbk.)
9780852636480 (pbk.)

Subject:

Laundry machinery Great Britain History.
Blanchissage Grande-Bretagne Appareils et matériel Histoire.
Laundry machinery.
Great Britain.
Great Britain Household laundering equipment, to 1940

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Shire album ; 107.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 92703
Call No.: ID:93-B713
Status: Available

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