The Laundry Rooms & 2 PiPs.

Less pomp than in the previous photo but just as interesting!!!!
Nice trip to a time that is not so far away!
Have a nice wednesday******

Thank you Nouchet. Yes, not that long ago, but we have
come a long way since then, with regard to laundry anyway :-)
Good evening.

Amazing !
Never ever heard of such a "device"...
It is very clever, physical side apart, but it should very demanding to operate.
One never knows how it was until ...
Thank you for the explanation.

Thank you Jose. It was new to me as well, but must have
taken some muscle to operate! Good evening.

Une visite intéressante des témoins du passé !
Bonne journée. Amitiés

Thank you for your very nice comment Madeleine.
Good evening. Regards.

Yikes! I'm old enough to remember much of this excellent and interesting collage Rosa,
although I don't remember the mangle box,

Don't admit it Roger....I don't ;-))
It's the first mangle box I have seen!
Thank you for your kind comment.

Thank you for posting your image in the group
www.ipernity.com/group/west.of.england

Thank you Roger.

beautiful images and interesting series

Happy Wednesday!

Thank you very much Annemarie.

Da werden ja richtig tolle Stücke ausgestellt liebe Rosa,schön,dass du diesen Ort besucht hast und sehr schöne Aufnahmen machen können,eine sehr schöne Collage :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Nachmittag,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))

Thank you for your kind comment dear Günter. It makes me feel how lucky we are today
with so many time saving devices :-)

Best wishes & good evening, Rosa.

Das stimmt liebe Rosa,diese Leute hatten es nie leicht,aber man hörte sie auch nie jammern,was leider in der heutigen Zeit sehr oft passiert!Ich versuche nach meinen 2 schweren Erkrankungen immer für alles dankbar zu sein,das ich noch hier sein darf und freue mich immer über jede Kleinigkeit in der Natur,wenn man das kann,ist man sehr schnell glücklcih und zufrieden liebe Rosa :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Abend,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))

Collage muy divulgativo sobre un interesante tema de la vida de la alta sociedad en otro tiempo, cuando había casas familiares con mas de una docena de empleadas.

Thank you very much for your kind comment Jose Manuel.
Yes a different time when things were very different to today!
Good evening.

Sehr schöne Collage! Danke für die Informationen!

Thank you very much Karl.

A very interesting collage, Rosa !

Thank you very much Ulrich.

Beautiful collage of interersting nostalgic images.
Well done Rosa.

Thank you for your kind comment Jaap.
Good evening.

An interesting collage, particularly with the extra information in the PiPs.

Thank you very much George.

Magnifique série ma Rosa *****************bisous

Thank you so much dear Angelique.
Good evening & bisous*****

I love this collage Rosa...............you've chosen a perfect set of linked together photos to display, each one captured beautifully. It just shows the ingenuity of the people that thought up and built all these gadgets.

Thanks for including the notes in the PiPs. The two that really catch my interest is the two mangles - the ordinary one and the box mangle (which seems essentially to be an ironing machine!

Wouldn't it be interesting if we could go back in time and show them the machines we have nowadays to do the same jobs.

You really are good at getting these internal images.........something I find really difficult!

Thank you so much for your great comments Keith. For all the ingenuity, it was still darn hard work! The box mangle was a first for me. It must have taken quite some effort to use it.

Yes, it would be very interesting to go back in time, as long as there was a way back ;-)
Did you ever see the time travel comedy with Nicholas Lyndhurst called "Goodnight Sweetheart"? I would love to be able to do that!!

Thanks again for your very kind comment Keith.

I saw some episodes of that programme............it was very cleverly scripted............but he did get into a lot of trouble if I remember rightly :-)))

De bien belles images du temps passé et pourtant pas si loin !
Bonne soirée Rosa.

We have come a long way since those days as far as laundry is concerned dear Jocelyne!
Thank goodness ;-)) Good evening and thanks for your kind comment

The laundry rooms back then definitely looked a lot more picturesque than nowadays. But still...I'm glad I have a modern washer and don't have to do backbreaking laundry like they had to years ago.

An interesting historical collage, Rosa.

Can you imagine the steam in there though Edna and the irons were heated by the fire and so hot to handle.....I'm with you! Thank goodness for automatic washing machines! A nice old Singer sewing machine though.

Thank you Edna and good evening.

It's hard to imagine for our generation.
And yes, a nice old Singer sewing machine. I'm terrible at sewing though, but my mom used to sew beautiful dresses for the family. Sewing was just a hobby of hers, but she was really good at it. I guess she was trained by my grandma who was a professional seamstress.

Have a nice evening, Rosa!

My gran taught me to knit and sew Edna and I still love both.
Happy Thursday :-)

A lovely collage of yesteryear, Rosa. I am old enough to remember some of these things. Cheers, Joe

Thank you very much for your kind comment. Thank goodness it's a distant memory Joe!
Cheers, Rosa.

A very interesting details , images and collage, Rosalyn!

Thank you very much for your kind comment Judite.
Good evening.

Hi Rosa
A wonderful and interesting picture, which I like very much!
Very nice collection, especially the box mangle
As you say, in those days plenty of servants.. Cook, kitchen maid, laundry maid....How times have changed!!
Best Wishes, HWW, a nice weekend, and stay safe!!
Peter

Hi Peter,
Thank you for your kind comments. I found the laundry room very interesting. Nowadays one woman does it all :-)
Best wishes,
Rosa

A nice collection of modern appliances although I would think the sewing machine is later. Life was hard for the servants but depending on the family for many it was better than they could expected in a village or town they had accommodation and regular meals and a chance of promotion, the larger houses were self contained everything that was needed was available on the estate

Yes I think you are right about the sewing machine Peter. The staff needed a good family to have a good life in service. I'm sure there were some and some.

You know the old (and cruel) saying 'I haven't so much fun since my gran caught her tits in the mangle!'

I've never heard that saying Andy! Ouch!

THE TALES THEY COULD TELL

If only Pam.

superbes machines anciennes que j'ai connues*****************

Thank you Valeriane. A good job we don't have to use them :-)

What a fabulous collage Rosa. Each image is beautifully sharp and the matching tones and light pull them all together phenomenally well.
A work of art and love ...

Very kind of you Maggie, thank you.
These working areas of the large houses
always fascinates me.

De merveilleuses machines qui devait être pénible pour les personnes qui l'utilise maintenant le modernisme a pris le dessus heureusement merci pour ses informations agréable journée Rosalyn.

Yes, thank goodness for modernisation Patrick :-)
Thank you for your kind comment.
Good evening.