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Laundry machines Egan pg 61

Laundry machines Egan pg 61
Uploaded for the Vintage Photos Theme Park Group. This comes from a book from the inter-war period, extolling the virtues of the use of electricity in the home and the garage. It was clearly aimed at women and sees them as a major force in the modernisation of daily life, emphasizing the labour and time-saving qualities of electrical applicances.
As one would expect there are a number of photos of other appliances in the book.Some are photos and others are graphic illustrations, including advertisements for appliances and services.

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 Peggy C
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and after some research, it wasn't electric .... just the wringer that was turned by hand .. still being sold..
4 years ago.
 Phil Sutters
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We have a lovely rural museum, in an old chalk quarry, at Amberley in West Sussex. In addition to a wide range of transport and industrial exhibits it has a hall sponsored by one of our energy companies, EDF. It has loads of domestic electrical appliances from the 1920s onwards. It is a bit weird seeing things that your mother used in a museum. This is a corner of their display - www.ipernity.com/doc/philsutters/32971791/in/album/504335
4 years ago. Edited 4 years ago.
 RicksPics
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I remember finding one of these in my grandparents basement when I was still inquisitive.
4 years ago.
 Phil Sutters
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It's a shame you aren't inquisitive anymore! Did you have a bad experience in the basement? Or is it just that you are weary of acquiring new knowledge.?
4 years ago.
 Deborah Lundbech
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I grew up in England with one of these. (until 1964)
I remember there were always the dire warnings of children who had had their hands horribly mangled because they hadn't listened to the "never put your hands in the wringer" stories.
Ours was also non-electric and I still remember my mother turning the handle in the kitchen!
Rick, you were living in a far more modern world than I was!!
4 years ago.

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