lushd
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Post by lushd on Jul 11, 2006 13:20:43 GMT -5
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jocko
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Post by jocko on Jul 11, 2006 13:27:57 GMT -5
Oh Lord - I remember those bowls!
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Post by lushd on Jul 11, 2006 13:52:20 GMT -5
Actually the prefab house struck as luxurious as compared to some of the dumps I lived in as a student.
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Post by kiev4a on Jul 11, 2006 14:05:36 GMT -5
You might want to size down your photos a little. I think about 800 pixels wide is supposed to be the maximum so people don't have to do a lot of scrolling.
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PeterW
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Post by PeterW on Jul 11, 2006 17:24:34 GMT -5
Hi Donald,
Welcome to the group.
Your picture from the Chiltern open air museum brought back memories. I well remember the blue and white banded bowls, the metal bread bin, the hand wringer, the 'grid iron' electric toaster on the table with the metal stove-enamelled top, and the old type of electric iron on the windowsill. All in everyday use when I was a youngster.
Indeed, one of my computers is sitting on a plywood board on just such an enamel top table
It seems strange to see a picture of these things in a museum. Maybe I should be in a museum too!! ;D.
Peter W.
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Post by John Parry on Jul 11, 2006 17:36:33 GMT -5
Peter, that isn't a wringer - it's a mangle! No meat safe though......
You ought to go to the "Way We Were" museum at Wigan Pier. The teacher will make you recite all your tables and threaten to hit you with "the ruler" if you get any wrong!!
Nice, evocative picture Donald - thanks.
Regards - John
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Post by PeterW on Jul 11, 2006 18:02:39 GMT -5
Hi John,
When I was a kid (and Victoria was still on the throne ... well, almost! ;D) we had a mangle in the back yard, a big cast-iron thing with wooden rollers, a handle like the flywheel of a steam engine and a cart spring on the top with a wheel to set the pressure.
Later Mum got this neat little machine with rubber rollers that stood on a frame in front of the kitchen sink with a wooden tray to direct the squeezed out water back into the sink. These were always called wringers dahn in the deep sahf.
No problem with tables up to 12 times, they're deeply ingrained.
Peter W.
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Post by lushd on Jul 12, 2006 13:17:24 GMT -5
 Some kitchen memories ... Same museum, same camera. Must clean the dust off! |
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