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In reply to the discussion: Here's a blast from the past. Has anyone here ever used one of these? [View all]KY_EnviroGuy
(14,490 posts)44. Yes. Mom and dad had on on the back porch and I helped mom.....
run clothes through and hang them on our clotheslines. This was mostly in the 50s and stretching my memory, but I believe I got a hand caught in it once but mom hit the wringer release real fast and stopped it. There were many horror stories about ladies getting hair caught in those things.
Those machines actually were a luxury to many folks in our little farm town so many just used a washboard in a tub.
KY...........
Edit: I recall they were hard on buttons and some zippers if not ran through with care.
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Arkansas Granny
Jan 2020
OP
I recall that when putting shirts and blouses through the wringer you had to be careful
Arkansas Granny
Jan 2020
#9
My parents had one when I was little. I remember putting the clothes through the ringer
rsdsharp
Jan 2020
#5
That's what my grandmother dreamed of compared to their washtubs. I think they finally
Hoyt
Jan 2020
#13
back when i was playing bridge, i asked an older woman who was very good what her secret was
unblock
Jan 2020
#15
Yep! Got my arm caught in the wringer. Took off a couple of layers of skin.
Floyd R. Turbo
Jan 2020
#20
You bet! And I still have a brand new washboard, bucket, clothesline and pins.
Runningdawg
Jan 2020
#28
OMG! I remember that show and I watched that episode. It must have been during summer
Arkansas Granny
Jan 2020
#31
last one I saw in use was in Chihuahua in the late 90s. you could still buy them new then.
Kali
Jan 2020
#41
I remember that stick that Mom used. It was smooth as silk by the time she went automatic.
Frustratedlady
Jan 2020
#57
There is just no duplicating that smell of wringer-washed clothes and sunlight drying
WestLosAngelesGal
Jan 2020
#66
I used these ... when I visited my grandmother and great grandmother, they would do their ...
SWBTATTReg
Jan 2020
#58