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Posted by Kay Lancaster on April 22, 2009, 5:42 am
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>> Washing Machines - Hotpoint Empress and Apex-Vactric
>> models 296 and3-231P
The Apex is very similar to the Maytag I grew up doing wash in -- it would
occasionally go mad and swing the wringer around and around, and if you
weren't fast enough, it could break your arm. Got my fingers pinched in the
wringer more than once, too -- you quickly learned to keep one hand free
to hit the release lever. Zinc washtubs in our house, on a stand.
My grandmother, however, had an automatic washer with "suds saver" feature...
it pumped the wash water out into a laundry sink, rinsed the clothes in
clean water and spun them. Then you re-used the wash water on the next load.
There are times I wouldn't mind having a wringer washer again -- but for
level dyeing, not for doing the wash. Still, even a wringer washer beats
a scrub board and tub or beating your clothes on a rock, both of which I've
also done...
Kay
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Posted by BEI Design on April 22, 2009, 4:46 pm
Kay Lancaster wrote:
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> > > Washing Machines - Hotpoint Empress and Apex-Vactric
> > > models 296 and3-231P
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> My grandmother, however, had an automatic washer with
> "suds saver" feature... it pumped the wash water out into
> a laundry sink, rinsed the clothes in clean water and
> spun them. Then you re-used the wash water on the next
> load.
After a fire damaged my childhood home, my parents used the
insurance proceeds to do a major remodel and upgrade,
including moving the laundry upstairs. They had an
extension built onto the house with an entirely new kitchen.
My mother had a *deep* sink installed in the kitchen (for
washing dishes, no DW yet), with the washer and dryer right
next to it. That first washer had the "suds-saver" feature.
It was sometimes a race to be sure dishes were not in the
sink when the washer emptied into it. And it did no good at
all if one forgot to put in the stopper. ;-}
It no doubt saved lots of water, and some soap, but I often
wonder how clean the subsequent loads got? Mom washed my
Dad's work clothes and towels - he ran several gasoline
service stations - those were always the last load in, and
I think soap was added for those last loads. I suspect the
wash water was pretty cold by the time four or five loads
were done.
Beverly
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Posted by Emily Bengston on April 22, 2009, 12:52 pm
On 4/21/09 4:29 PM, in article
TKOdncgSw44up3PUnZ2dnUVZ8qli4p2d@posted.plusnet, "Alan Dicey"
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> Kate XXXXXX wrote:
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>> In those days both Mum and granny (her mum) had one of these:
>>> http://www.74simon.co.uk/sunco8687.jpg
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>> (on the left - the Hotpoint Empress)
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> Hotlinking not allowed. Try navigating to this page
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> http://www.74simon.co.uk/sunco.html
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> and hit the third link from the bottom, labelled
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> Washing Machines - Hotpoint Empress and Apex-Vactric models 296 and3-231P
Thank you, Alan. We had one of the ones on the right when I was young.
Emily
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Posted by BEI Design on April 21, 2009, 3:09 pm
gpjteri@gmail.com wrote:
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> I remember blueing from when I was a little girl. I'm
> going on 72 now. If one used too much, it turned
> everything in the wash blue. It was added to the rinse
> water. But this was when we had wringer washers, and one
> had to change the water to rinse. That's probably when
> it lost favor. That would have been in the late fifties,
> I think.
I remember my mother using "bluing" stuff, I don't recall
whether it was liquid or powder. This thread had me
interested enough to google it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluing_(fabric)
I love this part:
"On the same principle, bluing is sometimes used by
white-haired people in a blue rinse."
When I was invited to join a women's educational
organization in 1975, one of the lovely older women had
lavender hair. It was ... unusual. ;-)
Beverly
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Posted by Pogonip on April 21, 2009, 4:06 pm
BEI Design wrote:
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> gpjteri@gmail.com wrote:
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>> I remember blueing from when I was a little girl. I'm
>> going on 72 now. If one used too much, it turned
>> everything in the wash blue. It was added to the rinse
>> water. But this was when we had wringer washers, and one
>> had to change the water to rinse. That's probably when
>> it lost favor. That would have been in the late fifties,
>> I think.
>
>
> I remember my mother using "bluing" stuff, I don't recall
> whether it was liquid or powder. This thread had me
> interested enough to google it:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluing_(fabric)
>
> I love this part:
> "On the same principle, bluing is sometimes used by
> white-haired people in a blue rinse."
>
> When I was invited to join a women's educational
> organization in 1975, one of the lovely older women had
> lavender hair. It was ... unusual. ;-)
>
> Beverly
>
>
Here's some fun information - http://www.mrsstewart.com/pages/otheruses.htm
--
Joanne
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