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50. Oh, yes. I remember it well.

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Sat Jan 11, 2020, 12:44 PM

Jan 2020

My mother had one up until about 1964. There were seven of us children, the youngest in diapers. Because you couldn't hang the clothes out to dry in the winter time (I grew up in the snowbelt of NE Ohio), she strung clothesline over the bathtub and in a backroom that was used as a bedroom for three of the siblings. In the good weather of course everything got hung outdoors. She had a wash board too, and a white enamel pan where she mixed the starch for some of the items. Then she'd sprinkle the clothes, roll them up and place them in a plastic bag for ironing the next day. Most everything got ironed except socks and underwear. Guess who did all the ironing in the summertime when school was out? I hate ironing to this day.

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Here's a blast from the past. Has anyone here ever used one of these? [View all] Arkansas Granny Jan 2020 OP

We were still using one the year of our first born - 1976 WheelWalker Jan 2020 #1

1972...we used a wringer washer with our new baby and for a year more. Tikki Jan 2020 #42

I have a girlfriend who lived for the wringer. LakeArenal Jan 2020 #2

"lived for the wringer." mitch96 Jan 2020 #4

I recall that when putting shirts and blouses through the wringer you had to be careful Arkansas Granny Jan 2020 #9

Yep. Got my finger, too. More than once. Midnight Writer Jan 2020 #18

Have had/used a number of them...nt 2naSalit Jan 2020 #3

My parents had one when I was little. I remember putting the clothes through the ringer rsdsharp Jan 2020 #5

We still have a clothesline on the T posts.... lastlib Jan 2020 #59

Yes, my grandmother had one on her back porch in Alabama in the 1950s csziggy Jan 2020 #6

Yep I have one under my basement stairs mikeysnot Jan 2020 #7

our next door neighbor when i was a kid had one. mopinko Jan 2020 #8

There was one in Grandma's basement Freddie Jan 2020 #10

My grandmother had one in her basement as well. smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #64

We have a Maytag Wellstone ruled Jan 2020 #11

Wringer in action at 2:20. Baitball Blogger Jan 2020 #12

Our was on the "back porch" which is also where the water pump was at. Runningdawg Jan 2020 #29

they didn't do the rinse? juxtaposed Jan 2020 #35

That's what my grandmother dreamed of compared to their washtubs. I think they finally Hoyt Jan 2020 #13

I remember helping my mom do laundry Bayard Jan 2020 #14

back when i was playing bridge, i asked an older woman who was very good what her secret was unblock Jan 2020 #15

"Tits in the wringer": An oldie, but goldie sarge43 Jan 2020 #16

My Grandmother had one. She had a "suds saver" to go with it MiniMe Jan 2020 #17

I don't recall ever seeing one of those. Arkansas Granny Jan 2020 #19

It was pretty cool MiniMe Jan 2020 #21

my mother had a couple of other tubs and you placed them around demigoddess Jan 2020 #61

Yep! Got my arm caught in the wringer. Took off a couple of layers of skin. Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2020 #20

Yes, we had one in the '50s. I was afraid of the wringer. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #22

Sold one at the antique mall a few years ago. safeinOhio Jan 2020 #23

Got my hand caught in one DiverDave Jan 2020 #24

Me too! At about the same age. Raven Jan 2020 #25

Me. The Maytag one blm Jan 2020 #26

1960's talk of my town was when the neighbor boy sagesnow Jan 2020 #27

You bet! And I still have a brand new washboard, bucket, clothesline and pins. Runningdawg Jan 2020 #28

I remember a program in the 50's called "Queen for a Day." dhol82 Jan 2020 #30

OMG! I remember that show and I watched that episode. It must have been during summer Arkansas Granny Jan 2020 #31

He really was creepy! dhol82 Jan 2020 #37

Yep, that's him. Arkansas Granny Jan 2020 #38

My mom and grandmother both had those, when I was young Siwsan Jan 2020 #32

We had one when I was a little girl. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2020 #33

The one one the right, yes. juxtaposed Jan 2020 #34

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My grandmother had one until the day she died. TomSlick Jan 2020 #40

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Yes. Mom and dad had on on the back porch and I helped mom..... KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2020 #44

Yes, my grandmother had one. I lived with her when I was 12. sinkingfeeling Jan 2020 #45

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No, but I got my fingers stuck in the rollers once... malthaussen Jan 2020 #47

In Australia bikebloke Jan 2020 #48

Just the wringer. Aristus Jan 2020 #49

Oh, yes. I remember it well. llmart Jan 2020 #50

My grandma mid 70s TEB Jan 2020 #51

Yup! Gramma had one in her basement. I remember it well. Guilded Lilly Jan 2020 #52

No... I only popped in to see if you'd posted a Flowbee... Harker Jan 2020 #53

in the 50s at my grandmas house.. samnsara Jan 2020 #54

When my dad was MFM008 Jan 2020 #55

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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

yes, I helped my mother do the laundry with one in the 50s and demigoddess Jan 2020 #60

Used one growing up mid 50's-60's. zeusdogmom Jan 2020 #62

We had one of the round ones.. and it was outside on some bricks. Baked Potato Jan 2020 #63

Mother used them until '69 benld74 Jan 2020 #65