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| Registered: | December 19th, 2007 |
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laundryworks
Posted by trudy tuinstra on June 9th, 2009 | 8 comments | 338 views
In the open air museum in Arnhem
This Laundryworks is been from the family Gehrels in Overveen from about 1815 till 1938. They showed how it works around 1900. The horse was walking around in the mill, makinng the wood stamp the laundry. First it was put in the basin to clean the worst. Then it was washed in the basins. The lady in red is showing her friend how she used helping her mother when she was little. Lateron the laundry was put outside on the grass to bleach and look more white. Sometimes the pu water on it from the ditch to help it to become clean. Take a look in the laundryworks.
This Laundryworks is been from the family Gehrels in Overveen from about 1815 till 1938. They showed how it works around 1900. The horse was walking around in the mill, makinng the wood stamp the laundry. First it was put in the basin to clean the worst. Then it was washed in the basins. The lady in red is showing her friend how she used helping her mother when she was little. Lateron the laundry was put outside on the grass to bleach and look more white. Sometimes the pu water on it from the ditch to help it to become clean. Take a look in the laundryworks.
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# posted by Dieuwertje on July 21st, 2009 2:43 pm
A nice story and photo report. I remember me that when I was young my mother had a same washing machine as at your photos ( had no electric ) My father was the one who moved the machine with the wooden stick. Lucky for him some years later we got electric in the house.
# posted by Jan Hemels on June 11th, 2009 12:54 pm
Very nice reading Trudy, i was there last year on a quiet day without these demo's
I can pretty much imagine how hard it must have been, poor wimen...have you ever seen the movie The Magdalene sisters?..well it's one of my favorites and ther is a lot of laundry work in there with tragical stories hidden behind the snow white clean laundry...you made a great blog Trudy, great document of past times!
It's good we have modern laundry machines now. These pic's make me think of the time when I went to a public laundry place with my mother, to do the big pieces, like sheets. That was in the pre washing machine era.
Thanks Trudy for this nice report.
Thanks Trudy for this nice report.
Great blog Trudy, thanks for sharing this history with us.
very interesting blog, Trudy ; and that comfort my thoughts : i could do without many things as mobile, TV, fridge ... but never without my washing machine !!
Very interesting pics and info Trudy !! Thanks for sharing ... However, I'm glad with my electric washing machine ... ;-))
Very interesting. Thanks, Trudy.