CHERTSEY

BOATS, BRIDGES, BOILERS ... IF IT'S GOT RIVETS, I'M RIVETTED
... feminist, atheist, autistic academic and historic narrowboater ...
Likes snooker, beer, tea, rivets and solitude, and is strangely fascinated by the cinema organ.
And there might be something about railways.
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Wednesday, 19 January 2011

Washing machine

It seems that a washing machine is a must-have for many boaters, so I am very pleased to have acquired one of my own - and for just £7.50 as well. Used in conjunction with the tin bath, it should make washing even heavier items a breeze.

Now all I need is a mangle.
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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous19 January 2011 at 20:01

    Excellent! Now you won't have rough, red hands as I do after doing the washing in a basin. A mangle would be pure heaven! It is blissful to moor in the countryside, string a line between two trees, and have a beer while watching the laundry dry.

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  2. Anonymous19 January 2011 at 22:17

    Mangle too big and heavy for every day use, you need a wringer as I suggested, especially one that would clamp to the gunnel.

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  3. Anonymous21 January 2011 at 01:45

    That's a posser.

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  4. Sarah21 January 2011 at 09:21

    Is it now... I've been calling it a dolly. Is that something different, or another word for the same thing?

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  5. Anonymous21 January 2011 at 17:53

    http://www.dhub.org/object/260640

    Same thing it seems - regional differences I guess. Dolly tub / Poss tub etc. The collection/display I saw at a steam rally in Sussex (Bluebell Railway) called them possers - poss was slang for push. Washboard next?

    http://gallery.nen.gov.uk/image651273-.html

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