Put through the ringer.

[gerrerd]

I remember them.

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We had one in mam's house was there when moved in she sold it a guy wanted it for his garden to have has a plant display feature 🙄 looks painful,mam sent me this other day she was looking up how they lived that's bob carvers the famous fish n chip place in hull he's dead now look at there hair etc 😁mam said she doesn't know why they called it the good old days young ones now wouldn't cope she got washed in carbolic soda soap which made her sore mam was a war baby they were on ration too 🙄

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[Arymretep]

I remember one of those in my Grans house , we don’t know we’re born now do we👍

[Hidden in reply to Arymretep]

Hi M I just said similar see my reply 🤗

[primrose81]

We had one too!

[gerrerd in reply to primrose81]

We are giving our age away here.

[Gillyflower18]

Mom had one when we were little. Disappeared as soon as the family could afford it!🤣🤣🤣🤣

[gerrerd in reply to Gillyflower18]

They were fit in them days, not like today.

[Isinatra]

I bet it would have been great to make pasta, tortillas or crepes.

Can you imagine how long a piece of clothing from Walmart would have lasted just for one time through those ringers. Clothes took a beating back then, but were sturdy enough to take it.

[Gillyflower18 in reply to Isinatra]

That’s for sure. We had fewer clothes but they were made to last! No cheesy imports. Lots of wool skirts and cotton sweaters in the winter along with knee socks and penny loafers.

[Isinatra in reply to Gillyflower18]

Oh so right and my sisters hand me downs lasted much longer than I wanted them to. lol But they looked brand new with my moms sewing skills on a dinosaur singer sewing machine. I still have it.

[Gillyflower18 in reply to Isinatra]

I have my mom’s Singer featherweight too. Hadto see a bunch of felt stuff for work. My fancy machine couldn’t take it but my 70 year old Singer breezed through it! Pretty telling!

[Isinatra in reply to Gillyflower18]

Very telling…that’s a good one. Mine only sews a straight line, but it’s a very straight line.

[Gillyflower18 in reply to Isinatra]

Yep this one is straight line too. Does have a few attachments tho. It’s about 70 years old. Learned to sew on it

[Isinatra in reply to Gillyflower18]

That’s about how old mine is, too. It’s in a wooden case and it’s so heavy it’d crush my table.