Mangles/Wringers

FROSTYFRECKLE

Does anyone remember mangles/wringers? If so, can they still be bought today? Checked online but can only see US/Canada suppliers, think I would faint hearing the postage costs for a mangle:D

geordie_joe

FROSTYFRECKLE wrote: »

Does anyone remember mangles/wringers? If so, can they still be bought today? Checked online but can only see US/Canada suppliers, think I would faint hearing the postage costs for a mangle:D

When I was a lad, in the sixties, we had a mangle in the garden which was used as a toy. It was relegated to the garden after my mum bought a washing machine with an electric wringer built in.

My sister, who is 3 years older than me remembers helping mum turn it to mangle the washing, but I can only ever remember it being "thrown out" into the garden.

Anyway, back to the point, I bet if you search for "mangle" on ebay you find more than one. May need some restoration tho.

McKneff

other than what geordie joe says, try junk shops

I remember them well, got a couple of flat fingers to prove it.

Errata

Mangles with large wooden rollers go for a fortune on ebay. Wringers with smaller rubber coated rollers, sometimes called Acme wringers, will have come to the end of their useful life decades ago as the rubber perishes.

purpleivy

When I was a girl I helped my grandma with the washing, putting the sheets through the mangle for her. Eventually she got a little spin dryer, but still maintained the use of her 'copper' and never had a washing machine.

My other nan used to hand wash some things and then use the laundrette. She had a small spin dryer at home as well.

If push comes to shove, a salad spinner makes quite a good spin dryer if you only have small items to spin ! LOL!

FROSTYFRECKLE

Thanks for your replies. Yeah, it was the Acme wringer I remember. Loved helping my Aunt when I was small. Just thought it would be nice to have one when I was washing quilts etc, the spin on my washing machine never seems to get enough of the water out

luxor4t

While hunting through some American 'thrift' blogs I came across a [STRIKE]crazy[STRIKE]very OS lady blogger who lives 'off grid', washes by hand and and uses a mop bucket wringer instead of a spin dryer :eek: while she is saving up for a mangle... too small for a quilt though.

eamon

Many "hand" car wash places use mangles for the chamois leathers. As to where they got them, no idea!

Eamon

Alan_Cross

Does anyone remember the first, single tub washing machines with the wringers on top..?

http://www.ssplprints.com/image.php?imgref=10240820

Oh God, suddenly I feel so old...

csarina

Does anyone remember the first, single tub washing machines with the wringers on top..?

Yes I do, I had one, both Hoover and Hotpoint made one, the Hotpoint was the Countess....

We used an acme wringer at home when I was a girl, it was kept in the shed, so all the washing had to be carried out to be mangled and then hung on the line to dry.

We had a brick built copper in the kitchen, the fire was lit in it on a monday morning to do the washing.....later it was taken out and an eziot boiler fixed to the wall over the kitchen sink, it was only ever used to do the laundry. We boiled a kettle on the gas to wash up.

Nitha

I think they had them on big brother once - no idea where it was sourced though sorry