in grannys day

Curry_Queen

My childhood memories are very sketchy to say the least, but I do remember at one point that we used an old tin bath in front of a coal fire to wash in, so I'm assuming there was no bathroom and probably had an outside loo too, but I was probably too young then to need to use it as I was only about 3 when we left that house.

Also have later memories of a twin-tub being used that had to be dragged across the kitchen daily so the pipe could reach the sink. Not sure when that got replaced but it was with one of those Hotpoint top-loaders, which seemed to last forever and a day, despite being used several times a day! She hated the front loaders cos you couldn't shove last minute items, or stray socks that suddenly appeared, in them once the wash had started.

trafalgar_2

Curry_Queen wrote:

Also have later memories of a twin-tub being used that had to be dragged across the kitchen daily so the pipe could reach the sink. .

oh crumbs,my first washer was a twin tub that had to be sink-side................I'm going now cause I feel old and have to lie down:o

Ticklemouse

Oi, Queenie - MY first washing machine was a twin tub that I religiously dragged over to the sink on a Saturday morning. It was my then MIL's and I sold it a year or so later to another young newly married couple.

And I'm still young - in my twenties, in fact. (I shall be twenty-twenty two in August, just don't tell anyone )

Sheel

trafalgar wrote:

oh crumbs,my first washer was a twin tub that had to be sink-side................I'm going now cause I feel old and have to lie down:o

Ditto , except I think mine was a single tub

Sheel

My Mum used to have a washing machine with a mangle over it too , although she also went to a wash-house which was a communal laundry I think , so i'm presuming that was for larger items She also used to use Dolly Blue bags and probably got them from my Aunties shop as when we went to visit there , we always came back with a car full of boxes of food and non food items.She also used to have a big enamel bucket and big wooden tongs for boiling things on the stove.

My parents were quite well off and we always seemed to get the newest gadget before anyone else and we were all very excited when we got our first colour tv. My dad said we'd have to sit right back from it because of the radiation!

What year would that be Beachbeth? I remember my Mum and Dad got their first colour TV in 1972 , but we had to nag Dad for ages to get one :rolleyes: and my Grandma helped to buy it and I remember the year because that was the year she died. I had a boyfriend in 1970 who's Dad had a colour TV and I remember being very impressed

beachbeth

I can't remember the exact year, Sheel, but it must have been the late 60's because my younger brother wasn't born. He was born in 1971 and I can remember being a very little girl (I was born in 1964). I expect the colour tv's were very expensive, just like the latest gadgets are today.

Sheel

beachbeth wrote:

I can't remember the exact year, Sheel, but it must have been the late 60's because my younger brother wasn't born. He was born in 1971 and I can remember being a very little girl (I was born in 1964). .

Late sixties sounds right as apparently colour broadcasts officially began on BBC 1 and ITV on November 15th, 1969 , so your Mum and Dad and my boyfriend's Dad must have been amongst the first people to get a colour television