Clothes Lines & Wringer Washing Machines

Clothes lines. I read on article the other day about clothes lines. I can remember Mother hanging our clothes out to dry. The clothes line post were strong sturdy pipes. Since the pipes were hollow, often in the summer wasps would make their nest in them. So I was scared to go around them too much, in fear of being stung.

Mother had a certain bag that was used to hold the clothes pins, wooden pins of course. It had metal hooks which were used to hang over the clothes line so that it was handy to reach into while hanging the clothes.

After repeated use of the line, it would get so that the line would droop. Therefore, Mother would have to get a long stick – we are talking several feet long, and prop up the line. You did not want the line too close to the ground, animals would get into it. Or if it rained the mud would splash up on it.

Wringer Washing Machines. Now those things were scary. Mother repeatedly told me not to get my hand close to the wringer rollers- it would pull my hand and arm and possibly pull them off. Mother had the washer outside on our back porch. I never touched the rollers- once I did as I was told.

I have always wanted a wringer washer machine for decoration at my house. So Pete, found one and bought it for me. The first thing, and I mean the first thing I did was to touch the rollers. I could not help but to think of Mother when I did.

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