--- On Sun, 17/1/10, R Lloyd Mitchell <rmitch...@staff.washjeff.edu> wrote: Mangle is a rotary iron usually used for table linens and other 'flat' items.? A Wringer
COMMENT Dear Mr Mitchell, if you look at http://victorians.swgfl.org.uk/themes/personal_health/mangleobj.htm# there you'll see what the Victorians and Edwardians called a "mangle". My Grandma, [born in 1875, and died 1958], had one just like the one shown in the colour picture at that URL Maybe it was called a "wringer" in the USA or even just in Washington State, - I wouldn't know. My Grandma and her three daughters all referred to it as a " mangle" - and so does Shropshire Museum Services' Northgate Museum at Bridgenorth, - where they have one on display. Cordially, Julain Wilson, "old" Jersey. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
