I guess I am as old as dirt!
I remember having to show Daddy how to operate a rotary dial phone. At
home when we wanted to make a phone call we would just pick up the receiver
and if there was no one talking on the party line the operator would say,
Number please? and we would tell her the
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Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 7:10 PM
Subject: [lace-chat] Snapshot my life - boiling up the copper
Boiling up the copper isn't an Aussie phrase - my mum and my gran both did
that. In my case, a large copper tub with a gas ring underneath. Filled
with water by bucket from the top, but emptied
Boiling up the copper isn't an Aussie phrase - my mum and my gran both did
that. In my case, a large copper tub with a gas ring underneath. Filled with
water by bucket from the top, but emptied through a small tap at the base a
bucket-full at a time. Detergent was added and the gas provided
Ok, now I understand, but have never seen it done. Both my grandmother and
Mom had the washers like you describe. I don't remember 'tongs', Mom had a
piece (24) of broomstick handle to lift the pieces out of the hot water. She
did have the convenience of hot and cold running water that Dad had
Our copper at home was in our outside shed and was heated by wood or coal
from a fire underneath, the copper bowl was made of stone, my granny used to
boil Christmas puddings in it too.
Sue M Harvey
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At 04:10 AM 13/04/2010, Jean Nathan wrote:
Boiling up the copper isn't an Aussie phrase - my mum and my gran
both did that. In my case, a large copper tub with a gas ring
underneath. Filled with water by bucket from the top, but emptied
through a small tap at the base a bucket-full at a time.
