Restoring a Mangle
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Off topic - but if someone in North Yorkshire wants to do a similar project, I have the mangle . . .
Excellent job, hoss. It was wonderful to follow along with.
We've always called them "locking collars" on this side of the pond.
We've always called them "locking collars" on this side of the pond.
I've not read the whole thread so sorry if its already mentioned in here but I tell pretty much anyone who will listen that Sheilas Maids/ clothes dryer hanger things are brilliant.
Had one for a few years now (believe it or not but I found it lying on the road right outside DFS sofas place and just needed the pulleys and strings) and shortly after getting it we got rid of our drier. Clothes dry quickly and without consuming loads of energy needlessly.
Had one for a few years now (believe it or not but I found it lying on the road right outside DFS sofas place and just needed the pulleys and strings) and shortly after getting it we got rid of our drier. Clothes dry quickly and without consuming loads of energy needlessly.
Over complicated new-fangled contraptions!
In our house we just have 50' of paracord attached to sets of cup-hooks stretched across the kitchen above head height!
Easy to load from the stairs and right next to the Rayburn, this contraption takes a whole load of washing with room to spare - or two tarps at a time
or herbs...
Why does modern man have to complicate things?
I have never owned a tumble drier....
In our house we just have 50' of paracord attached to sets of cup-hooks stretched across the kitchen above head height!
Easy to load from the stairs and right next to the Rayburn, this contraption takes a whole load of washing with room to spare - or two tarps at a time
or herbs...Why does modern man have to complicate things?
I have never owned a tumble drier....
What's wrong with chucking it on a hawthorn hedge to dry!
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once we finish doing up the old parlour which from what they found behind the old parkray was originally the kitchen fireplace I am seriously considering making one of these to hang above it
From a recent event at Colne Valley Museum. For drying oatcakes, clothes and when lowered and unhooked and reversed, a bed for several children. excuse the iphone quality pic. I think the roofs high enough even after the builders rebuilt the 1930s false ceiling.
I'm not sure if thats the original or a copy the renactors have made. very nice havercakes they were giving out and the youngest was introduced to the joys of proper dripping, something he has turned his nose at at his grandparents. strange what you will take from someone dressed as a 18th century maid but won't from your own family...
Herself has just found and ordered us a book the reenactors showed us, Traditional Food in Yorkshire by Peter Brears
Which has lots of interesting stuff in it.
ATb
Tom and sorry for drifting off thread a bit more.
From a recent event at Colne Valley Museum. For drying oatcakes, clothes and when lowered and unhooked and reversed, a bed for several children. excuse the iphone quality pic. I think the roofs high enough even after the builders rebuilt the 1930s false ceiling.
I'm not sure if thats the original or a copy the renactors have made. very nice havercakes they were giving out and the youngest was introduced to the joys of proper dripping, something he has turned his nose at at his grandparents. strange what you will take from someone dressed as a 18th century maid but won't from your own family...
Herself has just found and ordered us a book the reenactors showed us, Traditional Food in Yorkshire by Peter Brears
Which has lots of interesting stuff in it.
ATb
Tom and sorry for drifting off thread a bit more.
Rain .....
I don't bother washing clothes in the rainy season!
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Er, isnt the rainy season in Bowland anout 350 days long?.....
It is here in Rossendale which is further from the coast and south...
ATb
Tom
It is here in Rossendale which is further from the coast and south...
ATb
Tom
Drift away - the thread started as some "homestead historical items" - talking about slightly different ones is interesting!
Yep, we've had between 60 - 120" of rain annually in the 6 years I've been here!
My comment was slightly tongue in cheek! I tend to hang washing on the beams in front of the woodburner.
In Bowland, the dehumidifier is your best friend!
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Fantastic job. I've just aquired a similar mangle and planning to do it up so I can use it to rollout clay for the older members at the pottery class.
A. Couple of questions,if I may.
Did you remove the wheels? I can't see how they are attached on my mangle.
I see the fold down handle has a bolt and wing but. Do you think that is original or is it a modification? Mine has an odd bolt, with a flat oblong head, and was assembled the wrong way round. It's also very loose.
A. Couple of questions,if I may.
Did you remove the wheels? I can't see how they are attached on my mangle.
I see the fold down handle has a bolt and wing but. Do you think that is original or is it a modification? Mine has an odd bolt, with a flat oblong head, and was assembled the wrong way round. It's also very loose.
Hi, I just joined having found your thread via Google. Very useful information.
I am just about to do the same thing having managed to pick up this beauty today.
No doubt I will be looking back at this many times to benefit from your experiences.
I am just about to do the same thing having managed to pick up this beauty today.
No doubt I will be looking back at this many times to benefit from your experiences.
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