MD 2007 Harry and How did Lizzie do the washing? You probably have a to get Lizzie would have loved to have had a washing Lizzie, Derrick’s mum and dad The copper your clothes clean and perhaps a tumble dryer machine but washing machines like we have now when they were A dolly tub, posser, dolly peg and tongs to get them dry. hadn’t been invented in those days. Lizzie didn’t 50 years old. Going A The dirty clothes go into the washing machinee have electricity either. e Dolly Blue with the washing powder and wheni dthe machine is id A switched on it washes the clothesl clean. l S So what did she S Drying the washing Back In le use instead?le Do youp think Lizzie p had a washing Airing the washing m m a machine and tumble Lizzie did aall of her washing in Time The Story of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle by Beatrix Potter S dryer in those days? her littleS kitchen – the one she Part Six Mrs Tiggy-Winkle Links Derrick with his mum when he was just 3 years old. Wash Day called her scullery.

Your mum probably uses your washing Here is a picture of what Lizzie The copper had a lid We had a copper in the scullery. It machine whenever she wants to. used and below is a photograph that fit over the metal was brick with a metal bowl inside When grandpa Derrick was a little boy, that was taken in a museum. bowl when it wasn’t and a fire underneath. We had to washing was always done on Mondays. being used. carry a shovel full of hot coals e e e from the main fire in thee kitchen I always did my washing on lid lid lid The grate range and put theli hotd coals in the Mondays. It was hard work grate under the copper. We had to S S S be very careful! S and it always took mele a long le le le time. Before I couldp even start This is called a laundryp p p my washingm I had to heat up coppercopper. It was madem of brick m m a a a a The fire in lots ofS water! and hadS a big metal bowl It alsoS had a place for a S inside with a fire under it to the kitchen heat the water. fire that was used to heat range the water in the bowl.

When the water was boiling Can you guess what this is? It has Lizzie dipped a ladle in and filled something to do with washday! it with boiling water. Lizzie called it a dolly tubtub. It was de de a large metal tub andd Lizzieee de li li would put the clothesliid into the tub li S Then she S with the hotS waterl that had been S The bowl inside the S e carried ethe heated eup by the laundry copper. Can youe guess what l copper would be l lle l p waterp and pp thesep are? m filled with water memptied it When grandpamm Derrick was a little boy m a and the fire in the a aa a S S into a dolly there weren’tSS any washing powders, SLizzie had one of these. grate would heat tub. washing tablets or liquids like we have What might she have used it the water up. now. Lizzie had to use a bar of soap. for?

When the washing got This is a posserposser. Can you guess what this is? First they had to take wet it became very Once the water, the clothes and the hold of the dolly peg. Lizzie called it a dolly pegpeg. heavy so it was hard soap were in the dolly tub, Lizzie would Then they had to keep work trying to swirl it use her posser to swirl the water and on plunging it up and the clothes around. e Can you guess how somee of her e around in the dolly tub. e lid neighbours used liti whend they down andlid from side to lid The posser had a Slong wooden handle. were doing theS washing? sideS to swish the clothes Lizzie liked her posserS At the bottom was a large copper about as much as they better than the dolly le Once ltheye had the hot water, the le le shape withp holes in it. p p could with the bottom peg. p m msoap and the clothes in the dolly m bit that looks a bit like m aWhen the posser was swirled around, a tub they were ready to start the a legs. aCan you guess why? Sthe water went through the holes and S really hard work of washing the S S The posser was much forced dirt out of the clothes. clothes. It really made their arms ache! lighter than the dolly peg! What else did Lizzie use? Can you see the raised Can you see something You should recognise some of them! flap of the dolly tub? hanging over the side of washboard Some clothes and bedding When there were dirty marks Lizzie’s dolly tub? needed to be boiledd eto get on the collars and cuffsde of What do youd ethink she de them clean. li Harry shirts, Lizzieli would put used it lfor?i posser li S them on this S flap and use her S S Theyle were put into the block lofe soap to scrub the le le pcopper and left to boil, clothesp clean. p p dolly tub am sometimes for half a day! am These werea calledm tongstongs. They were made of am S S two piecesS of wood joined by a piece of bendy S metal. Lizzie would use them to pull pieces of Blocks of soap washing out of the hot water. A smaller tub for smaller loads of washing or for rinsing.

The laundry was rinsed three times to get rid of Lizzie put the dirtiest part the soap. In the last rinse a ‘dolly blue’ (a calico Lizzie used one of these too. of the clothes over the washboard bag with a special blue powder in it) was added washboard. with all the white washing to keep it bright and It’s a mangle. Then she took hold of her e e fresh. e e d bar of soap dand scrubbed d d li the clothesli hard against li Can you lguessi what job it The dolly blue S the washboardS to get S did? S e e turned the e e pl pl them clean. pl pl m m water blue butm m a a it made ita the a Can youS guess what she used her washboard for? S whiteS laundry S even whiter!

Did you guess? Lizzie’s mangle had a handle to turn and two rollers. Lizzie would turn the Lizzie would catch handle with one the pieces of laundry After the final rinse hand and pull the before they fell down everything was put, one laundry through the into the bowl that thing at a time, through handle rollers with the other she put underneath a mangle to squeezee out rollers e e e lid lid hand. lid the mangle.lid the water.S S S S le le leShe had to be very le p How did it work? p p careful her fingers p am Each piece aof mlaundry was folded up and then put am didn’t get trapped am Why did she put a S betweenS the rollers which were usually made of S otherwise they would S bowl there? wood but sometimes covered with rubber. Then the have been crushed laundry had to be fed between the two rollers. between the rollers!

Here are two pictures to This is a very old advert This picture shows you When it rained Lizzie dried her washing indoors show you how the for another type of mangle just what it looked like in but it took much longer to dry it infront of the mangle squeezed water but it shows you how the the back yard that Lizzie fire. out of the washing so mangle worked. shared with her that it would dry Lizzie had a wooden frame e e neighbours. e e lid quicker. lid lid that she called a clothes lid S S Just S like this lady, Lizzie horsehorse. It had hinges so it S le le leused to do her washing could be spread out andle left p p p outside in the summer. around the fire. p am am am am S S Now people have spin And afterS all that work Lizzie’s was finally While Sthe clothes were Water being squeezed out of dryers and tumble ready to hang her washing on the washing line drying clouds of steam would the washing. dryers to do the job. to dry. rise up and fill the room! They were made of heavy metal Even when the laundry was dry Lizzie’s job still Did you know that these pan and soon cooled down again so wasn’t finished! were called flat ironsirons? ironing clothes was a long, slow, How are they different to very hot job. Can you guess what ladle your mummy’s iron? she still had to do e e e Lizzie would have two irons. e id oven id id id before her wash day l fire l l She would use one iron while l S S kettle S S was finished and the e Did you e e the other was heating eup by the l l l fire. l laundry was readyp to notice p A hot water p p be put away? m these? m container These irons hadm to m a a with a lid a If Lizzie wasn’ta very careful her and no tap. be heated up over S They areS S iron wouldS get dirty from the Do you remember the kitchen range Lizzie had in Water had to the fire before they irons. be ladled out sooty fire and make the things her back room? could be used. Here is the range again. What do you notice? she was ironing dirty as well.

Flat irons were made When Lizzie had finished her Other things she put on to an airer that hung Have you ever read of metal and they got ironing she put some things from the ceiling in the back room where the The Tale of very hot on the fire. on her to air range was. Mrs Tiggy-Winkle It had ropes and a pulley so she Your mummy can set infront of the fire. by Beatrix Potter? e e could lower the airing racke to put e the temperatured on her d d d electricli iron but Lizzie li the clothes on it landi then pull it li Scouldn’t do that. S up to the ceilingS out of the way. S le le le le p Often the laundry p p p am would get scorched. am am am S S S In BeatrixS Potter’s story book Mrs Tiggy-Winkle did Can you guess why a cloth has been put over her washing just like Lizzie. She had a clothes horse the handle on this iron? that she put infront of the fire to dry her washing.

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Click Here for the story (fuller none talking version) ide ide ide ide Sl Sl Sl Sl le le le le She used flat ironsp to iron her p p p clothes. She heatedm one up on m m m a When she ahad finished her ironing her next job a a her kitchenS range while she S She hungS her ironing from the ceiling to air it S was to air the clothes. used the other to iron with. and after all that hard work she sat down to Then she changed them over. enjoy a cup of tea with Lucie. Click Here for the story

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