My weekly chores were to do the washing & ironing for 5 or 6, it was an old washer with side spinner. I refuse to iron now - it's wash & wear or forget it! Get tea ready each weekday - share with the washing up. Clean the entire house each Saturday, ready for Mum's inspection, if she found a wanton feather or a piece of fluff under a bed she would get so angry, she would pile all the furniture onto the bed & tell me to do it 'RIGHT THIS TIME'. The house was a 3 bedroom with kitchen, living room, dining room & one & half baths. Sunday every 3rd week I'd cook the Sunday dinner - when it was Mum's turn to cook it she required, help from me with the vegetable prep. Then there was the garden to weed! I left home at 16 to start nursing - the work was easier!! Dawn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Watson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 5:21 PM Subject: Re: [BAN] Memories of the 40s >> 60s > My weekly chores were to clean the bathroom to my mothers specifications > (I > soon found it easier to do it right the first time!!!!) and to bake 5 > loaves > of wheat bread for the week. I don't bake bread very much anymore, but > when > I do.... I'm told that I should open a bakery! > Just wish I could find some of my old recipes! > > Bill > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rosemary Probert" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 2:58 AM > Subject: Re: [BAN] Memories of the 40s >> 60s > > >> >> Joe wrote: >>> In family life, a lot has changed in sixty years. >> >> In 40 years too :-) >> >> One of my weekly tasks was the ironing. >> >> We were a family of 5 and *everything* had to be ironed to "finish" >> them off - tea towels, vests, handkies, socks and undies as well as >> everything that showed, even my brothers' school trousers >> >> I had to fold each sheet and place that on the ironing board and >> iron on it, moving it frequently so that it was all done; ditto with >> the table cloths. They would move and make ironing things like >> shirts very difficult. And then a crease would appear several layers >> down where I hadn't made it completely flat. >> >> I was even "allowed" to iron my father's shirts. I got them down to >> a fine art: sleeves and cuffs first, then one side, the back and the >> other side; finally the collar. My Girl Guide's Laundress Badge was >> a doddle. >> >> Rosemary >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ >> British History Online >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ > British History Online > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >