Who remembers one of these?

A real blast from the past here. I remember my Nanna having a wringer, or I think it was called a mangle in Yorkshire. This one is in a pretty sorry state though.

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[Ilona]

Great shot Babs, what a lovely find :)

[sally agnew]

Great find Babs,it really is in a sad state of disrepair , needs an old copper by it's side :-)

[Pat Knowles]

Unfortunately me!

[Peter]

Great composition and wonderful subject, Its a mangle in Lincolnshire my gran had one and I got to turn the handle, Great find and image Babs

[Beryl Lloyd]

Yes I do remember the Mangle -- what hard work was the wash day in those days

[Sue]

Oh yes, I remember them! They were hard work. But nice capture Babs.

[Hazel]

I definitely remember seeing one but not in action!

[Annie D]

oh yes I remember my nan having one too - great find

[Robyn]

Nice old textures

[gayelene]

love this shot my Nanna also had a wringer i remember her getting her hand caught once :)

[Kat]

Beautiful location for it too - love the stone wall behind it too with the greenery. :)

[Laurie F]

Wonderful shot but I dont remember it but I know what it is

[Tony Guest (snoopybooboo)]

Superb Babs.

[Rachel]

My mum regales me with stories about these. Thank goodness for washing machines!

[Eve Pulsater]

My Grandma had one and we had to keep our fingers clear.

[Molly]

Yes I do - though a slightly more modern version of the same. The copper and the mangle were very much part of childhood Mondays!

[JuliaE]

These were in use when I lived in Canberra as a teenager. One boiled the clothes and then used the wringer (or indeed the mangle)

[Jane Morley]

My brother put a fish through one of these once! It was supposed to be for wringing out swimsuits! Guess who had to clean it,

[April]

Great shot!

[Kathie]

Seems you've stirred up many memories. Fun shot

[Marnie]

I've never used one Babs, but I do remember seeing them in various rellie's laundries. What fun - if you don't have to use it!

[Angela]

My Grandma used one. Great find.

[Gena Pegg]

I thought that is what it was...but yes, it looks quite old and well used. Cool shot.

[Babs]

@ibt @hermann @happypat @pcoulson @beryl @sioux @quietpurplehaze @annied @flyrobin @onlyme111 @darthkitty @lafish @snoopybooboo @888rachel @creampuff @dolphin @swagman @april16 @kathiecb @golftragic @angelar @eyesmile I seem to have brought back memories with this mangle. My Nanna had one in her house. We even had one in our first married quarter when David was in the RAF @chimfa Did you ever have one too Jane? Ours was in the shed and was never used, but it was on inventory so we had to keep it.

[Ruby]

Great, I posted a similar shot a couple of weeks ago...