Washing Clothes

Well, it was a fairly big room and it had a great big boiler and it was also used as a bathroom, so we had a bath in there and several great big tubs which were used for washing, and from what I can remember the floor had channels in it so that if any water spilt then it ran straight away, so it was very well organised really and the water supply - thinking back now - we got the water supply up through the top of the house.

That was the boiler and that was one of the most stressful things as far as my Dad was concerned - because he had to get up very early on that day about six o'clock and light the boiler so the water - there was sufficient water to do the washing.

Oh no - the boiler was up in the wash-house.

And was it wood fired?

Yes, in the early days it was wood fired, and so the wood was kept in another part of the attic and you had to bring in sufficient amounts for the whole day.