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Washing Clothes

Joan Jalland interviewed by Romano Cavaroli
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Click here to listenMy Mother was always there to help of course, and then punctually at nine o'clock my Mother came down and she got the coffee ready and the bread and the special cheese for Frau Frei, because you had to humour the lady - so that she would always be willing to come, and I can remember always having to go out and buy the special cheese for that particular day and then after they went back up to work.
Click here to listenSorry, may I ask, how long did this process take?

I'm afraid I can't remember exactly how long it took, but it seemed to take most of the time in the morning - and then came the rinsing - after the first initial soap suds had been rinsed out of the water, for special items they used a thing called a dolly bag which was some dye in a little muslin bag and they made the water - came up blue, you put the washing in there and the effect was that - to get the washing extra white.

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