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Everyday work in the home, early-mid 20th Century: Contents List

Scroll down for sections with clickable links to pages on what it was like to do the weekly wash, cleaning, cooking, sewing, mending, preserving food in the early - mid 20th century. The other major task of shopping is in a separate section.

Washdays
early-mid 20th Century

• The weekly wash early
  20th century
• Mangles for squeezing
  water out of the wash
• Drying the wash
• Ironing
• The bagwash mid 20th
• The laundrette mid 20th
• Twin tub wash machines
• The Flatley dryer

Cooking
early-mid 20th Century

• The food safe
• Food coolers
• Cooking pots and kettles
• The Sunday roast
• Weekly menus
• Everyday meals
• Food in poor families
• More taste in the past
• Old style dripping
• Old style roast potatoes
• Old style gravy
• Roast accompaniments
• Bubble and squeak

Preserving Food
early 20th Century

• Preserving fruit
• Preserving root vegetables
• Preserving eggs in waterglass
• Preserving eggs in isinglass
• Pickling eggs in salt and
  vinegar
• Preparing runner beans the
  old way
• Preparing runner beans the
  easier way
• Preserving runner beans by
  salting

Jobs in the Home
early 20th Century

• Cleaning
• Sewing
• Darning
• Knitting the easy way
• The knitting yarn
• Knitting patterns and needles
• Dealing with moth damage
• Men’s activities
• Mending boots and shoes
• Maintenance and decorating

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