Old-fashioned clothesline drying...

peramangkelder said:
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There is a well known company in Adelaide South Australia called 'Hills'
Hills Limited dates back to 1945, when Lance Hill invented the Hills Hoist, a height-adjustable rotary clothes line
With his brother-in-law Harold Ling, Hill manufactured the clothes lines in his backyard in Glenunga, South Australia
The rotary clothesline was made of galvanised steel water pipe threaded with galvanised wire
As well as hanging washing on it kids would hang on to the arms and spin around and make themselves giddy
It was often hung with decorations at Christmas time
A cover could be made so it became a giant garden umbrella
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I LOVE brilliantly engineered designs! I'd love to have one of these 'multipurpose' creations in my back yard!
 

peramangkelder said:
@Aunt Marg I use plastic clothes pegs these days and I have some jumbo sized ones
for very thick things like jeans and very thick towels
I must confess I used the old fashioned wooden 'dolly' peg to make little dolls for my kids years ago a bit like these little 'people'

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Peram. Love those two little decorated dolly pegs/pins! The best I've seen!

Never did get used to using dolly pegs when hanging washing, particularly when hanging vinyl/rubber/plastic things such as rubber crib sheets, vinyl bibs, and rubber baby panties. Was always afraid of ripping or tearing such items using the dollies, so good old-fashioned and traditional spring pins were my go-to choice!
 
Sassycakes said:
Oh the memories this brought back. My Mom always used the clothesline. I remember so clearly when I was about 5 or 6, Then my older brother got out of the Army moved in our house with his wife and baby boy. My Mom did everything around the house and I felt sorry for her and wanted to help. So I told her I would hang up the wash. She smiled and said she thought I was too short to reach the clothesline. So I carried a step stool out with me and hung the clothes. Then my brothers wife had another baby. I can't count how many diapers I hung out to dry. Oh I miss those days. My older sister never helped with the clothes, job was to go to the grocery store because I was too young to cross the street alone.
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Sassy. How old were you when you started changing diapers?
 
I dry some things outside when camping but like for sheets, towels and sleep t-shirts to go through a warm bleach wash and then the dryer. Nothing so wonderful to me as hot sheets out of the dryer with a faint bleach smell.
 
AnnieA said:
I dry some things outside when camping but like for sheets, towels and sleep t-shirts to go through a warm bleach wash and then the dryer. Nothing so wonderful to me as hot sheets out of the dryer with a faint bleach smell.
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Annie. Your post reminds me of the lemon-scented bleach I used to buy/use, but haven't been able to find for a number of years now.

So fresh and clean smelling!
 

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