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Originally Posted by Jethro
Can any body tell me what soap they would have used in the tin bath, and also would they use it as a block or would they have grated it with a cheese like grater !!!!!!.
And when they were washing clothes in the dolly tub, what did they use no washing powder in those days.
And finally what was a poser used for and why did they use a poser and a dolly stick together.
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Bit of internet research some sites of which you may have already visited.
BTW it's a posser not a poser. Dolly stick appears to be the name for the wooden implement like a small stool with a long handle, posser is for the copper dome type of implement. Not used together as far as I can see but a dolly stick is also the name for a wooden stick used to take the clothes out of the tub after washing.
Washing Soda crystals would have been used in the dolly tub, also dolly blue to get things white.
Washing dollies, possers, laundry possing-sticks
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