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Bob Dobson · 19-10-2011, 18:05

I think it was used also for smoothing clothes in the way we now iron them. It involved very heavy stones,so maybe it was a bit different from those with rollers. The early ones were known as 'box mangles'

19-10-2011, 18:05	#31
Bob Dobson Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Staining, Blackpool Posts: 3,096 Liked: 407 times Rep Power: 158674	Re: The wringer mangle. I think it was used also for smoothing clothes in the way we now iron them. It involved very heavy stones,so maybe it was a bit different from those with rollers. The early ones were known as 'box mangles'