[Margaret Pilkington]

it is Ok Dave.....been there done that.
As for the cold bottom of the tin bath....Ma used to empty a kettle of boiling water into the bath first....the the ladin tin was used to fill it up with water.
The maiden was put around the bath to afford some privacy and also keep the draught off you while you were naked.
Being a girl, I was always allowed to bathe first...with one of the babies....then the lads came in order of muckiness...muckiest was last.
I thought it was lovely sitting in the bath in front of the fire...then cocoa afterwards....and listening to the radio by the light of the fire.
Simple pleasures...we didn't ask for much.