The wringer mangle.

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garinda

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'The wringer mangle was invented in 1850 by Robert Tasker in Lancashire, the ansector of the current firm Taskers of Accrington, which is a furniture retailer; it was a cheaper, simplified version of the box mangle. Box mangles were large and expensive; they were used by wealthy households and large commercial laundries. Middle-class households and small-scale washerwomen used the plain mangle. Later in the 19th century, the steam engine was harnessed to laundry purposes and commercial laundries used steam-powered mangles.'
Mangle (machine) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


'The creator and builder of the first geared wooden roller wet clothes-wringing machine was master blacksmith Robert Tasker, circa 1850. At the time, he had smithy in Back Union Street, which became part of Accrington Broadway. Robert and wife Betty, a weaver, produced 10 daughters and three sons so presumably, had an almost daily stack of dirty laundry.'

'Robert, who made the gates to the cemetery in Burnley Road, Accrington, which are still in use today, refused to patent his invention, saying, God gives men brains to help his brother, not line his pockets. However, he and Betty did charge their neighbours a penny a time to come to their house and use the machine!'
Taskers - Our History
 
Well shame on both of them, they were responsible for beginning the slide down the slippery slope of freeing woman from the chains that held them to the kitchen sink, which now allows them the time to imagine they are free thinking sentient beings!
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I think I'll add that wall to my signature, it would save having to dig it out every time I post.:D
 
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Well shame on both of them, they were responsible for beginning the slide down the slippery slope of freeing woman from the chains that held them to the kitchen sink, which now allows them the time to imagine they are free thinking sentient beings!
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It's strange how one invention can have a ripple effect.

'1850s US patents registered for first known bra-like devices.
Corsets fall out of style for about 10 years. '
History of the Bra

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I put a cat through one of those things once, when I was a kid. It came out pretty mangy the other side.
 
It would be nice to get a real squashed cat to hang on the washing line. I'm sure it would keep other cats out of the back yard.
 
Paris doing cashman's washing

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My mum had a mangle and when we changed houses once she made me and my brother take it to the new house at night! (so the neighbours wouldn't see it.)
We gave it a push down Rowan Avenue (hoping it would crash) but it arrived all in one piece on Trinity St. The kids there were fascinated by it!!
What memories!
 
Garinda, your first post on this - mentioning all the children the Taskers had. All quite true! Wow! What a family! Wonder if any of our members are related. Could be like Heir Hunters, related but - they dont even know it!
On the 1861 census -
Name Age

Robert Tasker 48 yrs
Betty Tasker 41 yrs
Mary A Tasker 22 yrs
Jane Tasker 20 yrs
Dorothy Tasker 18 yrs
Elizabeth Tasker 13 yrs
Joseph Tasker 11 yrs
Ellen Tasker 9 yrs
Clara A Tasker 5 yrs
Rebecca G Tasker 2 yrs
Robert T Tasker 7 Months
 
I remember a green coloured mangle and my grans. It folded down to form a work surface when not in use. It was on the opposite side of the kitchen to the clothes boiler and opposite the meatsafe, next to the baby belling.

Needless to say there was an Ascot geyser over the sink!
 
rtbarton said:
I remember a green coloured mangle and my grans. It folded down to form a work surface when not in use. It was on the opposite side of the kitchen to the clothes boiler and opposite the meatsafe, next to the baby belling.

Needless to say there was an Ascot geyser over the sink!
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Clothes Boiler, Meatsafe, Baby Belling, Ascot Geyser, wow, your family must have been well off:D:D:D
 
Fridges were a luxury item at one time. I didn't get one until I had been married for 4 years. My mum had one which ran off GAS.

Electric mangles were in common use in the 50s. My mum wouldn't give one house room because there were many people who got mangled arms.
 
Found this link on the Taskers site. Contains similar info to the above with a few additions. Also two nice photos of Queens mill site; one interior and one prior to construction. It seems Burnley have stolen the original geared mangle...
 
MargaretR said:
Fridges were a luxury item at one time. I didn't get one until I had been married for 4 years. My mum had one which ran off GAS.

Electric mangles were in common use in the 50s. My mum wouldn't give one house room because there were many people who got mangled arms.
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My (other) gran had a gas fridge. They're quite complicated and not as good as electric ones, so they never really caught on.

I remember a friend having an electric washing machine with a powered mangle attached, although I think it was officially known as a "wringer." It packed up after a while, and they were left with
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a dead wringer :do-one:
 
garinda said:
'The wringer mangle was invented in 1850 by Robert Tasker in Lancashire, the ansector of the current firm Taskers of Accrington, which is a furniture retailer; it was a cheaper, simplified version of the box mangle. Box mangles were large and expensive; they were used by wealthy households and large commercial laundries. Middle-class households and small-scale washerwomen used the plain mangle. Later in the 19th century, the steam engine was harnessed to laundry purposes and commercial laundries used steam-powered mangles.'
Mangle (machine) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


'The creator and builder of the first geared wooden roller wet clothes-wringing machine was master blacksmith Robert Tasker, circa 1850. At the time, he had smithy in Back Union Street, which became part of Accrington Broadway. Robert and wife Betty, a weaver, produced 10 daughters and three sons so presumably, had an almost daily stack of dirty laundry.'

'Robert, who made the gates to the cemetery in Burnley Road, Accrington, which are still in use today, refused to patent his invention, saying, God gives men brains to help his brother, not line his pockets. However, he and Betty did charge their neighbours a penny a time to come to their house and use the machine!'
Taskers - Our History
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In the Accrington Gazette November 1868, there is reference to a court case relating to Tasker St, (formerly Castle St), in which a Mr Tasker (blacksmith) & others were questioned about the repairs & upkeep of Tasker St.
Quite a lot of local history in that article, about when the houses were built, and who lived in them.
Retlaw.
 
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