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60/43
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
A washing dolly, also known as a ‘dolly-peg’, ‘peggy-stick’ or ‘dolly-pin’, is a laundry implement used for plunging clothes in a tub of hot water. This dolly has five wooden legs and a long wooden T-shaped handle. It was used by the donor’s mother in the late-nineteenth century.
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1 washing dolly: wood; good condition
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MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Standard museum name: … // Accession number: … // Classification: … // Negative number: … // Acquisition method: … // Acquired from: … // Date: … // Store: … // Condition: … // Recorder: KCS // Date: 24/3/94 // Description: Wood. Like a small five-legged stool to which a long handle has been attached vertically. Near the top of this is attached a crossbar. // Dimensions: Height 91cm. Leg length 21cm. Cross bar 40cm. // Associated information: Used by Mrs. Snell’s mother in late 19th century. // (1) Once in the tub, the wash was agitated with a dolly (also called a dolly-peg, peggy-stick or dolly-pin)… the dolly-peg is an energetic tool to use, requiring both a rotational and vertical movement. // (2) Using either the dolly-peg or punch was strenuous as it had to be brought down hard on the clothes immersed in hot water in the dolly tub and also twisted at the same time. // (3) Using a dolly-peg is a strenuous task, requiring both a rotational and vertical movement. // References: (1) Washday as it was: Pamela Murray (Staffs. County Museum Service). // (2) Washing Days: Staffordshire Education Department School History Service. Local History Source Book G29. // 93) Laundry Bygones: Pamela Sambrook (Shire Album 107).'
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1875-01-01 - 1899-12-31
[nb-NO]Production period[nb-NO]
Late-nineteenth century
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_3242.tif - High resolution image
