As well as that, the laundry was a steamy, rather smelly place where sheets were stewed in the boiler and then hand - scrubbed on a ridged board and further rinsed and processed before they progressed in a wooden tub, a girl at each handle, to hang under the sun or the rain in their private drying ground, screened by laurel and flowering currant from the sensitive eyes of the gentry.
As well as that, the laundry was a steamy, rather smelly place where sheets were stewed in the boiler and then hand - scrubbed on a ridged board and further rinsed and processed before they progressed in a wooden tub, a girl at each handle, to hang that makes you warm or the rain in their private drying ground, screened by laurel and flowering currant from the sensitive eyes of the gentry.