Laundry tongs
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, Steel
Measurements
350 mm (Length)
Collection
The Workhouse, Southwell, Nottinghamshire
NT 1515220
Summary
Laundry Tongs. Two "blades" of wood are joined by a spring steel hinge with aluminium rivets. The tongs were used to remove the wet laundry from the scalding hot suds ready for wringing or mangling.
Provenance
Item donated by S Sharp of Winthorpe along with two other laundry items 21 08 2019 for use in the laundry and handling collection. These items were in use by the donors parents until recently up to when they were 87 years old.