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[Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

VAN DELL JORDAN wrote:
> 
> One question I wished I had ask grandmothers.  How did they wash diapers 
> before washing machines.  My guess is that wet diapers were rinsed and hung 
> up to dry and then reused.  I'm sure that the washing they gave by hand 
> would not have met our current standards. 

My standards are pretty low, but even I would have required some soap to 
clean diapers. They probably did them the same way they did other 
whites...soap and very hot water, swished around with a pole, rinsed and 
hung to dry.

Lynn Wigglesworth


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