Does anyone remember

[Schutzengel]

Liberty Bodices. They were supposed to protect children's chests in the winter.

[sladeyp]

Certainly do we had to wear them over our vests they were slightly thicker with for some reason rubber buttons

[Schutzengel]

Thanks for the reply. Yes they were sort of fluffy on the inside, and the rubber buttons were a so-and-so to fasten. Do you remember the longer liberty bodices for girls of about 10 to 12 years old, which had suspenders attached, to hold up the black woollen stockings which were worn for school in the winter.

[shaneystar2]

Ha ha .I remember them well .We used to be practically sewn into them every winter !
The buttons used to go all rubbery and sticky after Mother put them through the mangle.

[sqad617]

Schutz.

Whatever made you think of Liberty Bodices?

[ethandron]

i had to wear one but my sister didn't. they thought i was 'delicate' as i had asthma as a child (there were no inhalers or treatment in those days, just had to ride each episode out), and was very thin and pale. the thinking was that the liberty bodice would protect my chest - especially horrible after having had vick rubbed on first! it's the rubber buttons i remember, as you say shaney, going all sticky and funny.

[Schutzengel]

Hello Sqad good to hear from you. I suppose I thought about the liberty bodices, because I have a rotten cold, and was feeling a bit delicate. A bit better today, Hope you and Mrs. Sqad are both well.

[sqad617]

Schutz.......right.......I asked Mrs sqad and she agreed with you and particularly with Ethandron. She may have been "delicate" then, but she has "hardened up" over the subsequent years LOL

[Schutzengel]

Hi shaneystar. I wonder if anyone still has a mangle, ours was a massive one, made of cast iron and painted green, with huge wooden rollers, and as children we took turns at turning the handle, while mum fed through the bed-sheets.

[Schutzengel]

Morning Ethandron. Poor you, so sorry you were not well when you were little. I hope you grew out of it. I also had the Vick treatment, and still hate the smell of it.

[Beatrice35]

Hi Schutz- sorry to hear that you have been feeling run down/delicate recently with a nasty cold. Hope you will be on the mend now + have a most blessed weekend. Went to a quiz last night with friends- we came middle of the pack( came 5th out of 12 teams) yet it was good to be with mates + have brain stretched. Do not remember liberty bodices-when were they around? Was a child of the 1970's
:-) Warmest wishes to Schutzengel + to everyone else here!
Bea :-)

[DSJ]

Yes, I remember them. Wretched things but not as bad as combinations which were worn underneath!

[Schutzengel]

Hi Sqad. Im glad Mrs. Squad has hardened up over the years, as have I, and am usually very well.

I've just realised that perhaps by asking the question, I've more or less given away our ages. :-)

[sqad617]

Schutz.........Mangle AND copper, bith in the "outhouse" and used on Monday morning(wash day).
Monday lunch was ALWAYS "Bubble and Squeak"....greens and potatos mixed and fried up in a pan.....bl00dy fantastic.
If there was any meat left over from Sunday (rarely) then we would have it cold.

[Beatrice35]

Bubble and Squeak- remember this + tasted fabulous!!
Caio, Bea :-)

[Schutzengel]

Hi DSJ. Thank goodness didn't have to suffer combinations as well as liberty bodices.

[shaneystar2]

Morning Schutz
There must be a few mangles knocking around ! Probably museum items by now .
I remember ours was in the scullery .There was an old butler sink with just a cold tap .We had no hot . It was all outside lavs and a tin bath on a Friday night in my youth :)
Mother used to do the washing in what we called a copper and then I used stand in the scullery and turn the mangle .It used to be freezing in the winter and like an oven in the summer .
Hope your cold soon clears up . Plenty of hot and lemon and honey !

[Schutzengel]

Morning Bea. Thank you , feeling a bit better, lots to do, but don't feel like it. Pleased you enjoyed the quiz. The liberty bodices were a bit before your childhood. Take care. Schutz.

[Schutzengel]

Shaneystar. - Snap - you could be describing our house when we were little. Does anyone remember having a pulley in the kitchen. Hated wet Mondays. Home from school to find wet washing up on the pulley, kitchen full of steam, from coal fire and steaming washing. However, did we survive? :-)

[Schutzengel]

Who remembers ice on the inside of windows, and being fascinated by the patterns 'Jack Frost' made.
Got to go now. Be back this afternoon. Thanks to everyone for a lovely thread so far. Take care. Schutz.

[shaneystar2]

Yes we had a pulley thing as there was only a small backyard .No room really to dry great cotton sheets and stuff . Then it was all ironed with a flat iron heated on the range thingy .
After a while though I remember sheets and tablecloths being sent to the laundry as Mum got a bit more pin money from doing B&B in the summer. I used to have to lug the hot water up and down the stairs in jugs for the washstands !
You don't see them anymore either . I still have a china washstand bowl and jug that belonged to my Mum.

Nowadays I would be a nervous wreck if the washing machine were to pack up :))