kenmoreguy89
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Yes of course during WWII womens were busy working in factories, and I can fully understand that in certain cases it would have been "sensible", ie Lack of a washing machine in an household and or impossibility to do this because of space or others reasons...
Of course in the 40s there were family laundry services, wealthy families in lack of a washer either hired a launderess to hand wash items and or relied in these services, so in some cases giving laundry out was a sensible practice, .but as you mentioned as long as you had a wringer washer and enough space to do this, noneless all the equpment needed, it should not have meant that much of job for an housewive, infact that's what happened during the years...would have been shameful to give laundry out if you had a washer and all the "equipments"...
Later with automatic washers and dryers absolutely even more,
Even true that at the same time did born disposables...so washable diapers died progressively during the years..
I could so understand diaper services raising in the 40s and 50s for certain families, but then not in 60s and 70s when most of families did have a washer... Some would still have used these services but probably not the most...
Since I could read above they were also common in the 70s that made me perplexed about how they could keep their business still going well abd still be common, and so how a family even having possibility to do otherwise would prefer this, so when they could do that at home... Such a shame...
Luxury.... I can't really think of it as a luxury...
For how I see things I do not see much of luxurious in this, it surely would have prevented mommies a little further work, but should not have meant that much of a saving of work if a washer was present and that's a thing that I cannot figure out how people would prefer this if they had possibility to do this at home, and this instead of having common diapers shared among thousands babies and laundered by strangers, even more if such thing costed more than having laundered at home.. So the game was not worth the candle. So it comes automatic to wonder who would have paid also more for this like if it was better. From my point of view it is not luxurious or better actually, rather pretty disreputable and not a sign of wealthy living at all...so rather a thing for those who were not lucky enough having this possibility to wash at home, it would have had more sense if so IMO, otherwise would have been kinda dishonorable...
I think it's matter of points of view....
But least now has a little more sense...
Thank you.
[this post was last edited: 2/26/2014-06:10]
Of course in the 40s there were family laundry services, wealthy families in lack of a washer either hired a launderess to hand wash items and or relied in these services, so in some cases giving laundry out was a sensible practice, .but as you mentioned as long as you had a wringer washer and enough space to do this, noneless all the equpment needed, it should not have meant that much of job for an housewive, infact that's what happened during the years...would have been shameful to give laundry out if you had a washer and all the "equipments"...
Later with automatic washers and dryers absolutely even more,
Even true that at the same time did born disposables...so washable diapers died progressively during the years..
I could so understand diaper services raising in the 40s and 50s for certain families, but then not in 60s and 70s when most of families did have a washer... Some would still have used these services but probably not the most...
Since I could read above they were also common in the 70s that made me perplexed about how they could keep their business still going well abd still be common, and so how a family even having possibility to do otherwise would prefer this, so when they could do that at home... Such a shame...
Luxury.... I can't really think of it as a luxury...
For how I see things I do not see much of luxurious in this, it surely would have prevented mommies a little further work, but should not have meant that much of a saving of work if a washer was present and that's a thing that I cannot figure out how people would prefer this if they had possibility to do this at home, and this instead of having common diapers shared among thousands babies and laundered by strangers, even more if such thing costed more than having laundered at home.. So the game was not worth the candle. So it comes automatic to wonder who would have paid also more for this like if it was better. From my point of view it is not luxurious or better actually, rather pretty disreputable and not a sign of wealthy living at all...so rather a thing for those who were not lucky enough having this possibility to wash at home, it would have had more sense if so IMO, otherwise would have been kinda dishonorable...
I think it's matter of points of view....
But least now has a little more sense...
Thank you.
[this post was last edited: 2/26/2014-06:10]
