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One Wonders How Many Of Those Former Norge Dry Cleaning Stor
Are now EPA "Superfund" or otherwise contaminated sites.
Are now EPA "Superfund" or otherwise contaminated sites.
tecnopolis
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.most signs were recycled. Gotta luv it.."Venus Envy".
Even Way up here
Yes, We had several local Norge Villages with the big rotating ball on the roof. I did go to one in the early 80's and it was all Speed Queen pourposely tamped down to a half tub of water. I did put more water in with a bucket thru a faucet in a tub nearby when noboby was watching and the machine did fine. But I have used my Maytags that were bought new right after that episode with no major problems after 28 years and hope for many more. Nope, no Laundromats for me, thank you.
Yes, We had several local Norge Villages with the big rotating ball on the roof. I did go to one in the early 80's and it was all Speed Queen pourposely tamped down to a half tub of water. I did put more water in with a bucket thru a faucet in a tub nearby when noboby was watching and the machine did fine. But I have used my Maytags that were bought new right after that episode with no major problems after 28 years and hope for many more. Nope, no Laundromats for me, thank you.
We had one
a bicycle ride away in Schenectady. It had a bank of those dry cleaners, Mom actually used them a few times.
Smelled wonderful like ditto machines!! LOL
a bicycle ride away in Schenectady. It had a bank of those dry cleaners, Mom actually used them a few times.
Smelled wonderful like ditto machines!! LOL
wonder if those Norge signs and balls were recycled by sign collectors?If the lighting and rotation of the sign or ball still worked-would be a real prize to them.
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retromania
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Alex....
Thanks for all your GREAT photo posts. They're fabulous!!!!!!
The Norge sign here in my town was mounted on a pole near the street and it did not rotate. When Norge left, so did the sign.
Thanks for all your GREAT photo posts. They're fabulous!!!!!!
The Norge sign here in my town was mounted on a pole near the street and it did not rotate. When Norge left, so did the sign.
retromania
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I forgot how busy or cluttered a busness could look from the street with the big cars, power lines, window ac units hanging out of windows and billboards everywhere. To a small child like me way back in the day it was facinating. When a business or strip mall goes up now it certainly looks a lot neater. Lines are underground. There's central heat and AC and the units are usually on the roof or behind the building out of sight. Ordinances exist now about billboarsd and business signs, the location, height, etc. Of course cars are much smaller.
Glad a few of the Norge balls survived.
Glad a few of the Norge balls survived.
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I always liked how the Norge brochures always showed people dressed in a more upscale style. You really never saw people dressed like that in Norge Villages. Usually the people were wearing sweat shirts and shorts or "house dresses" which a lot of housewives wore during the day before their husbands came home. When I mentioned these to Karen she laughed and said she hasn't seen anyone in anything like this since the 70's and even then it was the older housewives who wore them.
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AKA The "Schmatta" Dress
No self respecting *real* housewife from about the 1040's through late as the 1970's, did her house cleaning dressed like June Cleaver (starched shirtwaist, pearls, high heels, nylons and probably a girdle on), it just wasn't practical.
Enter a comfy easy on and off dress with pockets that one could move about in easily and get "down and dirty" with housework with or without an apron/pinny over the whole thing. There were also smocks made along similar lines one could wear with slacks.
Of course by the 1960's you had young housewives like Mrs. Darrin Stephens who preferred "petal pushers", jeans or slacks along with a simple top for housework instead of the housedress their mother's wore.
In case anyone hadn't noticed before, guess who wears a housedress? In a tasteful print mind you, along with with pearls and kitten heels.
Because of women's fashions especially undergarments tended to be rather restrictive until the 1960's or so (the dreaded girdle that no self respecting female over puberty would leave her home without) comes to mind, women who had to do housework (that is they lacked servants) perferred a simple and loose dress that "let things all hang out" as it were, rather than be confined.
Lucy and Ethel wore various house dresses, as did Edith Bunker, and other television wives who had to do their own housework. OTHO Mrs.Brady amoung others of her class wouldn't have been caught dead in such a garment.
Finally as Whirlcool stated one was supposed to "freshen-up" and put on one's afternoon face before hubby got home at six for gin and tonics! Also if one had to run out to the market, pick up the children from school, etc... you didn't DARE go downtown in a housedress. Your front yard to pick up the newspaper, or maybe to gossip with the girls was far as decent women went.
No self respecting *real* housewife from about the 1040's through late as the 1970's, did her house cleaning dressed like June Cleaver (starched shirtwaist, pearls, high heels, nylons and probably a girdle on), it just wasn't practical.
Enter a comfy easy on and off dress with pockets that one could move about in easily and get "down and dirty" with housework with or without an apron/pinny over the whole thing. There were also smocks made along similar lines one could wear with slacks.
Of course by the 1960's you had young housewives like Mrs. Darrin Stephens who preferred "petal pushers", jeans or slacks along with a simple top for housework instead of the housedress their mother's wore.
In case anyone hadn't noticed before, guess who wears a housedress? In a tasteful print mind you, along with with pearls and kitten heels.
Because of women's fashions especially undergarments tended to be rather restrictive until the 1960's or so (the dreaded girdle that no self respecting female over puberty would leave her home without) comes to mind, women who had to do housework (that is they lacked servants) perferred a simple and loose dress that "let things all hang out" as it were, rather than be confined.
Lucy and Ethel wore various house dresses, as did Edith Bunker, and other television wives who had to do their own housework. OTHO Mrs.Brady amoung others of her class wouldn't have been caught dead in such a garment.
Finally as Whirlcool stated one was supposed to "freshen-up" and put on one's afternoon face before hubby got home at six for gin and tonics! Also if one had to run out to the market, pick up the children from school, etc... you didn't DARE go downtown in a housedress. Your front yard to pick up the newspaper, or maybe to gossip with the girls was far as decent women went.
polkanut
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Both grandmothers practically lived in their housedresses unless like Launderess said, they had to run errands or whatnot. Mom ditched the housedress when she reentered the workforce in 1978. After that it was slacks and a loose fitting top.
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In myneck of the woods....
My dad came home between 5:30 and 6pm. My mother about 5-5:15 would go 'pretty up' as she called it. It usually consisted of washing her face. Brush through her hair. Powder and lipstick. Mom always was dressed nice. Slacks and blouse. Sometimes she would change her blouse. The first thing my father wanted when he got home was a cocktail and a little peace and quiet before dinner. Mom said he had to fix his own cocktail and he would fix one for my mother also.
My dad came home between 5:30 and 6pm. My mother about 5-5:15 would go 'pretty up' as she called it. It usually consisted of washing her face. Brush through her hair. Powder and lipstick. Mom always was dressed nice. Slacks and blouse. Sometimes she would change her blouse. The first thing my father wanted when he got home was a cocktail and a little peace and quiet before dinner. Mom said he had to fix his own cocktail and he would fix one for my mother also.
I liked the Norge Villages as well. Does anyone remember the Duds-N-Suds? I'm not sure how popular they were in different parts of the country, but in Missouri there were just a few. They were very nice, very clean, and well attended. When you first entered there was a deli like lunch counter with tables and chairs and a tv, lounge area. You could even get a beer if you wished with your sandwich. From there, you entered the laundrymat and if my memory serves correctly there was even an in-wall fold down ironing board. All the equipment was new Maytags, I remember they were soooo quiet that you could watch the tv and actually hear the show.
This was many years ago, 1988-89, when I first moved out on my own. Money was tight, worked very long hours, but I remember how that laundrymat made life a little more bearable and pleasant. This was in a college town, and many students and young professionals made it the 'place to go.'
This was many years ago, 1988-89, when I first moved out on my own. Money was tight, worked very long hours, but I remember how that laundrymat made life a little more bearable and pleasant. This was in a college town, and many students and young professionals made it the 'place to go.'
retromania
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When I was in college !980-84...
There was a Duds 'n Suds at the Beach. Don't remember the sandwich counter. A group of us rented a house that spring break. It was an ole-timey beach house on stilts with a tin roof. It was off season and we got it at a good price. The house I remember had an old gas stove (Magic Chef) that was fueled with bottled gas. It had an old BF Goodrich refrigerator. That was the one and only time I have EVER seen or heard of a BF Goodrich appliance. Both stove and fridge had a healthy crop of rust growing on the outside. The fridge would shock you if you touched the handle and the metal stripping on the counter at the same time. I ran out of clean clothes and went searching for a laundromat and a Duds 'n Suds is what I found. It was run down and dirty. Nothing like what you described. The place was so dirty in fact that I was reluctant to use the machines and started to go in search of another coin laundry. I decided I didn't have time and would make do. I remember it was really cheap to wash and dry. The dryers got really hot. So it turned out ok.
There was a Duds 'n Suds at the Beach. Don't remember the sandwich counter. A group of us rented a house that spring break. It was an ole-timey beach house on stilts with a tin roof. It was off season and we got it at a good price. The house I remember had an old gas stove (Magic Chef) that was fueled with bottled gas. It had an old BF Goodrich refrigerator. That was the one and only time I have EVER seen or heard of a BF Goodrich appliance. Both stove and fridge had a healthy crop of rust growing on the outside. The fridge would shock you if you touched the handle and the metal stripping on the counter at the same time. I ran out of clean clothes and went searching for a laundromat and a Duds 'n Suds is what I found. It was run down and dirty. Nothing like what you described. The place was so dirty in fact that I was reluctant to use the machines and started to go in search of another coin laundry. I decided I didn't have time and would make do. I remember it was really cheap to wash and dry. The dryers got really hot. So it turned out ok.
cehalstead
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We had a couple of them here in WV.....late 60's........
