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Old 28-01-2010, 11:44   #1
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The wringer mangle.

'The wringer mangle was invented in 1850 by Robert Tasker in Lancashire, the ansector of the current firm Taskers of Accrington, which is a furniture retailer; it was a cheaper, simplified version of the box mangle. Box mangles were large and expensive; they were used by wealthy households and large commercial laundries. Middle-class households and small-scale washerwomen used the plain mangle. Later in the 19th century, the steam engine was harnessed to laundry purposes and commercial laundries used steam-powered mangles.'
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'The creator and builder of the first geared wooden roller wet clothes-wringing machine was master blacksmith Robert Tasker, circa 1850. At the time, he had smithy in Back Union Street, which became part of Accrington Broadway. Robert and wife Betty, a weaver, produced 10 daughters and three sons so presumably, had an almost daily stack of dirty laundry.'

'Robert, who made the gates to the cemetery in Burnley Road, Accrington, which are still in use today, refused to patent his invention, saying, God gives men brains to help his brother, not line his pockets. However, he and Betty did charge their neighbours a penny a time to come to their house and use the machine!
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Old 28-01-2010, 11:53   #2
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Re: The wringer mangle.

'Another man who put Accrington on the map was Robert Tasker. Actually born in Whalley in 1812, he invented and built the first mangle - or the geared wooden roller wet clothes wringing machine, as it was called.'
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Old 28-01-2010, 11:59   #3
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Re: The wringer mangle.

Well shame on both of them, they were responsible for beginning the slide down the slippery slope of freeing woman from the chains that held them to the kitchen sink, which now allows them the time to imagine they are free thinking sentient beings!


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Old 28-01-2010, 12:08   #4
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Well shame on both of them, they were responsible for beginning the slide down the slippery slope of freeing woman from the chains that held them to the kitchen sink, which now allows them the time to imagine they are free thinking sentient beings!
It's strange how one invention can have a ripple effect.

'1850s US patents registered for first known bra-like devices.
Corsets fall out of style for about 10 years.
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Old 28-01-2010, 12:41   #5
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Re: The wringer mangle.

I put a cat through one of those things once, when I was a kid. It came out pretty mangy the other side.
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Old 28-01-2010, 12:46   #6
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I put a cat through one of those things once, when I was a kid. It came out pretty mangy the other side.
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Old 28-01-2010, 12:53   #7
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It would be nice to get a real squashed cat to hang on the washing line. I'm sure it would keep other cats out of the back yard.
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Old 29-01-2010, 11:03   #8
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It's strange how one invention can have a ripple effect.

'1850s US patents registered for first known bra-like devices.
Corsets fall out of style for about 10 years. '
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Thanks for the link Rindi, it was very uplifting
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Old 29-01-2010, 11:55   #9
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Thanks for the link Rindi, it was very uplifting
rubbish its a load of tits.
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Old 29-01-2010, 15:19   #10
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Paris doing cashman's washing

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Nah our mangles green n aint got them sides.
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Old 29-01-2010, 17:58   #12
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My mum had a mangle and when we changed houses once she made me and my brother take it to the new house at night! (so the neighbours wouldn't see it.)
We gave it a push down Rowan Avenue (hoping it would crash) but it arrived all in one piece on Trinity St. The kids there were fascinated by it!!
What memories!
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Old 02-02-2010, 22:26   #13
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Garinda, your first post on this - mentioning all the children the Taskers had. All quite true! Wow! What a family! Wonder if any of our members are related. Could be like Heir Hunters, related but - they dont even know it!
On the 1861 census -
Name Age

Robert Tasker 48 yrs
Betty Tasker 41 yrs
Mary A Tasker 22 yrs
Jane Tasker 20 yrs
Dorothy Tasker 18 yrs
Elizabeth Tasker 13 yrs
Joseph Tasker 11 yrs
Ellen Tasker 9 yrs
Clara A Tasker 5 yrs
Rebecca G Tasker 2 yrs
Robert T Tasker 7 Months
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Old 08-07-2010, 08:20   #14
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I remember a green coloured mangle and my grans. It folded down to form a work surface when not in use. It was on the opposite side of the kitchen to the clothes boiler and opposite the meatsafe, next to the baby belling.

Needless to say there was an Ascot geyser over the sink!
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I remember a green coloured mangle and my grans. It folded down to form a work surface when not in use. It was on the opposite side of the kitchen to the clothes boiler and opposite the meatsafe, next to the baby belling.

Needless to say there was an Ascot geyser over the sink!
Clothes Boiler, Meatsafe, Baby Belling, Ascot Geyser, wow, your family must have been well off
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