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WASH DAY BLUE AND THE OLD BLACK BOILER.

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Oil on canvas 24"x36"In collection of Dr Ivor Davies Penarth South Wales.

A Glance back to the wash day of past. Laborious boiling, bluing, and then mangle.

But not before using the scrubbing board and brush. And slabs of Puritan soap.

how different from today flick a switch.

Slap a ready a meal in the Microwave oven.

Far cry from the stew or scratch meal the woman had to prepare. After the all day wash toil.

Also over her life time.

Child bear eight to ten kids.

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