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Before Washing Machines - Wash Day
Joanna Roberts remembers wash-day in the terraced houses of London's East End, and the endless hours that women spent doing the weekly laundry before the advent of the washing machine.
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The World Service Guide to British Culture—成人论坛 World Service Archive
From the pantomime to the art of St Ives, some things are peculiarly British
