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Here you see a wash basin kept in the bedroom for convenience. ]]on the right >>>>>> A far cry from the modern office but the typewriter was a precious tool. You had to feed paper into a roller at the top. Each key had a thin metal arm attached which swung up and hit an inked ribbon transferring the ink onto the paper (the ribbon, on reels, moved a fraction sideways with each key press, as did the roller.) The end of the metal arm was engraved with the letter. | Here you see a wash basin kept in the bedroom for convenience. ]]on the right >>>>>> A far cry from the modern office but the typewriter was a precious tool. You had to feed paper into a roller at the top. Each key had a thin metal arm attached which swung up and hit an inked ribbon transferring the ink onto the paper (the ribbon, on reels, moved a fraction sideways with each key press, as did the roller.) The end of the metal arm was engraved with the letter. | ||
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Revision as of 10:37, 6 August 2023
Exhibition Summer 2022 Granny's Attic.
Exhibition of Domestic Bygones, mostly Victorian/Edwardian. Collated by Rosemary Mortham and held in the garage at Pondside, Kiln Lane. Lacey Green. The new local history media wiki being developed was also demonstrated.
on the right >>>>>Table crockery was invariably made of china.
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on the right >>>>> No electricity here in this sewing machine - the needle was moved up and down by pedal power. Material moved forward by means of a knotched plate on which the material rested. It worked with the needle going up to move forward a fraction, dropped down below the surface level. moved back and came up to hold the material, just as the needle was coming down again. The user was required to guide it and keep it straight along the route of the stitching.
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on the right >>>>>> Several steel kettles, these would be placed on an open fire or if posh, on a metal plate that swung over the fire and thus kept them clean.
A long metal fork was used to hold bread near the fire for toast.
The copper contraption at the front was filled with paraffin or similar and used to boil the kettles, heat food and sometimes for the copper boilers used to sterilise clothes.
on the right >>>>>> A far cry from the modern office but the typewriter was a precious tool. You had to feed paper into a roller at the top. Each key had a thin metal arm attached which swung up and hit an inked ribbon transferring the ink onto the paper (the ribbon, on reels, moved a fraction sideways with each key press, as did the roller.) The end of the metal arm was engraved with the letter.
At the end of the line of text, a lever was used to return the roller back to the start of the line and rotate the roller just enough to move to the next line. Typo's meant winding the paper so you could paint out the mistake with a white fluid.
