For 90 years there were washhouses in Edinburgh, and for nearly 80 of those years the washhouses were a public service. Despite a mass campaign, the last one closed in 1982.
The modern equivalent would be the launderette but even those can be difficult to find these days in my part of the world. I discovered this fascinating piece of Scottish history in ‘The People’s Story’ museum on Canongate in Edinburgh. I thought it rather appropriate to share these today, after all Mondays were once wash-day!
PS Two squares kinda counter the rectangle!
The life of B 
Very interesting indeed!
And like that word “had a good blether”
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Such a great description isn’t it 🙂
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Everything used to be a lot more work back in the day. Interesting!
Here’s mine for today: https://outofmywritemind.com/2020/10/12/kinda-fading/
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That’s very true – miss the slower pace of life though
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This is a fabulous square! The words used from different parts of the world may be different, but the definition behind them is the same. Blether….I got a kick out of that. I thought of all the gossiping hens around my grandmother every Sunday after church. LOL! 🙂
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Great isn’t it how words vary round the world 🙂
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I’ve learned more about how other cultures speak since I’ve been on WP than in all my years. Fabulous! 🙂
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Likewise! I must send you the link to a podcast about the English language – did you know there are more than 70 versions of English?!
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No, I had no idea! Yeah, send me the podcast. I’d love to hear it. 🙂
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Here you go – https://pod.fo/e/9c5c4
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I’m going to listen to it while I work. Thanks! 🙂
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Of course, they were posh in Edinburgh having washhouses! Glasgow had steamies.
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oh I love that name steamies 🙂 do any still exist, or have they been modernised?
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No, all gone! Did the TV play The Steamie not make it down to Winchester then? Maybe it’s never been shown outside Scotland.
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ooh no, don’t recall that one. However I am hopeless with what is on TV, so it could have done
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It would probably have needed subtitles!
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hee hee – we have just been watching a wonderful programme on Glasgow Central. Understood nearly everything, but there were a couple of times when I was glad the subtitles were on. Us Southerners are hopeless aren’t we!!
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