Housework , Rules for washing dishes - 1912 Exercise book
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Enid Evans, a boarder at the school has written washing up instructions including the use of hot water and a little soap. 'Use a little washing soda if the plates are greasy.Steep pudding dishes and milk jugs in cold water'. Washing and drying and putting away instructions follow. The dishes should have a 'bright polish'. At the bottom of the page instructions for 'how to wash wood' begin. Page digitised in Dolgellau Record Office (DWS archive)
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From: -- - 1912
To: -- - ---- - Location:Dolgelley
- County:Merioneth
- Creator:Enid Mary Evans
- Owner:Meirionnydd Record Office
- Themes:Bwyta ac ymddygiad Addysgu a dysgu
Posted by: Nesta Wynn Jones
Posted on: 18.11.2014 at 17:55
Some things never change - I was teaching these rules in Domestic Science aka Home Economics (which changed to Food Technology in 1990) to 1st years aka yr 7 from 1960s right thro' to 2006 when I retired.