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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 720417" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>I use a dryer. When I was a child in Chicago. Everyone heated with coal. As a result, there was a huge amount of soot flying around which happily stuck to any laundry hung out on the fire escapes. The rest of the year one had pigeon poop, general dirt, etc.</p><p></p><p>Those of you who are younger cannot imagine who filthy the city was in the poorer areas during the 60s. (I remember playing in alleys piled high with garbage and dog poop.)</p><p></p><p>When we moved to the suburbs in 72, we had a yard and it was much cleaner, however, with me being the poster child for allergies, we discovered that clothing hung out to dry gave me hives due to the pollen stuck to it.</p><p></p><p>In the house in the suburbs (Highland Park for SWOT), we had a washer and dryer. In Chicago we had a mangle washer in the basement but no dryer. I can remember frying my brains weekly at the laundromat with my mother and sister. Truly miserable during the summer months as airconditioning wasn't a thing.</p><p></p><p>Our big treat was a nickle Pepsi in the small glass bottle from the vending machine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 720417, member: 1963"] I use a dryer. When I was a child in Chicago. Everyone heated with coal. As a result, there was a huge amount of soot flying around which happily stuck to any laundry hung out on the fire escapes. The rest of the year one had pigeon poop, general dirt, etc. Those of you who are younger cannot imagine who filthy the city was in the poorer areas during the 60s. (I remember playing in alleys piled high with garbage and dog poop.) When we moved to the suburbs in 72, we had a yard and it was much cleaner, however, with me being the poster child for allergies, we discovered that clothing hung out to dry gave me hives due to the pollen stuck to it. In the house in the suburbs (Highland Park for SWOT), we had a washer and dryer. In Chicago we had a mangle washer in the basement but no dryer. I can remember frying my brains weekly at the laundromat with my mother and sister. Truly miserable during the summer months as airconditioning wasn't a thing. Our big treat was a nickle Pepsi in the small glass bottle from the vending machine. [/QUOTE]
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