TRUE bath stories (was Re: i thought I would pass this along)
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In a message dated 5/2/03 12:39:45 AM, dacunefare@... writes:
<< She was 8 years old in 1946 when the R.E.A. brought electricity to her
home,
but there wasn't a plumbed bathroom in her parent's home until the year she
married and left it. She grew up taking baths in the kitchen, all the kids on
Saturday night - big tin wash tub, hot water added between bathers but still
last one got the dregs. In her family the order was first the oldest boy,
then the littler kids, and lastly her, the oldest girl.
kind they fed horses from) when I was little. I remember seeing my dad, in
the tub, in the kitchen. We had running water and a gas stove, but the water
just came out of faucets on the wall. Even when we got a water heater, the
hot water still went into a bucket or the bathtub at first.
My dad was building a house out of the salvage/scrap from an older (not
fancy) church, and working full time too. So the first room to have walls
and all was the bathroom so we didn't have to use the outhouse. It was
1955-57 that the house was being finished.
Once my sister and I had baths at a neighbor's house, about 1/4 mile up a
dirt road (our nearest neighbors that direction), under the Chinaberry trees.
Their kids went and then we went.
I do love hot running water and showers!!! Never had a shower growing up,
just bathtub.
Sandra
<< She was 8 years old in 1946 when the R.E.A. brought electricity to her
home,
but there wasn't a plumbed bathroom in her parent's home until the year she
married and left it. She grew up taking baths in the kitchen, all the kids on
Saturday night - big tin wash tub, hot water added between bathers but still
last one got the dregs. In her family the order was first the oldest boy,
then the littler kids, and lastly her, the oldest girl.
>>We took baths in a galvanized tub (#2 was the bath-taking tub, #3 was the
kind they fed horses from) when I was little. I remember seeing my dad, in
the tub, in the kitchen. We had running water and a gas stove, but the water
just came out of faucets on the wall. Even when we got a water heater, the
hot water still went into a bucket or the bathtub at first.
My dad was building a house out of the salvage/scrap from an older (not
fancy) church, and working full time too. So the first room to have walls
and all was the bathroom so we didn't have to use the outhouse. It was
1955-57 that the house was being finished.
Once my sister and I had baths at a neighbor's house, about 1/4 mile up a
dirt road (our nearest neighbors that direction), under the Chinaberry trees.
Their kids went and then we went.
I do love hot running water and showers!!! Never had a shower growing up,
just bathtub.
Sandra
Robyn Coburn
I remember being at boarding school when I was 5 - not recommended BTW -
and having baths on Saturday in the great big laundry sinks. I guess
only a few of the girls were left in school over the weekend for this
treat. I have no recollection of other washing or not through the week.
Robyn Coburn
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and having baths on Saturday in the great big laundry sinks. I guess
only a few of the girls were left in school over the weekend for this
treat. I have no recollection of other washing or not through the week.
Robyn Coburn
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In a message dated 5/2/03 9:44:04 AM, dezigna@... writes:
<< I remember being at boarding school when I was 5 >>
Yikes!!! Poor Robyn!!
I am familiar with the joys of reparenting by giving our kids what we wish we
had had. I'm glad you have that opportunity.
Sandra
<< I remember being at boarding school when I was 5 >>
Yikes!!! Poor Robyn!!
I am familiar with the joys of reparenting by giving our kids what we wish we
had had. I'm glad you have that opportunity.
Sandra