Cart Bank Laundry, interior View of staff in laundry
SC 423366
Description Cart Bank Laundry, interior View of staff in laundry
Date 3/1974
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 423366
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Workers in Cart Bank Laundry, Kilbarchan Road, Johnstone, Renfrewshire Many laundry workers were women, as it was considered a suitable 'domestic' occupation. This view shows the women employed in the laundry at the time of this visit. Small laundries of this type were common in Scotland from c1900 until the 1960s, when domestic washing machines became common. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H74/12/15
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