Farm sale, years ago.

[Blackfoot58]

A forum recently had a neat find; a warming plate that held 3 flatirons. I thought I would post this, from my collection. It allowed for steam ironing, and I guess was quite a luxury in the day. My wife had shown no interest in borrowing it.😄

 

[Mackaydon]

My wife's grandmother gave us a couple flat irons which work well as door stops.
65 years ago, I would hold an electric iron in one hand and a water squeeze bottle in the other to do my ironing.
Yes, I had to iron my own shirts and pants. Ever heard of pant stretchers (to be used after ironing?)
Talk about 'old school'......
Don in SoCal

 

[Blackfoot58]

My wife's grandmother gave us a couple flat irons which work well as door stops.
65 years ago, I would hold an electric iron in one hand and a water squeeze bottle in the other to do my ironing.
Yes, I had to iron my own shirts and pants. Ever heard of pant stretchers (to be used after ironing?)
Talk about 'old school'......
Don in SoCal

Yep. Wire frames that went in the pants.

 

[Mackaydon]

Yep, used them to create a crease even in my Levi's--as was the custom back in the day.
Don in SoCal.

 

[Red-Coat]

I remember the days when any decent hotel you stayed in had a 'Corby Electric Trouser Press' in the room. They still make them, but I haven't seen one in a hotel room (or anywhere else for that matter) in yonks.

 

[Red-Coat]

... and Margaret Thatcher (remember her... our 'Iron Lady' Prime Minister)?

I remember seeing a press interview with her husband Dennis, during which he was cheekily asked: "So, who wears the trousers in your house?", to which he replied without hesitation: "I do... and not only that, I wash and iron them too!"

 

[Blackfoot58]

I remember handheld steam wands in some motel rooms. They were to take out wrinkles without ironing. Also Magic Fingers vibrating beds; at 25 cents per turn!