Washing lines

I love hanging out my washing. It smells gorgeous when you bring it in especially bedding. If they could bottle the smell they would make a fortune. When its a fine day i actively look for washing. - Sad

I always hang mine out I think it freshens it up.

I don't want to gphang out my washing.

Behind the line is an open wood store.

There is a blackbird nesting at the back of it, and I don't want to scare her away.

Never on a Sunday

Isn't that a film, a song?

Terribull we had a neighbour who used to hang out her washing in the rain. "Well, it gets rid of it and it will dry at some time"

It's only common to even worry what others think of you.

Not at all. I rarely use our tumble dryer - even in winter I try to avoid using it unless I absolutely have to. I use the airing cupboard instead, and sometimes the conservatory. I'm thinking of the environmental impact of using a tumble dryer.
Plus, when I can hang out the washing it's got that lovely fresh air smell

Haha, is this a joke to stop us thinking about the horrible thing?!

Isn't it just, life goes on, as much as possible?

I live in a flat so use an airer ( on the balcony in nice weather) to dry clothes on and bedding but I do put towels in the dryer. I like soft towels rather than hard

I love this time of year when I can get the washing out on the line. It smells lovely and fresh when I get it in and is not so creased. Aren't we being 'green' by using our lines?
Glad to say my DDIL is also a fan of letting it all hang out!

I don't like hard towels either @TwiceAsNice.
I line dry till barely damp and tumble to finish

What on earth is common about hanging washing out??
I too like to finish towels in tumble drier. But my pants get dried inside.

Hanging your washing out is common?? What a ridiculous statement! Who doesn't love the smell of line dried sheets?

I just can’t believe ‘anyone’ would think this was common. I grew up believing never on Sundays for religious reasons but apart from that, if you haven’t got a tumble drier and don’t want clothes hanging about the house, what else does one do. And I love seeing it blowing in the wind.

I haveca whirlybird but much prefer a line. I don't care if neighbours think it's common or not.,I'm not going to use a tumble dryer that's bad for the environment when I have a garden. It's not as if I have a line of underpants out 24/7. I would be more worried about noisy neighbours than a line if washing.

Well, I not only prefer to dry my washing out- in the back garden- but also , occasionally, air the bedding outside too. However, I do feel that others regard it as somehow common and, even though I refuse to be deterred, I don’t hang the duvet out of the upstairs window in the front any more.
In fact, I was quite shocked to realize how much I have in fact conformed to the general attitude when observing a newcomer ( east European ) hang her bedding out in the front , I couldn‘t help feeling that it was somehow inappropriate !

Hanging out washing, it's a no brainer as far as I'm concerned. They haven't yet found a way to tax the air we breath so while it is still free it is essential to use and utilize this valuable and cost friendly resource. I feel sad for those without access to outside drying space.

I can remember being very embarrassed, as a small child, when my mother hung out her 'corselettes' on a high line - for all the neighbours to see. I was so relieved when my allergy consultant told me to dry everything indoors.

It's a social class thing, Respectable working class and lower middle class are almost defined by their need to be seen to be respectable. The need to be seen to be respectable is dying out with the decline of these archaic classes.

My husband who came from respectable working class stock informed me not to hang washing out on a Sunday. I had not a clue about the does and donts of working class neighbourhoods so was glad to be informed of the proper procedure. BTW social class defined by old prejudices has little to do with income so some woman or man may be rich and still be prejudiced.

Solidly working class washing hanger outer here. Totally lacking in respect obviously. Never scrubbed the doorstep either. Clearly slovenly too!

I hang washing out weather permitting,irrespective of what day of the week,I love to see it fluttering in the breeze,and also the lovely fresh smell when it is brought in

I am always pegging washing out, love to dry it outdoors in the sun and the wind. I only use a tumble dryer if absolutely necessary. We live in the countryside but my nearest neighbour never pegs hers out, it is dried in the conservatory! Never have understood this.

Sussexborn I used to love my twin tub, and it was much ‘greener’ too. I could wash the lightly soiled items first, then the dirtier ones in the same water. While one lot was washing I could rinse and spin the previous load, which speeded up the job considerably.

As for rescuing neighbours’ washing from the rain, that was normal years ago. Everyone had low fences, and we could see, at once, who had left their washing out. Now everyone has high fences and hedges, and locks on their gates. Times have changed, and not for the better.

Love drying my washing outdoors and I don't mind being called common - definitely one of "the common people"