Washing lines

I like the smell of outside dried washing and my clothing etc. Is not common !!

Always hang my washing out, it smells so fresh when you bring it in, no it’s not common, I also loved seeing I line full of white terry nappies on the line, happy memories xxx

I do have a tumbler, but rarely use it as so many clothes say do not tumble, or if you do they shrink! I love line dried washing-especially sheets and towels and while it’s good weather I use a low spin speed, which cuts out a lot of ironing. In wet weather, hanging shirts etc on hangers upstairs on the door frames dries them overnight. Saves energy but isn’t as nice as line dried.

I love the smell of washing on the line, but I do hang the underwear on the inside part of the whirligig for modesty!

It’s fine as long as it’s on a Monday. Anyone else remember those days?

As things stand at the moment we should all be trying to get our laundry out to take advantage of the effect of sunshine on the dreaded virus.
Personally I put a washing out every chance I get.

My sister in law insisted that I hung terry nappies out to dry IN THE SNOW !!! .. we were staying up in the Lakes with them one Easter .. ?

I love to see my washing out on the line, especially on a sunny day and it seems we in common, all do the same. We hang our washing out if we can. Something ‘ common’ is for everybody, is usual, most people do it/ have it (common sense?) etc etc.
On the other hand Common can also be regarded as derogatory, that’s the English language for you, but I hope Gabriella’s comment which did seem unkind, was just a play on words.

I always hang my washing out. I did have a dryer for a while but it left clothes with a funny smell, prefer the freshness of line dried. I always put tops and t shirts on hangers, to cut down on ironing and use one of those multi peg hanger things for socks and my big pants (same reason as juliet27).Sons boxers can be pegged out normally. On wet days I have an airing cupboard

Whenever weather permits the washing goes out, knickers and all. I live in a relatively young community and I find a majority don't hang washing out. We are restricted to whirly type dryers and while ago a young Mum declared she wouldn't be having one as it would ruin the look of her garden. I have also lived in a place within a city where no hanging out of washing was allowed. Laundry room for most or tumble dryer. Washing smells so good when dried outside.

It wouldn't occur to me not to hang out the washing whatever day it was. My now not so smalls are still pretty and colourful lace, hope it gives the elderly rustic French neighbours a thrill!

Mr mother always took hand wash soap on holiday, did all her washing in the bath and hanged it on the shower rail to dry. She said coming home with no washing was the icing on the cake!!!!! She had an automatic washing machine.

She was also fixated on starching teatowels. When she was buying her first automatic the young salesman's face was a picture when she asked where in the programme she should put the starch in!

I have never had a tumble drier therefore whenever I can I hand washing out. If weather is not good it goes on a ‘clothes horse’ in a spare room with window on trickle opening. However nothing beats fresh clean washing from the outside line.

I always hang washing out on a whirligig which is put in the shed when the washing comes in. I do own a very basic tumble dryer, but I only really use it to fluff up towels when they’ve been outside. Our garden isn’t overlooked, but we used to live in a house where a neighbour used to leave washing on the line for days. I was never sure why!

I always hung my washing out and my daughter who's 32 does it all the time not just bedding everything she has a drier but tries not to use it like you she loves the smell of wind blow bedding you keep it up and when you hang it out think of the lovely comfey bed you will be getting in

I actually find pegging the washing out is the one domesticated job l enjoy. It pleases me to see the washing flapping about in the breeze, however a week or so ago we had very strong winds and l was delighted to think my washing would dry quickly. Unfortunately l had just gone back in to the house when l noticed two items fly off the line and zoom over the fence into next doors garden. The items were two pairs of my knickers! Fortunately, l could hear the neighbour mowing so l tentatively called over and asked for them back, he found one pair in a tree and the other in a bush, he passed them back to me using a stick! Thankfully they were nice, respectable peach coloured M&S knickers!

Definitely more common to use a dryer all the time...! Fresh, line-dried washing smells gorgeous, and the colours stay brighter & whites whiter.
My washer broke down in the first week of lockdown (there's never a good time - but really..!!!) and as no-one will deliver past the doorstep - or take the old one away unless I put it outside - I'm handwashing small items/underwear etc and drying them on the line, while my friend's DH is picking up a bag of bedding/towels etc to do this in her washer then deliver them back to my step... Good job we're good friends

It is not common to hang washing out at all.
I don`t hang underwear out for all to see though.
It`s also environmentaly frendly and except for my DIL i don`t know of anyone with a garden who doesn`t hang washing out.

It honestly has never entered my mind that anyone might frown on neighbours hanging out washing.

I still remember 40 odd years ago how happy I was to move from a flat with a shared drying area to my own garden and able to hang a washing out any day.

No more rota with the neighbours for whose turn it was to have the washing line.

Everyone round about us hangs their washing out. A few years ago a young neighbour told me that she had never hung out washing as she thought it was common, however, her sister owned a hairdresser’s shop and her washing machine broke down, so this poor young lassie said her first ever load of washing to hang out was a load of hair dye stained towels. She was sure the neighbours would think she was a black besom!

How did hanging washing out ever become 'common'? What a ridiculous notion, unless as another poster has said, it means that most people do it when they can. I take pride in avoiding my tumble dryer, and saving energy, and take even greater pride in using wind and solar power to dry my laundry.

I’ve never heard of a whirlygig is it a rotary clothes line
If so I always like to hang my washing out, I love seeing the clothes blow on a nice sunny day, especially when it used to be lovely white nappies years ago.
I think anyone who thinks it’s common is a snob

I have had friends over the years from all 'classes' and have never come across anyone who thinks hanging out washing is common - some had staff that did it rather than themselves. I would choose hanging on the line every time, from an environmental perspective but also cost and you can't beat that wonderful smell!

I would love to be able to hang out washing. I have a good sized garden with washing poles. My neighbour has trees over 60 feet high which block the sun and cast debris over my garden. All the cream coloured slabs have gone black. I have hay fever so it would cause me awful problems to dry anything outside

Hang washing out most of the year but not in depths of winter when it seems to come in damp so I use tumble dryer then.
Am I sad if I say I love to see a line of clean washing blowing on the line, gives me satisfaction to see.
Not so keen on the ironing afterwards. ?

I hang mine out; so do my neighbours