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Callistemon21 Sun 27-Feb-22 21:09:57

My sister used one of those comptometers!

And I remember my mother using a zinc dolly tub with a wooden dolly Maywalk
It then went in the garden to catch rainwater and I used to get a jugful of rainwater to rinse my hair.

kittylester Sun 27-Feb-22 21:06:11

Flipping phone

I used a posting machine!! Honestly, I am not that old.

M0nica Sun 27-Feb-22 21:05:26

Oh gosh, I remember them too. I had a holiday job in the pay office at Harrods and there were all these women using these machines. I was covering for someone on holiday who worked out their payslips, plus any other 'sensitive pay' slips by hand.

I was in awe of their skills.

kittylester Sun 27-Feb-22 21:04:03

It was auntieflo. I also used a postingmchine butI didn't have a pin badge. I am really not that old.

Auntieflo Sun 27-Feb-22 20:59:06

Was it the Sumlock Comptomer Kitty. Cos I used one as well.
I went to the Sumlock school in Aldwych, straight from school with two friends. Do you have a badge pin?

Maywalk Sun 27-Feb-22 20:53:47

If thats a worry ladies mine must be a nightmare because I still have my old zinc dolly tub in my garden which now has a Rosemary growing out of it.
It is well over 72 years old. I used to wash for 6 of us in that with my washboard and ponch.

I love watching the Antiques Roadshow.

sodapop Sun 27-Feb-22 20:32:17

I saw some domestic equipment in a museum some years ago that I remember using. It's a worry kittylester smile

kittylester Sun 27-Feb-22 20:28:09

when the Antiques Road Show features a piece of office equipment that I used when I started work.

Exactly how old am I?