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Wire coat hangers.

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AmberGran Mon 14-Jul-25 13:29:27

Yes they still use them. We have our heavy winter coats cleaned every spring before putting them away and they always come back on wire hangars.

Ashcombe Mon 14-Jul-25 13:25:59

Usedtobeblonde: Did you manage to clear the drain from your sink?!

Astitchintime Mon 14-Jul-25 13:19:24

Yes, I miss the wire coat hangers too. They were so versatile and you could even use them for hanging clothes on. πŸ‘•πŸ‘—πŸ‘šπŸ§₯πŸ‘˜

Usedtobeblonde Mon 14-Jul-25 13:12:54

This morning one of my wash handbasins was emptying very slowly.
I tried the plunger to little effect so looked for what I have always fallen back on… a wire coat hanger.
Could I find one, of course not and I couldn’t remember the last time I saw one.
They came into the house holding dry cleaning back in the day, then I wondered when I last had anything dry cleaned.
It is many many years since my late H wore suits and all my clothes now can be laundered, even my coats as I tend to wear very informal ones.
Whatever would Blue Peter do now with no wire hangers to twist into Christmas wreaths or advent calendar thingys.
Does dry cleaning still use them or has technology found something better but still cheap and disposable?