THERE'S a good reason to "hang out" at one Worcester library this month - to learn more about the traditions of washing day.
The exhibition at St John's Library takes a light-hearted look at household cleaning, from 1900 to the present day.
The Spick and Span display includes traditional tools of the trade from carpet beaters, goose- wing dusters, and a charcoal iron.
A public appeal for artefacts uncovered a wooden ironing board which dated from the end of the Second World War and was made from Fray Bentos packing crates.
"In the early part of the 20th Century, housework involved less actual cleaning products and more elbow grease," said Emma House, the museum's design and interpretation officer.
"The weekly wash for example would take a whole day, usually a Monday, followed by a day of ironing."
The display runs until Saturday, June 2.
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