The wash house

Although families would share work between them throughout the year, washing laundry was work for women only. Even more work in already busy lives.
Until the middle of the 20th century, in the absence of washing machines, the laundry was only washed a few times per year, weather permitting.
There were so many stages and they were so long that it took up a whole day.
This chore was done at the wash house, in the mountain stream, in a wooden tub or on a wash table which allowed the work to be done standing up.