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OLD WEST SURREY 



be a hundred years old or more, have very blunt noses, 

 and the handles rake forward in a way that now looks unusual. 



Old Smoothing Irons 



But in place of the tine hemp cord that was the older 

 drying-line, there is now a galvanised iron wire. The wire 



The Iron Washing-Line 



has advantages in that it saves time and trouble, for once 

 fixed it remains in place. The hemp line had to be taken 



