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  • The first mangles were basically a low wooden table on which clothes, wound around rollers, were placed. A big wooden chest weighted with stones, was placed on top of the clothes and propelled slowly, to and fro to smooth and polish the clothes.
Box mangle from Cowbridge, mid-19th century
  • The model shown here is a Bernard and Joy's PATENT SELF-ROLLING MANGLE.
Wringer mangle with mangling table, late 19th century
Mrs Bennett of Abbey-cwm-hir using a mangle (probably 1960s) [image 1 of 2]
Mrs Bennett of Abbey-cwm-hir using a mangle (probably 1960s) [image 2 of 2]