One of these would be good

[imastawka]

 Pity they're not making them just yet

All I've got is one of these

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Better Still.

[bright.ton42]

We are all spoilt rotten  lol............I remember mum doing the washing by boiling up the copper and stirring with a huge pole her face red with steam.   And sometimes the copper boiling over and the laundry floor covered with scalding soapy water.  Wringing out the sheets by hand. 

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@bright.ton42 wrote:

We are all spoilt rotten  lol............I remember mum doing the washing by boiling up the copper and stirring with a huge pole her face red with steam.   And sometimes the copper boiling over and the laundry floor covered with scalding soapy water.  Wringing out the sheets by hand. 

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And what was the blue thingy - they put in with the sheets etc.

Oh the good times.

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Just a memory - my pet budgie flew down the flew of the copper.

No - sorry to say by the time my Dad got to him - past parrot.

[imastawka]

Good old Bluo - looked like a weird tea bag

You can still buy it Helen,   I do.      It makes your whites, whiter

We must have been spoilt - our copper was hooked up to the gas

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@imastawka wrote:

Good old Bluo - looked like a weird tea bag

You can still buy it Helen,   I do.      It makes your whites, whiter

We must have been spoilt - our copper was hooked up to the gas

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Think that is why the budgie didn't last.

Our's must have been gas also - oh those bluey thingys.

The copper was in the laundry close by a set of two concrete tubs.

I recall my brother & me getting all excited if we were allowed to bath - side by side in those tubs.

And we did - they got filled to the rim - we would chuck water at each other.

Frameless shower screen - my - times are different.

[bright.ton42]

Helen ours was exactly the same, huge copper next to two concrete tubs.  My twin bro and I used to bath in those too,,  when the sheets weren't soaking in the Blue. 

Washing line     .......just that, a line, resting on wooden stake things that had to be manually pushed up or down. 

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@davidc4430 wrote:

i had that thought but it makes no difference, it does it empty (no items just water), with just a few items or a lot of items.

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It sounds like the machine itself is out of balance,(which unbalances it when it's running).

Try rocking the machine from side to side when it's empty and see if it "leans" one way.

Most newer ones have adjustable legs or use bent over cardboard under the "short" leg.

[davidc4430]

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@bright.ton42 wrote:

We are all spoilt rotten  lol............I remember mum doing the washing by boiling up the copper and stirring with a huge pole her face red with steam.   And sometimes the copper boiling over and the laundry floor covered with scalding soapy water.  Wringing out the sheets by hand. 

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ah yes, i remember mum boiling up the copper and stirring it with a huge pole too, but that in was the kitchen and we called it dinner.

[davidc4430]

it doesnt 'rock' and it hasnt got adjustable feet. all 4 'feet' are on the floor.

i'm thinking, get a front loader, weld up a stand to lift it to an easier height for loading, bolt the stand to the floor, bolt the washer to the stand.

that suckers not going anywhere.