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From washing in a river to an early washing machine

From washing in a river to an early washing machine

Today you can switch on a washing machine, but imagine if you had to go and wash your clothes in a river. This was what life was like before we had all our modern gadgets and appliances.
Today we can wash with hot water, prepare our meals in seconds, keep products fresh for months, clean our homes with vacuum cleaners, and entertain ourselves watching TV.
Sometimes these modest innovations changed people’s lives more than the creations of famous inventors. In this story, find out about the difference the machines in your house have made... 
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How were these inventions advertised?
An advert for a vacuum cleaner, about 1920

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