Kitchen Essentials
Prior to the widespread production and use of technology, washing and ironing were not simple tasks. Here, you can explore the different items which were essential to carrying out these tasks.
Coal Iron
Electric Iron
The coal iron was used for ironing prior to the introduction of electric irons. To use it, you had to heat it up on hot coals. The irons were made of thick metal in order to keep the heat in.
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Click on the play button to the right to find out how coal irons were used!
Caribbean Cooking Book
Food is an important part of Caribbean culture. Passing recipes down through generations is something which was and is common.
Upon moving to Britain, it would have been much harder for these communities to continue to cook the types of cuisine they were used to due to a lack of the correct ingredients.
Cookbooks of this sort were crucial to allowing traditional recipes to continue to be passed down through generations, allowing people to continue cooking the cuisine of home.
Laundry Soap
Laundry Soap was used for washing clothes by hand. It would be scrubbed over damp clothes to make them clean.
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