# Flat iron

> Heated on the range and used in pairs, every Tuesday for eighty years.

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- Made by: Unknown foundry
- Date: About 1900
- Material: Cast iron
- Size: 15 cm long
- Cost new: Ninepence
- Came from: Dorothy Merrin’s house, 2009
- On view: The kitchen, by the range

Irons were used in pairs: one on the range heating while the other was in use. The sole of this one is polished bright by eighty years of linen.

Monday was washing, Tuesday was ironing, and this iron was the reason Tuesday took all day.