When people needed to wash their clothes, they took them to the fullers
Some of the many things from the present that we simply take for granted are our home appliances. We all know that they did not exist in the past, but we cannot even imagine how different our lives would be if we did not have the likes of our clothes washer and dryer, TV, dishwasher or microwave all within reach.
In earlier centuries, when people needed to wash their clothes, they could not simply turn on a machine that did the washing for them. They had to wash them by hand themselves. Or, if they had money, they would hire fullers to get the job done. These people operated large mechanical washing machines that cleaned their clients’ clothes.