Sir, – My octogenarian mother recalled that following rural electrification, the first item the women of east Galway purchased in the local ESB shop was an iron.
In those days you dared not leave your house in unironed clothes and easy-iron or non-iron fabric had yet to be invented. Now no more waiting for the iron to heat up in the fire, no-more speed ironing before the iron cooled down, just plug in and keep ironing. My mother was also an early adopter of “only iron if necessary”. Now the electric iron sits alongside the fire-iron in the cupboard gathering dust. – Is mise,
AISLING FOLEY,
Mount Merrion,
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