AC> Bathrooms usually had a "chip heater" which was a water jacketted
 AC> cylinder with a wood fire inside. It
 AC> would be loaded up and run for just an hour or so, giving
 AC> sufficient water to
 AC> share a bathfull among several people. Babies, then
 AC> daughters, then Mum, then
 AC> sons, and Dad probably last of all as he shed the most
 AC> dirt into the rather
 AC> black water that remained for his use.
Thus leading to the old saying that a "ring leader" was the first one to take 
a bath on Friday night. (the ring around the tub being quite prominent after 
first use) :-)
When we were still living on the farm, Momma used to claim that after 
everybody took their baths she had to use a shovel to clean out the tub.
Regards.  Cloyce.
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