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Mind Your Manors: Tried-and-True British Household Cleaning Tips

Lucy Lethbridge

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Description:British estates were known to be the epitome of cleanliness with their white-gloveperfection. For her research on servants, Lucy Lethbridge absorbedan amazing trove of knowledge about how these homes were made to gleamfrom Victorian through Edwardian years. She noticed that many householdtasks used common, nontoxic ingredients, which feel very modern in their displayof frugality and ecological soundness. Tea leaves were used to freshen uprugs, while lemon was applied to dispatch marks on teakettles and stewed rhubarbto remove rust stains. Here, Lethbridge reveals these old-fashioned andalmost forgotten techniques that made British households sparkle before theuse of complicated contraptions and chemical concoctions. Including quotesfrom servants and the doyennes of household cleaning, as well as charming artfrom the classic domestic manuals, this is the perfect gift for Anglophiles andthose who want to put time-tested cleaning methods to work.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mind Your Manors: Tried-and-True British Household Cleaning Tips. To get started finding Mind Your Manors: Tried-and-True British Household Cleaning Tips, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: British estates were known to be the epitome of cleanliness with their white-gloveperfection. For her research on servants, Lucy Lethbridge absorbedan amazing trove of knowledge about how these homes were made to gleamfrom Victorian through Edwardian years. She noticed that many householdtasks used common, nontoxic ingredients, which feel very modern in their displayof frugality and ecological soundness. Tea leaves were used to freshen uprugs, while lemon was applied to dispatch marks on teakettles and stewed rhubarbto remove rust stains. Here, Lethbridge reveals these old-fashioned andalmost forgotten techniques that made British households sparkle before theuse of complicated contraptions and chemical concoctions. Including quotesfrom servants and the doyennes of household cleaning, as well as charming artfrom the classic domestic manuals, this is the perfect gift for Anglophiles andthose who want to put time-tested cleaning methods to work.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mind Your Manors: Tried-and-True British Household Cleaning Tips. To get started finding Mind Your Manors: Tried-and-True British Household Cleaning Tips, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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