THE recent wash-day memories feature in the Worcester Life Stories series prompted many of readers to recall laundry days in their homes. Sheena Payne-Lunn, joint co-ordinator of Worcester Life Stories, wrote: It seems strange to think today with such ready access to automatic washing machines and dryers, that getting your washing clean and dry was quite an ordeal! So much so, that a number of laundries around the city did a roaring trade. Pants on the line We shared the story on our We grew up in Worcester page on Facebook, and it soon generated some great exchanges. Monday seemed to have been the most common day for the laundry to get its weekly wash.
IT’S one of the age-old questions: is it right – and so, when – to make your children contribute something towards their keep while they are earning and still living at home? Research carried out by Loughborough University and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation a couple of years ago concluded that young adults should be paying at least £100 a month to their parents for living at home. They found that on average parents spent an extra £15 a week on “cupboard food” and cooked meals for their offspring, who were also making a big saving on rent, worth more than £90 a week.
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