that they were being replaced! but isn t it sort of much easier work in a launderette? - no! come off it! who wants to. the launderette doesn t get your washing clean enough. the launderette doesn t - get your washing clean enough. fast forward a few years, and launderettes were in full spin. in manchester, among the leafy and highly respected lanes of suburban sale, one washateria viking laundromat claims to offer more homely comforts, including colour television, than any other launderette. somewhere to wash laundry, yeah but also somewhere to socialise, have a brew and a natter, or watch the telly. and by the 1980s, the launderette s iconic cultural status was sealed. hands up, who remembers this ad! # i bet you re wondering how i knew. also a setting for an oscar nominated ground breaking film, suddenly washing your laundry in public was officially cool. jack crowell of newsweek . calls my beautiful laundrette a sharp, sophisticated,
good morning. when was the last time you used your local launderette. it is thought there are only 2000 left in the uk and with energy prices staying stubbornly high, many more could be headed for theirfinal spin. the number of hayfever sufferers seeking nhs advice triples as pollen counts hit some of the highest levels this year. good morning, the pollen levels are high or very high more or less across the board. the forecast, another hot, humid day for most. fewer showers than yesterday but thundery downpours across scotland in western northern ireland. all the details later. it s tuesday, the 13th ofjune. our main story. the official inquiry into the government s handling of the covid i9 pandemic will start to hear evidence today from people
been busy over the last couple of years. if been busy over the last couple of ears. , ., ., years. if you didn t own the buildin: years. if you didn t own the building and years. if you didn t own the building and were - years. if you didn t own the building and were paying i years. if you didn t own the l building and were paying rent years. if you didn t own the - building and were paying rent you could not imagine how businesses manages to absorb that. ihla. could not imagine how businesses manages to absorb that. could not imagine how businesses manages to absorb that. no, if you are in a major manages to absorb that. no, if you are in a major city, manages to absorb that. no, if you are in a major city, london, - are in a major city, london, bristol, manchester, where you monthly rent, i don t know how people do it. monthly rent, i don t know how peeple do it monthly rent, i don t know how people do it people do it. and many are not surviving- people do it. and many ar
sunny charley good morning. morning. from a very sunny charley in good morning. morning. from a very sunny chorley in lancashire. - good morning. morning. from a very sunny chorley in lancashire. i - good morning. morning. from a very sunny chorley in lancashire. i want l sunny chorley in lancashire. i want you to look at the washbowl. parades of shops like this use to always have a launderette and we are seeing fewer and fewer of them. washbowl is thriving partly because of wonderful gerard who is at the heart of this community. people have been in and out already this morning telling me how brilliant he is. good morning. you have laid out the flowers, decorated inside beautifully, you have parties every christmas, you had an 80th birthday at the weekend. there is always parties going on because there is always parties going on because i there is always parties going on because i do find its part of the community. it s notjust a launderette. notjust to community. it s notjust a