I have used a cast iron iron before, but that was heated by leaving it to sit on the stove or fireplace. I never saw a coal heated iron like this. Very cool.
Yes, my late grandma (born 1925 in germany, grew up on a farm) used to have one like this, they would put it on the oven/stove to heat it and iron that way
Our family had a small holiday home on an Island off shore. It used a cast iron fireplace for all the cooking and water heating, and the house heat in winter too, so it used to be lit half the day. And there were two irons that were three inch thick cast iron plates, with handles. You had the two of them sitting on the top of the wood stove, and they got hot, you would use one and it would cool, and then you would put it back to re-heat and take the second one up and use it.
Wow! This is really interesting, and you make it really special. My great grandma had an old fashion iron, but she’d just put atop a stove fireplace. Your iron is so cool! I love old school stuff ❤
In Europe these were used too. After ironing the remaining embers were sometimes put in round copper flasks ("bedpan") to warm the beds for the night because the bedrooms didn't have heating.
My grandmother had one similar to that, but it didn’t work with Cole. You would just put it on the fire. That one seems so much easier and it won’t get your clothes all dirty.
My grandma had an old solid cast iron. I never saw her use it. But I think the idea was that you set it on the stove and let it heat up. It was best if you had two of them so when one cooled off you could put it back on the stove and pick up the second one that had been heating up.
We had a very similar iron, northern Quebec in 60's and prior. We also leave it on the wood stove to heat up. I still have it as display, but could easily use it. Thank you for sharing
We used to have similar ones in the west, too - basicslly an iron shaped piece of flat iron cast with a wooden handle that you heated over the fire, and there you go! Same principle and very nifty.
There's a school I know where they don't allow students to carry electric iron boxes.they even put socket breakers.They only use those ones for charcoal.
First time I visited senegal I took a lot of dry clean only clothes...and my luggage got misplaced and when I got it...everything was all wet as it was the rainy season. My husband said give it to them they will wash and iron it...I was very scared because I thought they would ruin everything...😂...it all came back clean and pressed with no problem...same iron they use here...😊 thanks for the memories ❤
We used to own one,matter of fact I think if I search really well and hard for it,I will find it at home back in the village. It was great,however I'm not sure about the shaking of that iron such that the charcoal can get air and catch on especially that the iron was open whilst you did that. In my house, grandmother and or aunt would make fire with thick firewood then proceed to cook food for the day especially dinner and bread and as they cooked really strong lit charcoal would fall off then we would take out the iron and go iron clothes for the next day. Really great childhood memories ❤❤❤❤.
This is a very interesting Iron, I want one, all I'll need if I had one would be a fast heater for the coal or something else, Imagine a future with a sola iron. What I like about this iron is the fact that it's wireless, imaging in the past things where wireless but the future became something with cables everywhere.
I love seeing similar tools of my Grandma and Momma used when I’d visit from the city as a little girl. My family didn’t have electricity or running water, nor coal. We did have plenty of wood. We also had chickens, pigs, cows, horses, fruit and vegetable farm, a foot peddle sewing machine, etc. Thank you 💐
This is so cool! I have an electrical iron and I rarely use it because I would rather have wrinkles and just not deal with it, I don’t mind them personally
Same 😅 My ex ironed better than I. I used to give him my things to do😅. A colleague has over the door steamer, said it was the best money she ever spent. I think that must be the way for us to go
Yes we used these type of irons in Goa India in the 80 's as well as the 90's but not.any more. We would.use dried coconut shells instead of.the.coal as they would.generaye more heat..Memories.reviwed for me❤❤
I have never used an "old school" iron. I don't even use a steam iron. That's what's great about being an old man. I don't care if t-shirts and jeans are wrinkly and neither does anyone else haha
👍 G’day mate your teaching those uncultured, we normally get asked about the outhouse 😂 My granny use to use a 40 gallon barrel to do her washing before electricity 😊
🥰 I love watching your videos. I could come live with you, but you would probably send me back to the States when you realize how much you need to teach me 😂🤦🏾
Wow, that was so interesting! I didnt know. The swinging looks very dangerous. 😅 Btw: I love the vibrant colour of your dress. It looks beautiful on you!
Ich will auch nach Afrika. ❤ Ich habe ein Bügeleisen, aber ich habe es erst 2-3 mal benutzt. Ich kaufe mir Kleidung, die man nicht bügeln muss. Ich finde bügeln ist eine sinnlose Tätigkeit.
It's crazy to think there was a time so primitive that they'd use this contraption while also being a time that wasn't so primitive as to not want their fancy clothes wrinkled. A sweet spot, if you will...
we used to have one for the whole neighbourhood and on saturday mornings when preparing for church we'd be running up and down looking for it🤣🤣🤣
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😂😂😂
When was that?
@@snowhabibi6928 before electricity connection was extended to our village - early 2000s
@@welma943 well that is cool. I am curious so hope you dont mind, where are you from?
I’ve seen these irons before, but never used one. Thanks Winnie for showing us.❤
You are so welcome
I have used a cast iron iron before, but that was heated by leaving it to sit on the stove or fireplace. I never saw a coal heated iron like this. Very cool.
Yes, my late grandma (born 1925 in germany, grew up on a farm) used to have one like this, they would put it on the oven/stove to heat it and iron that way
@@Kath-Erinaand no chance that this one gets dirty
Great tip!
Yes 👍 I also grew up with a cast iron as a little girl in Barbados. We also heated it on the stove.
Our family had a small holiday home on an Island off shore. It used a cast iron fireplace for all the cooking and water heating, and the house heat in winter too, so it used to be lit half the day. And there were two irons that were three inch thick cast iron plates, with handles. You had the two of them sitting on the top of the wood stove, and they got hot, you would use one and it would cool, and then you would put it back to re-heat and take the second one up and use it.
I remember this kind when I was a young girl.
Yep. My childhood neighborhood in India had professional ironers/pressors that used this type of iron to press clothes!
My grandma had this kind of iron, but the the inside piece was called “the soul”. So she always called it an iron with soul 🙂
🙂
Not just in Africa but everywhere around the world even in Victorian era and in south Asia
Nice
@@AketchJoyWinnie yeah and I love using this one rather than the electric one
Very cool! I love the dress, the suns 🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞
Yay! Thank you!
In Greece we were using the same iron! In many houses we keep it as a reminder of "evolution"!
My grandma used this iron in the 70s/80s. She used the coal of the (in my opinion big) coal stove in the kitchen. She had no electric stove.
Wow! This is really interesting, and you make it really special. My great grandma had an old fashion iron, but she’d just put atop a stove fireplace. Your iron is so cool! I love old school stuff ❤
Yes, bc this way, the iron doesn't get dirty
That is awesome!
In Europe these were used too. After ironing the remaining embers were sometimes put in round copper flasks ("bedpan") to warm the beds for the night because the bedrooms didn't have heating.
wow. i never thought about doing it the oldschool way. 🥰
I love your village videos! I love them all, but when you actually show village life it's so interesting. 💖
Not forgetting how good the clothes smell after ironing them like this ❤️❤️
like traveling back in time
I remember my grany had one of these. We used it as a decoration
My God, i miss the Life in Uganda so much! 😍❤️❤️❤️
My grandmother had one similar to that, but it didn’t work with Cole. You would just put it on the fire. That one seems so much easier and it won’t get your clothes all dirty.
Hello Girl we used this here in Czech too but IT was year 1930. But my Grandmother loved it alot
My grandma had an iron like this in her living room 😆.
Now I know two it works, thanks! 😇
That's great!
@@AketchJoyWinnie We sadly sold it though because she passed away. But she was over 90 years old, she deserves peace 🕊😇.
My grandma had an old solid cast iron. I never saw her use it. But I think the idea was that you set it on the stove and let it heat up. It was best if you had two of them so when one cooled off you could put it back on the stove and pick up the second one that had been heating up.
I used to have an iron like that! I wish I could find it again, it was used by my family ages ago!
We had a very similar iron, northern Quebec in 60's and prior. We also leave it on the wood stove to heat up. I still have it as display, but could easily use it. Thank you for sharing
my grandmothers and my mother and her sisters ironed this way. I have a few irons like that, though I have never used them.
We used to use it here in the Maldives when we were kids, some 40 odd years or so ago.
Living in cities and towns wspecially in Australia we are always in fire danger and cant have a fire😢
We used to have similar ones in the west, too - basicslly an iron shaped piece of flat iron cast with a wooden handle that you heated over the fire, and there you go! Same principle and very nifty.
There's a school I know where they don't allow students to carry electric iron boxes.they even put socket breakers.They only use those ones for charcoal.
Oh my, that irons is better than a regular iron.
First time I visited senegal I took a lot of dry clean only clothes...and my luggage got misplaced and when I got it...everything was all wet as it was the rainy season. My husband said give it to them they will wash and iron it...I was very scared because I thought they would ruin everything...😂...it all came back clean and pressed with no problem...same iron they use here...😊 thanks for the memories ❤
Sorry to hear that
Yes it works effectively. I think I should get one for some nostalgic experience once in a while
We used to own one,matter of fact I think if I search really well and hard for it,I will find it at home back in the village. It was great,however I'm not sure about the shaking of that iron such that the charcoal can get air and catch on especially that the iron was open whilst you did that.
In my house, grandmother and or aunt would make fire with thick firewood then proceed to cook food for the day especially dinner and bread and as they cooked really strong lit charcoal would fall off then we would take out the iron and go iron clothes for the next day.
Really great childhood memories ❤❤❤❤.
That iron looks cool .
Very relaxing video today, thank you for sharing🥰
Welcome ❤
My parents had one but i was really young so never used it but definitely saw my older siblings use it 😊
Love the bracelet on your wrist ❤
Thank you!!
This is a very interesting Iron, I want one, all I'll need if I had one would be a fast heater for the coal or something else, Imagine a future with a sola iron. What I like about this iron is the fact that it's wireless, imaging in the past things where wireless but the future became something with cables everywhere.
Love it! I’ve never ironed this way before
Wow! That was so fascinating! Gorgeous outfit too
I love seeing similar tools of my Grandma and Momma used when I’d visit from the city as a little girl. My family didn’t have electricity or running water, nor coal. We did have plenty of wood. We also had chickens, pigs, cows, horses, fruit and vegetable farm, a foot peddle sewing machine, etc. Thank you 💐
Wow that was very interesting.,..
Glad you think so!
You're just absolutely stunning
Love it
This is so cool! I have an electrical iron and I rarely use it because I would rather have wrinkles and just not deal with it, I don’t mind them personally
Same 😅 My ex ironed better than I. I used to give him my things to do😅.
A colleague has over the door steamer, said it was the best money she ever spent. I think that must be the way for us to go
Our family had something similar but it was smaller and was heated on an agar oven.
What you’ve got there is a lovely cordless iron! How liberating!
We had one when I was a kidjana. Memories 😂❤
Yes we used these type of irons in Goa India in the 80 's as well as the 90's but not.any more.
We would.use dried coconut shells instead of.the.coal as they would.generaye more heat..Memories.reviwed for me❤❤
I had no idea. Works beautifully 😊❤
I have never used an "old school" iron. I don't even use a steam iron. That's what's great about being an old man. I don't care if t-shirts and jeans are wrinkly and neither does anyone else haha
Love it! Thank you for sharing!!
1:15 the original forge bellows 😂
👍 G’day mate your teaching those uncultured, we normally get asked about the outhouse 😂 My granny use to use a 40 gallon barrel to do her washing before electricity 😊
🥰
I love watching your videos. I could come live with you, but you would probably send me back to the States when you realize how much you need to teach me 😂🤦🏾
Wow, that was so interesting! I didnt know. The swinging looks very dangerous. 😅 Btw: I love the vibrant colour of your dress. It looks beautiful on you!
Love her
Ooh thanks for showing us
Any time!
It's very common in India as well!!!
Wow that is very interesting! Thank you for sharing this❤
Love this. Your videos are awesome. 👏
Thanks so much!
North America needs to learn from you
My grandma has something like this along with the type you set near the fire or heat to warm it. ❤🔥
Love that!
Oh wow!
You’re the best.
Beautiful! This is so cool, thank you for sharing. Could you please do a video on your skincare routine? Gorgeous and glowing. 😍❤
😅 im too young to use that when i first saw that kind of iron..our iron is a bit rusty already😅
I've never seen one of these irons before, but I'll be honest, I never do any ironing.
Cute Outfit ❤
This is so interesting! I'm impressed because I probably would burn everything. ❤
Awesome ..👌
Thank you! Cheers!
I loooooove you! ❤
Your skin is SO perfect. What is your skincare routine - if you don’t mind sharing? Thanks
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India and africa are so same at so many levels
Yes I have
You are my person
Thanks 👍Queen Joy really appreciate 💜❤️🙏🏻🌍
You are so welcome
You are so welcome
I have never seen it but I want one
Shake ya tops job done 👍
Ich will auch nach Afrika. ❤
Ich habe ein Bügeleisen, aber ich habe es erst 2-3 mal benutzt. Ich kaufe mir Kleidung, die man nicht bügeln muss. Ich finde bügeln ist eine sinnlose Tätigkeit.
It is also used in India's villages,,
This is the same way its done in Kerala India
Shake ya clothes when they wet and no need to iron lol 🤣 x I
Fabulous!
Also, from a Sister in Australia, how should we call you?
Aketch?
Joy?
Winnie?
How is your skin so shiny and glowing. Share your skin care
It’s already up
I kinda wanna move to africa for a while. Im just poor.
Did you spray with water?
I really love your videos..but if can ask..when will you walk as a model on runway again??
I love this. I'm from South Africa. Can I buy this ironing box from you.? I really want it
Clothes are so poorly made these days the heat would melt straight through :(
It's crazy to think there was a time so primitive that they'd use this contraption while also being a time that wasn't so primitive as to not want their fancy clothes wrinkled. A sweet spot, if you will...
Lol only silly people iron clothes 😂😂
Rubbish. Anyone with self respect irons their clothes so you look tidy.
@@uncletiggermclaren7592 you don't need to lol 🤣 that's a fact
@@uncletiggermclaren7592 ever used a washing machine pmsl
@@TheTekraverOK silly kiddie.