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Question: Do you know how people ironed their clothes back in the kampong days when we did not have electricity? Yes, don't laugh. Those of us who are above fifty and grew up in kampongs will remember a time in Singapore when we did not have electricity supply.

Answer. We used a charcoal irons like this one.

How does it work? It's quite simple really. Just unhook the catch, open the lid and put in red-hot charcoal. Then close the lid, fasten the catch and wait for the iron to heat up.

How about the water-sprayer? Have you seen this one before? If you visit the Chinatown Heritage Centre you will be able to see one like this.

But do you know that there is one even simpler than this. It looks like the pepper container that you often see in the hawker centres.

But wait - there is yet another one which is even less high-tech than this one - do you know what it looks like?

Give up?

Aiyah ... Just look at your own fingers lor.

Article migrated from original My Story Portal 2007.
Author. Chunsee