Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Ironing Man On Our Street

The ironing man and his assistant work on our street. Besides long sarees and wide bedding they handle shirts beautifully.
The huge iron is filled with hot charcoal and they go to work. The assistant also gathers clean laundry from around the neighborhood then returns the finished work later that day. Does this seem an old fashion way to handle clothing? If you stand and watch for awhile...........
Like we did you will see that low-tech meets high-tech. Everyone in India has a cell phone.
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4 comments:

Tamara said...

Amazing...and the clothes don't get dirty again laid out on the street!!

July 20, 2010 at 4:43 PM
Bob and Joan said...

I think he has a little side of his table where he puts the folded clothes. In this last picture you can see an iron gate. When it rains he has a deal with the owner behind him. He rushes his table through the gate and under an overhang and continues ironing throughout the storm.

July 20, 2010 at 11:32 PM
Elizabeth said...

Wow, that is cool. Do you get things ironed by him?

July 21, 2010 at 1:05 AM
Bob and Joan said...

We should but white shirts make us nervous.

July 22, 2010 at 2:12 AM

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