Such powerful gas-electric machines once operated in special facilities which used to be incredibly popular. The ironing of sheets and tablecloths was only one of their functions, as they played a crucial role in the life of every residential estate – they provided an excuse for the usually busy housewives to meet for a spot of gossip.

This wringer also made the work of the women easier, and apart from bedding and table linen, it also ironed … nuns’ habits. This exhibit arrived at the Gasworks Museum from the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame from Głubczyce. Did the nuns also find respite from their service in the company of this mangle, similarly to the housewives? We will never know, as this device is not only practical like mother superior but also as discreet as a good confessor.