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Kitchen Power Audio Station 4: The Reduction of Drudgery

Listen to these clips from the oral history interviews, with Irish women talking about their memories of the practical difference that electricity made to domestic work:
 
Maureen Gavan interviewed by Geraldine O’Connor about the difference that electricity made to daily life in Clones, County Monaghan, February 2017
Iris Sweetnam interviewed in Cork by Brigid O’Brien about the move from a range to an electric cooker, February 2018
Eleanor Calnan interviewed in Cork by Brigid O’Brien about getting a fridge for the first time, March 2018
Biddy Lawlor interviewed by Rachel Botha about using non-automatic washing machines, June 2017
Geraldine O’Reilly interviewed by Geraldine O’Connor about her mother buying an Irish-made FAM washing machine in Clones, County Monaghan, February 2017
Margaret interviewed by Eleanor Calnan about buying a fridge in Waterford, April 2018
Brigid O’Brien interviewed by Eleanor Calnan about using a circular tub washing machine and ironing on the table in Kilkenny
Bridie Tapley interviewed by Lynda Dunne about getting her first Flatley drying cabinet in Athlone, with four babies in nappies, October 2017
Catherine Marshall interviewed by Sorcha O’Brien about vacuuming with a cylinder vacuum in Kilkenny, November 2017
Josephine interviewed by Lynda Dunne about learning to use the rings on an electric cooker in County Dublin, October 2017
Margot interviewed about making her full use of electricity in Clones, County Monaghan, March 2017

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