Taking Baths In Tin Wash Tub

I was just wondering how many of you had the experience of getting to take a bath in a tin wash tub. Remember those old square tubs that were used for washing clothes in the days of conventional washing machines? Many of us got our weekly bath in one of those and yes, the same water was used for more than one bather.

Most of you have heard of the old saying “don’t throw the baby out with the wash water.” That was probably when that saying came about. I will admit I was one of those lucky ones, however we usually got to use an oblong galvanized tub that I think of as a stock water tank today. Count your blessings.

Today, bathing children is not the chore as it use to be. I wonder if we had tub toys in that era. I also wondered who and how that wash tub got emptied. I have heard stories of people falling in the empty bathtub when they got up in the dark to use the outhouse. Count your blessings.