OUCH!! Oh my gosh, Rus! I’ve heard of fingers, arms, etc. getting caught in the wringer but not what you said.
Mama used to let me stand on the other side and get the clothes when they came through and she would tell me which tub of water to put them in. One tub had bleach water and one had plain water. I would beg to put the clothes through the wringer and she might let me but warned of people getting their hands and arms hung in the wringer.
I remember every piece of clothes had to be hung neatly on the outside clothes lines (after we cleaned the lines with a wet rag.)
I often wonder what the younger generation would do without our fancy new washers and dryers.
I look back on those days with sweet memories now! I remember we didn’t have much but were happy, happy people!
We had clothes to wear and food on the table and figured everyone lived the same back then and most of them did.
When I had my own, it didn't seem like such fun! lol.