BBC News - The rise and fall of the launderette - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news...
Sep 7, 2011
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"You have to look at what launderettes are offering, whether or not they are they social centres and how you could encourage that”
Sir John Hegarty
Brain behind famous Levi's advert
- Halil
I've always found these places hit or miss as to whether there is a friendly feeling/atmosphere in them, sometimes you can find someone to chat too, that you'll never meet again, but that's OK, as it's just to past the time. An ephemeral tête-à-tête with a stranger. Which often ranges from banal to deep debates, depending on the person. My student launderette was a nightmare, it was tiny and if you left your washing unattended you'd come back to it thrown out of the washer/dryer. :-/
- Halil
never really used a launderette
- Winckel
At my last place, I made friends with people in our laundromat. That despite I always tried to go on off times since I was the one using up 14 washers at a time.
- Anika
Henry, how did you wash your clothes when you was a student? Or did you study in your home town and lived at home?
- Halil
I just did them in college (I suppose that's a college launderette), I don't think I've ever really been to one of those high street ones you see on TV. They seem like odd places - people just sit and read waiting for their washing to finish and then carry it home in a bag. Seems weird to me.
- Winckel