The document describes a unique laundry railway system in a block of flats in Ilford, where residents could transport their dirty laundry via trains to a laundry room. Upon arrival, the laundry was treated with various cleaning methods, including the use of dogs for transport and special machines for washing and drying. Eventually, the clean clothes were returned to the residents after being processed and prepared for freshness.

1. THE LAUNDRY
RAILWAY
In a block of flats somewhere in Ilford stood a railway in which residents
loaded their dirty washing onto trains leading from a little station off the
corridor. The trains then carried their load to the laundry room where
people took the clothes off the laundry trains and loaded them into a
washing machine. The station adjoined the laundry room which was
entered through a door at the far end of the platform. A crane grabbed the
washing and hoisted it up dropping it onto trolleys. The trolleys were taken
to the end of the platform where the laundry room was entered through a
door. The washing was then taken through the station door and into the
laundry. Sometimes dogs were used to carry the washing all the way to the
laundry. The dogs carried the washing in their mouths and away they went
to the laundry room. For hygienic purposes the dogs had to have their
mouths disinfected prior to using them for carrying the washing all the way
to the laundry.
In the laundry soap powder laden with moths was emptied into the washing
machine, together with Calgon.
Knives shooting out from inside the washing machine were used to grind
the dirt out of the washing whilst stink bombs were used for purifying the
clothes.
Once the washing was taken out salt and pepper was poured onto it to
make it fresh. The clothes were then taken to the kitchen to be roasted.
This was to make them crispy enough to wear. Once done a washer man
was used to collect the clothes and load it on to the trains on the laundry
railway. Before long they arrived at the station near the flats ready to be
taken back to the residents’ flats.