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Back Washing in front of Kitchen Fire

Back Washing in Front of the Kitchen Fire from My Tribute to the Rhondda

Emlyn Jones having back scrubbed by wife Agnes in Tynewydd in 1948. 

This picture originally appeared in a national daily newspaper along with an article about coping with post-war soap shortage. As a result, the Jones' were inundated with parcels of soap from as far a field as the Yukon and USA.

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