I actually saw an outside laundry today and must say I was taken aback by seeing my first EVER outside laundry!! Is there one near you I wonder?

[sevenfourate]

https://www.thelaundryrevolution.co.uk/
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One of these in Kessingland on the outskirts of Lowestoft; on the forecourt of the village service station.

I guess if you’ve got an EV - you could plan your washing with your car charging and spend the day there 😉🤣

 

[Dogtrousers]

Back in the day I used to quite enjoy going to the launderette. I'd take a good book, stick a cassette in my Walkman and it was a relaxing way to spend an evening.

These look like how a someone who has never actually done their washing themselves or even used a washing machine would devise a public laundry facility.

 

[Windle]

https://www.thelaundryrevolution.co.uk/
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I sense an idea for a new MBIFO thread........

 

[Drago]

Back in the day I used to quite enjoy going to the launderette. I'd take a good book, stick a cassette in my Walkman and it was a relaxing way to spend an evening.

The Walkman being the man who walked ahead of your car with a red flag. Fortunately he rather enjoyed having a cassette stuck in him.

 

[presta]

Did Chris Rea dump that?

I think it's got something to do with his brother Dai.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

There's one at the Post Office, on Castleford Road, Normanton
Not far from jct31/M62

 

[AndyRM]

I noticed this one when I was leaving the football at Kingston Park last week.

Placement wise it makes sense as it's next to a community centre, and it's also cheaper than most laundrettes.

I prefer the one round the corner from me on the odd occasion I need one, the sisters who run it are great craic.

 

[Ajax Bay]

Looking at the map (upthread) County Dorset looks like UK's outside laundromat desert (currently I'm in Weymouth).

 

[presta]

We've got one here it would seem, at one of the Premier Inns. It also appears we have two Premier Inns, only 300m apart from each other.

 

[wormo]

We have a few near us. I've used them a few times to wash our duvets and when our washing machine broke down. Very handy as I can go when they are quiet early morning.

 

[Beebo]

We've got one here it would seem, at one of the Premier Inns. It also appears we have two Premier Inns, only 300m apart from each other.

Outside a hotel is a sensible location if they have contractors who spend long periods staying away from home.

The nearest one to me is outside a petrol station, which seems to be the most common location.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Talking to someone today who's used the one in the opening post, she told me they are quite expensive compared to traditional sit in laundry ones. She said you have to feed the dryers with £1 coins, not 50p's like you do in sit in laundries. 🤔

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Talking to someone today who's used the one in the opening post, she told me they are quite expensive compared to traditional sit in laundry ones. She said you have to feed the dryers with £1 coins, not 50p's like you do in sit in laundries. 🤔

I haven't been in a laundry for many years, but 50p seems a bit cheap nowadays.
Also, would they not run on card only, for security?

 

[Accy cyclist]

I haven't been in a laundry for many years, but 50p seems a bit cheap nowadays.
Also, would they not run on card only, for security?

Er, I remember using laundry dryers that worked on 10p's!

 

[pawl]

One near me in Enderby Lercestershire.