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Yes starting on the first Saturday of each June it is International Clothesline Week

It seems the world needs a week devoted to hanging washing on clotheslines.

Why some of you may ask?

Well because it seems most people don't use clotheslines, they use clothes dryers instead.  Not just on those rainy days, but they also use clothes dryers on beautiful sunny days.

Is this true?

Surely this practice isn't a common trend here in sunny Australia where virtually every backyard has an iconic
Hills hoist? 

Is it?

In some parts of certain countries the use of clotheslines are banned or tenants are punished if they use a clothesline.

Many homeowners associations and apartment complexes ban or severely restrict the use of clotheslines. Check the current laws in your area. For example, after the California electricity crisis of summers of 1999 and 2000, the state legislature passed a law preventing homeowners associations from punishing clothesline users. (Source)

It seems that the tradition of hanging out clothes on a clothesline is no longer handed down from generation to generation.  The situation is so bad that there are now generations of adults who no longer know how to hang washing out on a clothesline.  There are now websites devoted to teaching people how to use a clothesline!

So please if you are one of these people who cannot use or refuses to use a clothesline please consider the environment and start using a clothesline instead of a clothes dryer.

For instructions on how to hang out clothes on a clothesline simply go to this website:

For more information on this annual event dedicated to encouraging people to use a clothesline go to: