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<p>[QUOTE="lizjewel, post: 2034601, member: 13874"]Fairly typical Boston Rocker Rocking Chair, compare here:</p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=boston+rocker+rocking+chair&newwindow=1&safe=active&client=firefox-b-1-d&sxsrf=ALeKk00ISTfaIpEEko9KzdycHpOBj2lgRA:1588089357284&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiLpozwvYvpAhXNnuAKHYxODnAQ_AUoAnoECAwQBA&biw=1013&bih=814" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=boston+rocker+rocking+chair&newwindow=1&safe=active&client=firefox-b-1-d&sxsrf=ALeKk00ISTfaIpEEko9KzdycHpOBj2lgRA:1588089357284&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiLpozwvYvpAhXNnuAKHYxODnAQ_AUoAnoECAwQBA&biw=1013&bih=814" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=boston+rocker+rocking+chair&newwindow=1&safe=active&client=firefox-b-1-d&sxsrf=ALeKk00ISTfaIpEEko9KzdycHpOBj2lgRA:1588089357284&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiLpozwvYvpAhXNnuAKHYxODnAQ_AUoAnoECAwQBA&biw=1013&bih=814</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The wicker insert may have been put there after the original user had the seat converted with a hole for a potty. </p><p><br /></p><p>If we think about who usually lounged in rocking chairs in yesteryears it was older people. Some may not have been able to reach a toilet when need. Toilets in the bad ol' days were often outside, i e outhouses. An older person with difficulties moving would never have made it outside in time so had a convenient potty installed where he or she sat most of the time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lizjewel, post: 2034601, member: 13874"]Fairly typical Boston Rocker Rocking Chair, compare here: [URL]https://www.google.com/search?q=boston+rocker+rocking+chair&newwindow=1&safe=active&client=firefox-b-1-d&sxsrf=ALeKk00ISTfaIpEEko9KzdycHpOBj2lgRA:1588089357284&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiLpozwvYvpAhXNnuAKHYxODnAQ_AUoAnoECAwQBA&biw=1013&bih=814[/URL] The wicker insert may have been put there after the original user had the seat converted with a hole for a potty. If we think about who usually lounged in rocking chairs in yesteryears it was older people. Some may not have been able to reach a toilet when need. Toilets in the bad ol' days were often outside, i e outhouses. An older person with difficulties moving would never have made it outside in time so had a convenient potty installed where he or she sat most of the time.[/QUOTE]
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