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What came first Was actually the Hoovermatic. But Hoover were clever enough to realise that they had thousands of wringer machines in the market place and, whilst no one was going to ditch a significant investment in a machine maybe only two or three years old, they could get similar facilities...

Laundress There is not nearly enough water in the machine, especially for a load like towels, if it had been filled to the proper level roll over would have been fine. By the way, in the opening video its a wondre he was not pulling rags out of the machine after 30 minutes agigation, 12 would...

Launch Brochure In many ways this machine opened up the home laundry market in the UK. There were machines pre WW2 of course but it was very much a fledgling market, much more so than in US, pre WW2 the vacuum cleaner was the first appliance of choice, due in no small part to Hoover's extensive...

The factory This video looks at a book published at the opening of the factory

The first of many Also sold in Canada as the 308, this is the first of very many Hoover machines. Inspired by the US Monitor machine it was planned to be launched in the late 1930s but WW2 got in the way. Originally planned to be built at the main factory in Perivale (after a major extension)...

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Do you not have the bowl and corresponding accessories? K beater (paddle), whisk and dough hook? If you can get someone to ship to Australia these are easily although not that cheaply available in UK ebay. The stainless steel bowl would be your best bet

While I am at it The Frigidaire advert from Christmas 1950, Robert has had this on AW for very many years. I have always liked this advert, it must be 20 years since I first saw it

Was watching an old episode of WML from October 31st 1965 tonight which just happens to have a short Westinghouse washer ad at 15.00 minutes in - the Heavy Duty 15. Using a wine glass reminded me of the old wonderful old Frigidaire ad from the early 1950s. There are also ads for Champion spark...

Wyvern Louis You might enjoy this video of a beautifully restored Vauhall Wyvern similar to the one your mother is pictured with. I very much doubt it would have had those carpets (or any carpet come to that) when new. This was a brand new model for the 1952 year.

Although not necessarily an ideal solution on Windows computers you could use the Snipping Tool to take a "snapshot" of the picture which you can then save wherever you like in which ever format you wish

Simpson Thats a handsome looking machine, more pictures please :)

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That is very like mine Louis only mine has a thermostatic heater control. The vertical strip on the left shows the water level in the tub

Miele What a great find, at least you captured the pictures :) I have a Miele H axis semi automatic machine awaiting restoration which has several styling cues from this machine. The H axis is side to side rather than front to back and does not have a spin

Tricity Which Tricity did you get? Pictures please. You do realise that Tricity and Moffat were part of the same group of companies and they may have been built in the same factory. The Moffat Fiesta 21 is based on the 21 inch Tricity cooker template

Painting I have had success with a car body shop in getting washing machines repainted but it might not work so well with an appliance which may get quite hot. With Christmas coming next week you may get a chance to give the oven a good work out and test how hot the side panels get - an infra...

Moffat In the mid 70s the top compartment was changed to have a full thermostatic control and a white ceramic hob option on the de luxe model. Sadly, by 1980 the market for that style of cooker had declined significantly and there was a Jackson/Creda model which offered similar facilities at...

Moffat Now, back to the Moffat cooker in the original posting. This was the standard model, is approximately 50 years old. There was also a deluxe model, again with roastmeter. From the specifications shown in the brochure below the warming drawer element is 400 watts . The advice from...

Moffat Towards the end of the 1960s the Moffat brand had been absorbed into the Thorn group and manufacture began in the UK. The main difference was in the ovens which now had the customary elements mounted on the sides of the oven, behind the oven walls. The 30 inch model had now been dropped...