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Louis Those are nice colours, I would have a job deciding which one to buy, to have them all would be a bit much. I wonder why they did not include that in the film? It would be interesting to know if the sold washers in Sweden? And if they would be automatic? I do not know when Philips built...

Philips Louis I had boiled some potatoes only yesterday to make a Shepherds Pie topping and I almost reached for the Philips mixer to see how it would perform, I wish I had now! I may make some mayonnaise next week to make Coronation Chicken for the Queen's Platinum (70 year) Jubilee so maybe...

Does the Kacemaster work in a similar manner to the machine shown in the first film? By the way, the whole video is worth watching :)

Hoover Are those Hoover machines on the left hand side of picture 4? What appears to be the logo looks very like that used by Hoover here before the more familiar red roundal appeared

Looking good. I have not seen one of those Candy washers for years, I had one about 30 years ago for a short while - something like 400rpm spin if i remember correctly. Is that an AEG spinner I see next to the sink? Whats the hose for? Al

GE The water level control and the function levers indicate this might be a semi automatic washer, rather than fully automatic

Read elsewhere that they were cinema ads as no commercial TV in Sweden at the time

Johnston Wax 1961

Removeable Cord Sorry, i could have been clearer in what I wrote about the cord, I meant to say that I had never seen a removable cord in that position on the iron, I have seen loads of removable cords on irons, toasters electric kettles and, of course, coffee percolators. Back in the 1940s and...

More detergents Interesting to see that 1960 kitchen early on in the video, and I have never seen and iron like that before with the removable cord, I wonder if the temperature control is in the connector, it seems very large otherwise. And of course a Philips iron too. I am not sure I would...

Louis It seems that the Evalett uses the pressure of the water to force water out of clothes, the tap valve allows the vessel to first fill up with water (this is not rinsing) and then changing the valve allows the water to drain using the venturiie principle avoiding the need for a pump. I...

New and Useful Products For The Home Includes Philips hand mixer and, at the end, a soluble aspirin product we knew as Disprin

Osby Commercial and Domestic Washers Interesting that they show an Ironrite ironer in the product line up I have never seen one of those devices for stretching sheets and the like before ironing before, it looks rather useful to me

Surf A long established brand in the UK too - the packaging is similar to the UK version of the time too. It has always been sold as a "value" brand in UK. Need to go to approx 7.30 to see machines

Detergent Advert Mid 1960s The washer is a Miele. As far as i am aware Luvil was a pre soak biological detergent

Evalett Washer 1953 Washer with very unusual dryer - its not a spin dryer bu rather uses water pressure to compress the inner "drum" forcing water out of the clothes The washer must be tiny but even so I would be wanting more water than that in the tub, otherwise every surface in the kitchen...

Westinghouse And Death Valley Days Demonstrated by Rosemary De Camp

Rapid Advance Timers Jamie and I are in the somewhat curious position of each having this Miele washer and matching tumble drier and one of the set having the same problem with the rapid advance timer - in my case its the drier, the washer (which features in both videos above) is fine, the...

Congratulations on tracking down a spare part. These machines were sold throughout Europe for quite a few years, I bought a somewhat similar machine myself around 1990, branded Mondia and, like yours the motor was stamped Philco. I hope you get many more years of service from your machine

Gravity Spinner Congratulations of your "new" spinner, I hope you will find it useful, in fact I am pretty sure that you will - I have a White Knight model which is somewhat similar and I would not be without it - as I use vintage machines with slower spin spin speeds, it is great for getting...