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That Bendix on page 2 was my mother's first automatic machine. I would love to get hold of one of them now! The downside is the 800 spin speed but she loved it and it was so quiet.

FLATLEY That top loading drying cabinet was something that was quite popular years ago I think. My mother had one known as a Flatley Dryer, as did a couple of her friends. You put the clothes on the wooden rods and loaded them in then switched it on. There were two layers of rods and two heat...

Fascinating seeing these images. As a child there was a lady who lived at the end of the street who ran two mail order catalogue clubs - Kays and Grattan. She kept all of the old copies of the catalogues in her garden shed and used to let me have them. I went straight to these pages every time!

Slightly off on a tangent although Method was mentioned earlier in this thread. I was convinced to try Method detergent and as luck would have it, it was on special offer at £6.00 for the big bottle. I have to say, I am mightily impressed. I have used it on numerous coloured loads but yesterday...

Thanks.................. ................for this review, I have been wanting to try Method for a while and as I rarely go to Sainsburys I am now off there to pick up a bottle. It rarely appears on special offer where I normally shop or if it does I forget to check it out!

I bought a small pack of the Bio ones from Waitrose as they were on offer (£3.00 for 11 wash pack and used them today on a whites wash which included one of my best white tee shirts which has a lily pollen stain on. It failed to remove it although I don't think I helped because I tried to brush...

I don't remember a time when I wasn't interested in washing machines! According to my mother, when I was a baby, in order to get me to sleep so she could get on with housework etc, she would sometimes sit my near the washing machine (a twin tub) and the chug chug of the agitator would send me to...

Laundry bleach I haven't used this detergent yet but am going to give it a go when I am out of my current stock. However, I have discovered Ecover Laundry Bleach and have dumped Vanish as a result. Not only is it a lot cheaper but it seems to do as good a job. Waitrose seem to have all Ecover...

DON'T! As far as foam pillows are concerned that is my advice! I have tried it several times and it has NEVER EVER been a success. I have always ended up discarding them and buying new so it was a waste of time and energy. Can't comment about feather pillows as I am allergic to them so never...

"The right size load and mix up items" Couldn't agree more with this statement as far as Hoovermatics are concerned. My Mum had one but I vividly remember the bundles of shirts that used to have to be untied before they were spun, arms all tangled together, the occasional cursing, short...

I have followed this recipe for the last 20 years or so ...............it never fails and after a big Christmas feast it is not too heavy going on the already over burdened digestive system!! 1 lb fine, soft breadcrumbs 1/2 lb vegetarian suet 1/2 lb self raising flour 8 oz peeled, cored...

What a FABULOUS looking kitchen! That machine looks right at home.

Gas Mark I haven't cooked with gas for YEARS so I had to look it up myself. The recipe is indeed Fanny Cradock's or rather, it came from her cookbook. She didn't invent many recipes as far as I know. Annoyingly, almost ALL of her recipes quote gas marks because she was heavily supported and...

I have just made my Christmas cake and it was a total departure from family tradition. All my life my mother always made her mother's cake recipe and she passed that recipe onto me and I have always made it. However, this year I decided to try something totally new - a White Christmas Cake: 7...

Hi Jim - My partner is Greek, although he has lived in the UK since 2007. In the last couple of years he has bought an apartment in Athens and we stayed there in the summer. He has an h-axis Brandt machine in his bathroom which naturally I honed in on the minute I walked in the apartment! All of...

Forgotten gems I had totally forgotten about Wisk - that smelled fabulous but you're right, it was AWFUL at cleaning. I was a waiter in a big hotel in the 1980's and my white shirts used to come out of the wash the same as they went in. Aussie Cold Power from the 80's/90's was my favorite...

Easy and Skip Glad I read your comment about Easy - I ALMOST bought some the other day! Poundland regularly have Skip but in smallish boxes and I have tried it and really like it - the performance and the smell. I suppose one of my fave fragrances is Daz and blue Bold but if I could, I would...

The first thing that I thought when I saw that picture was.. ....Maude Findlay

Daily Fail Any newspaper that fawns over the vacuous and skin wasting Karcrashian/Jenner family are not worth taking seriously.

15 for wool and VERY delicate items 30-40 for clothes depending on the make up of the load - 30 for darker/jeans/hoodies normally. I always wash coloured socks and underwear together in it's own load at 40. Whites at 60e (an economy programme on my WFF2000 which claims to give the same result...