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Today October 21st 2025 we remember the 59th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster 1966. A small village 10 mins away from the Hoover Merthyr Tidfyl washing machine factory lost 116 school children and 28 adults when a coal waste tip saturated after months of rain broke free and slid down the...

Saddened to hear of the he death of Sir Kenneth Grange (17/7/1929-22/7/2024) Britains most prominent modern designer. We know him for his big projects like our Kenwood products and the British Rail Intercity 125 trains, but the list of others such as Kodak Instamatic, Frister Rossman Sewing...

We had a visit from Matty & Eliot from Australia on their tour of the UK & Europe last week, needed their fix of vintage Brit washers. Both had been born here in Yorkshire & Scotland and emigrated with their families. Was great to catch up with Matty again & finally meet Eliot, the time flew...

Great to meet up once again with the gang and start the year as we mean to go on - HOPEFULLY !! As ever it all looks spick and span but wont be like that for long. Als busy in his kitchen baking cake with Mathews first model Kenwood Chef from 1947.

Today we say a final goodbye to The Queen, Elizabeth Regina, our Queen for over 70 years, hard to imagine a life without her presence. We can honour her Royal Warrant on our most treasured Hoover Appliances - God Save The King !! The 2nd photo is one I took in 1977 when The Queen visited...

We heard yesterday that our Hoover appliance friend Gary Tibbals (Electron1100) had died after having health issues with his heart for the past few years. While we knew this it was still a shock to hear, Gary had turned 60, (1960 - 2021) and loved all things Vintage Hoover hence his username...

Well after 33 years since that ground breaking series of "The Secret Life Of" it has now be digitally remastered and has a bonus of Tim Hunkin the presenter narrating at the end of each video discussing the programme . I can't tell you how excited we all where as collectors and appliance...

A Happy Thanksgiving To You All, hope you all have a lovely day however celebrationg. Heres Alistair whipping up a chocolate cake for you all in the rare Hoover Automix food mixer / blender. Enjoy !!

Heres our Darren (slowspin66) demonstrating how to use your new Creda Spin Dryer, I couldnt have scripted this better , Cheers to Steve for filming. Creda introduced this model in 1957 and it was revolutionary to UK housewives in getting family laundry dry. Most housewifes at that time where...

How Time Flies, In 2017 we had a mini meet trip up to Richards (Ricky50) home in County Durham, while there we met up with Gary Thompson, a Hoover engineer of old school machines who lived nearby, we had known Gary years through the forums but like many of us still hadnt met in person. Last...

See how Ebac make their split tub washing machines so futured proofed when drum repairs may be needed. A great feature that was standard years ago for bearing repairs and one which repairmen have been complaining about with tubs and bearing on most modern washers you cant fix and have to dump...

We celebrated the 75th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) as bank holiday and as we are all still in nationwide lockdown with Covid19 we had a virtual meet, everyone filmed their own day and shared for us all to see so grab a coffee and see how we enjoyed the festivities. If anything it gave...

A Happy Easter to you all, we usually get together at Alistairs for the holiday gathering but alas this year with Covid19 virus pandemic and lockdown this was not possible, so at the last minute we thought "Why not do a virtual meetup" so how would that work, well instead of having a vidcam 24/7...

Heres a fun compilation video of British Twintub washing machines (or twinnies) have put together after requests from our overseas friends comparing different styles/actions etc. I`ve also shown some inside money shots to get an idea how they work, its interesting from initial feedback you get...

A warm welcome from another new washroom the Lincoln Launderette, designed and set up by our very own Darren (Slowspin66). What was once the garage for his beloved classic car, Dorris the Morris Minor Convertible , now wintering in a designated garage, has been turned into a wonderful classic...

As winter 2019 approaches we meet up at Alistair`s Emporium, seeing old friends from the past and greeting new friends as well, also to move on with a collaborative effort the Hoover Keymatic timer issue and fix !! August Bank Holiday Meet 2019...

As many of you are starting your Labour Day weekend celebrations last weekend we had our final Bank Holiday of the year !! So the gang got together and celebrated with Manchester for Pride 2019, remembering 50yrs anniversary of Stonewall and 50yrs birthday of our recent renovation, The Hoover...

Following on from Steves repair weekend on the first early May Labour Day Bank Holiday we return to Als Emporium for the 2nd bank Holiday in May, our Spring Bank Holiday, always a lot to do, we had neglected the first display space at the expense of working on the new room. Time to tidy up...

A Mayday Labour day gathering at SESteves in London had us celebrating his birthday as well as sorting out his cabin washroom after many months of house renovations, also getting to grips with fixing two rare twintubs for our sins.. Heres Richard Ricky505, Birthday boy Steve SESteve, Steve and...

You may have seen on the vintage Bendix Birthday thread Alistair has take delivery of the Made in Britain Ebac washing machine. Story goes one Saturday morning Richard (Ricky5050) flagged up that he has seen this machine in a BHF British Heart Foundation) 2nd seller shop for donated and...