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I thought I had seen it all when my cat - mad sister - in - law had posted me a link to this: http://www.twinkletush.com/ But this really takes the biscuit!! I am still recovering from a fit of laughing. I am impressed at the visions and ideas of some up and coming entrepreneurs to make money...

Finished a string of night shifts and enjoying my first night off on a retro YouTube trip - happened upon a few classic adverts, some I remember back to when I was just 10 years old in 1976!! Amazing how the human brain works - I sometimes forget where I left my car keys but I can sing along...

Forgot to add, but the interesting thing I found is that the centre row of jets on the main wash detergent dispense is not used at all on this machine. They are fed from the unused hose stub, visible on pictures #7 and #9. Looks like it was intended to use a separate water solenoid at some time...

Hello, hope you are all well despite the times we are in. Was not here for a while - busy with work and getting repairs done to the house eaves, not to mention installing a flue liner for my oil boiler and putting on 14 gallons of paint to a rough cast rendered wall - thank god its all over and...

One of the frequent BobLoad®s that our Indesit IDF125 handles with ease, perfect results every time using cheap Tesco tablets and rinse aid. Bought used for just €80 5 years ago and trouble free apart from cosmetic damage to the fascia panel.

Forgot to add in prev post that we were the first tenants in the house after the landlord refurbished the kitchen, so our Ecologic 1000 washer would have been purchased brand new late October 1993.

Very old thread I know, but just have to add that the Ecologic 1000 in the first photo is exactly like the one in our rented house, shared with two work colleagues, from October 1993 to when I left after getting married in December 1998. Great happy memories from those carefree 5 years, young...

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Hello Mike, Have not been here for a while, busy with work and house painting while the weather is good! Enjoying a time out after the weekend shift and found the above on Youtube - watched it from start to finish! Lovely presentation, and hats off to our predecessors who fought Nazi tyranny...

Some really unusual models I have never seen or heard of - amazing the ingenuity of people - so many different solutions and designs with one purpose in mind: cleaning laundry. I spent 7 weeks in the Philippines back in 1997 - our firm had a plant in Cavite, approx. 30 miles south of Manila and...

That's the exact one - according to the manual, it had a stainless steel outer drum, never realized that, that was quality. Only for I was unable to get the motor rewound after the high speed spin winding shorted, it would have soldiered on for a couple more years. Would be interesting to see...

Our first autowasher in 1972 was an AEG LAvamat Princess-S. It was cold fill only with an unusual design of induction motor, the motor was square in shape, with what looked like 2 separate sets of windings. It was an induction motor which was able to spool up for the spin, no complex...

Loved that Lightburn 'Smackulator' - found it funnier watching the video over and over a few times. What an unusual, but seemingly effective wash action, couldn't stop laughing out loud despite it bringing back memories of the occasional 'visit' to the principal's office in school in the early...

I see a rotary iron on this thread - here is a picture of a Morphy Richards that Mum had up to 1977, the pedal was connected to the appliance by a Bowden cable; pressing the pedal pulled the iron tight to the roller and switched on the motor. The lever allowed the iron to fall back further in...

Nothing much on telly last night so fired up the laptop and Watched the videos - brilliant! Looks like you all had a ball, despite the physical distancing. Love the English electric twin, the sound of its spinner spooling up reminded me of the ATC turboprop gearing up for takeoff when I flew to...

Thanks for the replies and the vids - as a 6/7 year old kid, I remember using a kitchen chair to stand on so I could see the wash action! Looking at the last reply from Keymatic, my mums old machine was just like the white & red one (no.4), except the white was a cream colour. Interestingly, the...

Hello, the first machine I remember as a kid was a Servis Superheat wringer washer. Mum had it up to late 1972 when the AEG Princess automatic took over, it was passed on to my aunt, a farmer's wife who found it great for mixing powdered milk replacer for young calves. The gearbox seized and Dad...

Bought this off a friend of my wife for just €80 five years ago after we moved house - pretty impressed, gave no trouble in the 5 years we owned it so far. I use the cheap Tesco dishwasher tablets and Tesco rinse aid and have attempted several Bobloads - results always impressed. Pics to follow...

Had a chat recently in the works canteen about life in the '70's. Mum was a great cook and she purchased an ESGE Bamix hand blender back in 1971/1972 - clearly remember it even as a small kid. It was Swiss made, and came with a blue wall mounted stand with mounting posts for the attachments -...

Watched that video from start to finish, great job! The inflatable cuffs used to prise off the agitator look very like the blood pressure kit my doc uses! As regards sound deadening, I converted a van to a camper a few years ago and used something similar called Dynamat, expensive but good at...