1960 Parnall dryer. Model D59

[hoovermatic]

LOVE the angle fronted cupboards on the wall! My Mum had one in red when I was a very young kid, 1969 ish! Have you got one of those floor standing units that had the top like those but with a fold down front that made a useful work surface??

 

[parnall_doug]

They're fab aren't they! I couldn't believe it when I saw them for the first time, when I was shown around the property! I told the vendor that the deal would be off, if she were to remove them!
I don't have one of those floor standing units that you mention. Maybe I'll have to keep an eye out for one!

By the way spot my 'deliberate' mistake in my previous post. "Tea bag tin". I meant loose tea! I'm sure it was many years 'til tea bags were to come along! Lol

 

[hoover1100]

Have you got one of those floor standing units that had the

My Nana had those until about 2001 when she moved into her current house.

One was yellow, one was red, one was green and one was blue if I recall correctly.

I always loved them!

Matt

 

[vacbear58]

You done good

Doug,

You should feel really proud of yourself for rescuing this dryer, it looks great but you need to be aware that this could be the thin end of the wedge, as so many of us know these vintage appliances set up a "siren" call and often more can soon follow. On a slightly more serious note have you taken the back off to check on the build up of fluff, lint & other assorted dirt. I rescued a Fishlow a while back and the elements were thick with dust - a bit of careful work with the Hoover (actually it was a Tristar) soon put paid to that, although I would avoid using teh crevice nozzle near the elements in case they get sucked in and break. Once the bulk of it is off a soft (paint)brush can deal with the rest.

Thank you for posting the pictures of your family kitchen, I could swear my parents had the same floor covering, and although it was not my favourite version of this cooker (the white one both you and Keith referred to was) it still looks great. And like you I am on the lookout for a Moffat cooker too, they do crop up on ebay from time to time although space considerations have kept me from hitting that "confirm bid" button many times. But its going to happen one of these days ......

Do please share any more memories of your applainces, washing machine, fridge, dishwasher, mixer, cleaner etc. By the way, the ebay auctions I referred to both have cabinets like your parents. If you have not found it yet you might like to have a look at these scans I posted a few weeks back in the Super forum, one of the sets features a Moffat cooker and its Hygena all teh way

Al

British Kitchen Design Late 1968

I hope you guys enjoy this thread. This was a supplement produced for "Woman" magazine date September 1968. It was a promotion produced in conjunction with Hygenia, once the leading UK "quality" kitchen company before that great name was adultrated by MFI in the late 1970s. Grab a coffee now...

www.automaticwasher.org

 

[parnall_doug]

Hi Al, thanks for your comments and advice!
I have put the dryer onto its back and hoovered everything within reach in that area. I'd planned to take the back off and do the same, but I have some more pressing jobs to do first, so it's still on the 'to do' list! I don't plan to put it properly into service until I have done that job though. I shall bear in mind your good advice about using the crevice nozzle close to the elements.

Regarding the siren call you mention, yes Ebay has 'cost' me a lot of money over the years!
The dryer is my first purchase of vintage appliances, certainly of the indoor variety (I have an old Qualcast motor mower in the garage, again, identical to the one I grew up with!).
To start with I think I shall settle with a brochure of the identical Moffat to our old one... when one comes up!

Re the Hygena units, I can't access the thread from your link, as I'm not a paid up member, but I shall find them on Ebay. Thanks anyway.
I saw some similar units on there about a year or so ago (pale green as I recall). They were immaculate! If I'd had the storage I would have bid on them!
Notice the broken cupboard door handles on the ones in my photos. They continually got 'bashed' by the wooden kitchen stools we had in the kitchen, one of which you can see in the photos!

I will definitely share more memories in due course, of other appliances!

 

[vacbear58]

My mistake

Sorry Doug, I had not realised that you had to be a paying member to access the super archive. Anyway to sort of make up, here is a picture with the 1960 Parnall Spinwasher in it (top row, middle), I had wondered if there would be a family resemblance and indeed there is to my eye, the Spinwasher was a top loader though and is vary largely based on the Thor Automagic (also in the picture) which has featured in some other recent threads on here - as far as I know the Parnall was never offered with a dish washing facility though.
Al

 

[parnall_doug]

Many thanks Al! Yes, they're very similar indeed aren't they.
I'm still checking the Parnall section on Ebay daily, so who knows, maybe one day!

I shall pop a couple of Parnall adverts up in my next post, but in the meantime here is some more Hygena 'porn' for you, from our old kitchen. As you can see, there was quite a lot of it! We did have the matching wall units but when the kitchen had a refurb, they were taken down.
Incidentally I found those units on Ebay that you mentioned. I would soooo love those avocado ones. Pity the worktops are not included though. Now if only I had a garage big enough to store them in..........!

 

[parnall_doug]

And here are a couple of old adverts for the same model dryer as mine, which I got off Ebay too. Interesting that the price for them back then was just under 50 quid, which is what I paid for mine last month!

Also it is interesting to note that the machines were obviously not just supplied to the home market, but were exported too, as a couple of weeks ago I saw one advertised on Ebay Australia!

 

[vacbear58]

Porn is the word LOLOL

Another great picture Doug. LOVING it. Nice big kitchen too

Now, is that a Sony TV I see on the counter? And I am guessing a Sunbeam Mixmaster under that cover? And one of those glasses to that went in the plastic holder to make a beaker. No there is a word you dont often hear these days Dont recognise the toaster and what on earth is that on the window sill above the sink? See what you started LOLOLOL

Thanks for posting the dryer ads, a reminder of times when these machines we something revolutionary It is no surprise that you found Parnall ads in Australia as for some years applainces were shipped there from the UK, or they may have been assembled or even manufactured under lisence. What makes me say that is that I have some pictures for Parnall cookers sold in Aus. which are nothing like any that I have seen in the UK, even under Parnall's "sister" brand, Jackson

Al

 

[keymatic]

....LOL Hi Al,

I think you will find that "thing" on the window sill to be an NSA water filter we had one in the late 80's, before the special tap came along with constant filtered water. I remember when the sales guy came round, my dad was not for it, he said it was a con like the Perrier bottled water of the time.. needless to say mum got her way..hehehe
Keith

 

[vacbear58]

Australian Parnall

Here is one of the cookers

 

[vacbear58]

Australian Parnall 2

And the other one

 

[chestermikeuk]

Oh my!!!

When Hygena was Hygena...!!! lovely kitchen pics there...never saw many of those old style "Range Cookers", up north, but Neil has just fitted one in his kitchen, now to find the pics!!!

Doug, what was the washing machine that went with your parents Parnall dryer??

heres the first English Electric dryer, Big Bertha!! weighs a ton but moves very easy on its wheels, the EE dryers I understand where made in Liverpool, the Parnalls at the Bristol Yate factory...

 

[chestermikeuk]

Westy EE

and Mathew with his 2nd model...

 

[chestermikeuk]

Retro Cookers n Kitchens

Heres the Fisholow dryer aka Bendix,(commonly known as Al`s microwave stand!!!) my Aunt Alice had one of these, on discount from Manweb Head Office where she worked....it was paired with the first Hoover wringer washer 0307 until the Servis Supertwin MK3 came along...

So was Dougs Parnall the first big dryer with window??

 

[chestermikeuk]

Open

for business

 

[chestermikeuk]

Retro Kitchen Cookers

Neils new old cooker...cow pie in the oven ready & waiting!!!

 

[parnall_doug]

Wow! Some great pictures there, and some lovely old machines! Why can't they make them with a bit of character these days?

You guys are certainly very observant, with regard to the photos of my parents' kitchen!Lol

So, I will answer some of your observations: 22 years on from those photos, some of the items you can see are still about.
Al, the TV is infact a Panasonic. It survives to this day, and was to eventually become my 'daily' TV until about a year or so ago, when I was given a larger set. It resides in my loft at the moment. I 'think' the mixer under that cover is an early Magimix. I could be wrong, as we did have a lovely old Sunbeam mixer, but I think it lived in a cupboard.
The glasses in the plastic beakers survive (or at least I know I have three or four from the original set of six). We had two reds, two greens and two blues. They date from about 1973/4, and came from Shell petrol tokens. The plastic beakers have faded badly now, and are quite brittle, in fact one broke a while back. They are 'retired' in the cupboard in my spare room.
I can't remember the make of toaster. It replaced our lovely old green Morphy Richards though.
The thing on the window sill is, as keith correctly points out, an NSA water filter (well spotted Keith!). My brother got into the pyramid selling lark with NSA, although it didn't come to mutch. One evening of cold calling convinced me that that way of trying to make money was not for me! Lol

A couple of other items in that same photo survive. The little red implement rack just to the left of the sink (with the rag and washing up brush hanging on it) is still around. It dates from the early 60s, and was in use until the late 80s or early 90s. It had started to rust, and the plastic coating was starting to come off, so it was about to get thrown out, until I 'rescued' it! It lives its retirement in a box in my loft! The little soap holder to the right of the sink dates from the same period, and I have that too!

Mike and Keith, I will chat to you both about a couple of things, in my next post, but I must get ready for work now!

Doug

 

[keiththomas]

I see from your details that the Parnell Dryer was made at the Bristol Yates Factory. I believe that is now owned by Indesit owner of Hotpoint and Creda. I just scrapped a 5 -6 year old Indesit Dryer due to the Motor burning out due to fault with dust getting inside the machine but not the filter etc

 

[parnall_doug]

Unbelievable isn't it! 5-6 years and it's scrap!

By the way the Parnall I mentioned earlier, on Ebay in Australia has been re-listed.
I hope the link below works....
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/PARNALL-Clot...63343?pt=AU_WashersDryers&hash=item3f0782f80f
Anyone know anybody in the Western NSW region of Australia who would like to give the poor unwanted Parnall a loving new home?

Mike, you asked what the washer was that went with my Parents' Parnall. Originally it was a Hoover Keymatic. I don't know my Keymatics, and how many types were offered, but it was the sloping fronted one. I see there are still a few about. I can't say I knew that machine, certainly I don't remember it in the way I did the Parnall, but I recognise it in the background in my dad's slides.
I don't think the Keymatic moved with us in 1971, as I never remember it in the 'new' house. I think its replacement was another Hoover (model unknown). That was replaced in 1979 with a Colston Consort (I kind of liked that machine), then I think it was in turn replaced with another Hoover, and then Miele machines from then 'til the current day.

Keith (Keymatic) did I read correctly that you actually have the Spinwasher Parnall similar to my dryer, as shown in Al's 'Which' Magazine scan? If so, I would love to see some pics please, and to hear some history and your experiences with your machine!

Doug