ANYONE KNOW WHAT THIS IS??

[lederstiefel1]

wringer-washers

Wooohoo - how gorgeous! I love these - had three of them until gave them away to a museum....
All of them were MIELE: one 135 (woodden tub, electric motor and hand-wringer), two 155 (white enamelled tub and chrome-tub) both without wringer and all without heaters.
I'm still quarrelling with myself....would love to get one with heater and motor-wringer.....
But space and mate are against it....
Ralf

 

[chestermikeuk]

Hotpoint Royalty!!!

Hi Paul, it does get used, is a big machine with a very fine rollover, "Big Load On The Move" I`d call it, this was my grans machine, she would pay us kids a "Penny A Sheet" to catch the long sheets coming out the back of the wringer, then take us the the "Top Shop" to buy sweets from the "Penny Tray"...ah..memories...

Rolls Rapide, welcome to the club, a wealth of info, articles & vids here...the machine you refer to was the 1950`s Countess, many sold and a mini workhorse at a 6lb load, sold in cream with red switches and white with blue trim etc...

Steve, keen eye you have, Hotpoint A.E.I. UK, as was, had an early alliance with Maytag, the first Hotpoint Model A, was based on Maytag`s Model "E"...i have one which was painted in a light green colour, its in need of a good restore etc, the Gyrators are similar and just pop on the agi shaft...

I`ll have to do a vid with the "Boil" action , just see all that "Persil Steam" wafting into the camera, you`ll have to visit for the "Smell-a-Rama" effect though...LOl

Ralph, these three machines where the backbone of British wringer machines in the 1950`s, the Workhorses they where called....the little Princess has the same size agi as the Countess and doesnt half Swish those clothes around...

Cheers, Mike

 

[jetcone]

Mike

Did we open up that machine when I was there? I don't recall the Hex Tub HOW COOOOL!

Jon & al;