Applainces used for Home Ecomomics in your School & Educational Institutions

[matchboxpaul]

Home Economics Room 1....

had a Bendix 7147A autowasher de luxe.

I ensured that for three years I had the table right at the back of the room and lived with the Bendix sitting behind me for two of them.

The middle machine in the picture below belongs to Irishmark...

 

[matchboxpaul]

and for the purposes of drying, kept right at the opposite end of the room was a Philips D163...

 

[matchboxpaul]

Home Economics Room 2 ....

My form room in my first year at secondary school...

had a Hotpoint 1504 Automatic de luxe, of which the lovely machine below (belonging to Richard in Bristol) is a superb example...

 

[matchboxpaul]

and for drying in Home Economics 2 we had some form of Hoover Logic Reversing dryer.

Vague memories of its colour gives me the inkling that it was a D6384 - 99% sure it wasnt a 'de luxe' machine...

 

[matchboxpaul]

Then, on returning from the summer holidays to commence third year - HORROR!!!

Both the classic Bendix 7147A and Hotpoint 1504 had been replaced by two Hotpoint 9605's (I think they were both white, rather than almond)!
Vintage in their own right today, but not back then and both the 9605's will probably have replaced two fully operational machines.

Having home ec lessons, at the back of room 1, was never quite as interesting as before.

There you have it.

Paul

 

[mixfinder]

Playmates

Tom, its fun and reassuring to have some one my age to play with that understands the 50's. XO

 

[aegokocarat]

my school have got:
3x beko dishwashers 2 from 2006 1 from 2008 2008 is in the sience prep room
1x beko washer
1x hoover performer
1x creda dryer
1x indesit dryer
in the boys pe block we have:
1x servis washer
1x hotpoint 1st edition dryer (faulty)
in the girls pe block:
1x bosch washer
and up until xmas they had a 1998 servis easi dry dryer (took it home to repair but alas unsuccesful and it now lives in my back garden.
Tom

 

[aquarius8000]

at my school...

old school the dishwasher was like a zanussi slimline d/w

At current school we have a tricity bendix washer and a hotpoint ts14(i think)in the back hall cupboard

enjoy Chris

I have an old brochure with the washer lurking somewhere so pics will wait.

 

[aquacycle]

My first school had a Hotpoint twin tub in the kitchen, later replaced by one of those Tefal table top things, later replaced by a Creda 1200 something or other. My middle school had a Hoover Logic 1200 and a White Knight gas dryer. My grammar school had an early Hoover electron and a Bosch dryer in one food tech room, and a Zanussi 1250 Jetsystem and the dryer to match the electron in room 2. The Zanussi was later replaced by a hotpoint WMA of some sort. In the PE room, we had a Maytag toploader that didn't last very long and was later replaced by a Bosch Maxx

 

[hotpoint9534]

We had a Hoover New Wave at our school. I was reliably informed that it replaced an older Hoover Electronic.

 

[northernmary]

Machines in P.E and Food Tech

We had a Phillips whirlpool 1200 washer and a creda reversair dryer in the food tech rooms and in the P.E changing Rooms we had a hotpoint toploader 9605 and another creda reversair dryer they allways used daz powder in the machines
NorthernMary

 

[nrones]

What a GREAT thread!

My kindergarten had a 1991 Candy (charme range - similar to my old exclusive) 600rpm. However it broke a year ago, so now I am volonteering and washing everything for my ex. kindergarten in my GO510 (that is in place near kindergarten) - doing a load per day because of it Candy GO510 is a workhorse, and it is now 2.5 years old still perfect

Anyway.. my primary school had first an old gorenje, than they bought new one in 2004 (Goreneje WA543) - no problems as far as I was informed.

Now secondary school has a Candy CN 63 T, from 2003 - replaced a pump in late 2007 because they thought machine doesn"t have a filter (it has a decorative cover so it can"t be seen) and in it they are washing mops they cleaned hallways with it every day - NEVER cleaned filter for 4 years LOL.. now they are cleaning it regularly

I know this is a thread of 20year+ washing machines, but this is my experience (and I still don"t have 20 years ).

cheers,
Dex

HAPPY EASTER TO YOU ALL!!

 

[ozzie908]

Back in the day of high school

It was in the mid 70's and I cannot recall seeing a single automatic washer in HE all I do recall was seeing on the far side of the room a Hotpoint supermatic twin tub boiling away with all the T towels and dishcloths in and the wooden tongs waiting on top of the spinner. There were no dryers either there was a drying room which had the heating pipes from the boiler house running round god it was hot and humid in there...and always there were brilliant white towels as stiff as cards hanging on wooden rails.

 

[sudsreturn]

At my high school we had a Hoover Logic 1600 and matching dryer in the "flat". The flat was built with the school in the 1960's in the home ec block, it was used for child care and household management. They only used to use the washer and dryer for the tea towels used in the cooking classes. Apparently they did have a Keymatic from the the school was built. But that was way before I was there. I left school in 1995.

 

[peterh770]

The home ec classroom was outfitted with GE appliances and Singer sewing machines. I only remember washing a load of kitchen towels once.

 

[solsburian]

I can remember my First School had a grey Hoovermatic twin tub, in Middle School they had late 80's Brown/White Hotpoint that was replaced with a Candy around 2000/2001 when the School was refurbished. I can't remember what they had at High School. All 3 schools I went to had at least one Baby Belling.

In the building I work at in Uni we have a Zanussi ZDF2020 dishwasher in the Kitchen, which replaced a 3-4 year old Beko that flooded the floor (was well used and abused though).

 

[nrones]

curiosity..

Can you share a pic with me of that "baby Belling" so famuos all over the UK? And describe it too..
Looks quite like a legend xD

 

[jakeseacrest]

I was in HS from 89 to 93 and had culinary arts everyday. We had 3 classrooms that had late 80s Maytag and Whirlpool electric ranges, 1 80s GE washer and dryer, and each class had a Kitchen Aid KDI-17A that our class got to use at the end of the day. I got to load it many times over those 4 years. Mostly it was all dish loads as we serviced a small restaurant for the teachers. Fond memories of those days.

 

[solsburian]

@nrones

The Baby Belling is a small tabletop cooker with 2 hob elements and a small oven. Most of the examples I can remember were mounted on a moveable stand so they could be moved to each classroom as required.

http://www.belling.co.uk/baby-belling/baby-belling-321r/

 

[appnut]

HIgh school Sept. 1970 to May 1973

My high school was brand new when I started (our class was the first class to go trough all 3 years).  I never had much occassion to go down the hall that had the Home Ec room(s), but I remember they had what looked like GE appliances in the(m).