British Twintub Washing Machines 1959 - 1990

[rolls_rapide]

'Electromatic' twin tub

Seems to predate the acquisition of Rolls Razor; no mention of 'Rolls' or 'Rolls Razor', or 'Rolls Electromatic'.

Pic courtesy of Etsy, allegedly from a 1950's magazine.

 

[chestermikeuk]

Hoovermatic

Now heres an idea for Christmas, Hoovermatic twintub with viewing hatches !!

 

[supertwin59]

That photo

.....(1955-59?) reminds me of the spacious two story electricity board showrooms in sauchehall street in glasgow of fifty plus years ago.

Shop displays were far better years ago!!

Thanks Mike.

Regards, Walter.

 

[chestermikeuk]

Electricity Boards Shops

Hello Walter

Yes indeed, they where the best stores to see all appliances of the era on display..

 

[keymatic]

Hi Mike,

Fab pics, i take these were the Ideal Home Exhibition ? Luv the cut-away 3174 and clear spinner lid
Cheers
Keith

 

[chestermikeuk]

Hoover - Who Beter..

Morning Keith, First seen in the Hoover UK archives in North Canton for the 100th, and delighted when Al purchase a Herbert Hoover Shareholders yearly report with them all in total technicolour...

From a time when yearly reports where a true reflection of goods and services, brochures had colour photos and not 200 pages of text in 5 languages.

 

[sesteve]

Hotpoint Twin 6

Thought it was worth adding this machine on here which I picked up for a fellow collector a few months ago. It’s a lovely machine and apart from the hoses needing to be replaced it seems to be fully functional. I made a video too which I’ve linked

Next time you see it it will have been fully restored to it’s former glory for many more years of washing

S

 

[keymatic]

Hi Steve,

Fab machine, i really luv the styling on the Twin Six, which was the lower, budget twin tub by Hotpoint. Always interested on why Hotpoint opted for the spinner to empty into the wash tub when it would have been so much easier to just have a discharge hose out the back of the machine. I picked one of those up many years ago in north London. It was in a bad state and decided washer heaven was the best place for it, i kept quick a few bits off it.
I look forward to the refurbished machine.
Have a great Christmas.
Keith
Ps. Im working on the jet action twin tub from Germany / Netherlands

 

[vintagewashday]

Hi, all, I've recently joined the group (after visiting numerous times over the years and loving this thread) I thought you might be interested to see the user manual for the Acme Challenge which my Nan owned many years ago (long before I came along) and which seems quite elusive. I hope you find it interesting. I have also popped in some photos of the manual of the wringerless Countess which I am lucky enough to own and some general photos of manuals. There are also some shots of a section of a fab 1960s book called Home Making in Colour. It is from the section called Washday Made Easier. I got the book years ago (pre internet) and so spent many hours looking at it I was always intrigued by the Hotpoint that appeared to be missing the spinner lid and only had one final. Thanks to this group I now know it was the Twin Six as in the post above (great looking machine by the way) Anyway, enjoy!

Best regards

Kevin