British Twintub Washing Machines 1959 - 1990

[keymatic3203]

Thanks for posting

those instructions Alan,

Interesting to see the different filter arrangement making use of the continuous circulation of the wash water, and I know I may not have been the only one to have thought this model had a double spinner lid, but can see from reading the instructions and seeing the images clearer, they've just lent the spin mat against the open lid.

Always enjoy learning something new.

Mathew

 

[ozzie908]

@keymatic/Keith

I will take some pics for you next time I can get at the 3202

Austin

 

[vacbear58]

More Philips

Here's is a small leaflet for the machine Mike featured in his video above, as you can see it has been marked Jan 1966, so presumably this variation of the machine came out in 1965

 

[chestermikeuk]

British Twintub Washing Machines 1959 - 1990

Afternoon Alan, thought you would like that, yes that clutch solenoid arm is something indeed, and yes was talking with Mathew earlier and he mentioned the keymatic similarity. Many thanks for posting the brochures we saw this one in the Ada / Philips display at the Calderdale Heritage Museum in Halifax some years ago, interesting it has the port in the washtub to empty. I wonder if it still used the same motor / pump / clutch arrangement ? looks like it did from the console.

 

[vacbear58]

Interesting it has the port in the washtub to empty

Now that comment is quite interesting Mike as I was looking around on Youtube where I knew there was a Persil video featuring the Philips. And I was most surprised to see that apparently the water re-circulated during the wash. And it was on "the wrong side"

 

[chestermikeuk]

Philips

Evening Al, lovely sales leaflet there, interesting how Mathews Toptwin looks later than the one we actually saw in the Philips museum in Halifax, the earlier model looks much more streamlined and newer !!

 

[keymatic3203]

lol

well thats's me wrong about the two lids, I know you'd have shown me those photos Mike, but had forgotten about them, I get what you mean about the streamlined look, but think those dials make it look older than the ones on ours. Ah Al, could it be the suds return from the arm is on the left and the recirculation jet is on the right?not sure.

 

[vacbear58]

My guess is that the suds return was on the left as before, but the recirculation was on the right. Don't really see the point of the re-circulation with out some sort of filter

 

[keymatic]

Hi Al,
Philips have always had a form of filter from the Top Twin’s through to the Turbo Star wringer washer..always under the agitator.
The inlet on the left was purely for suds return on the Mk1 then later the arm just rested in a hole behinx the console
I have a poster / leaflet of the New Top Twin, i will dig it out tmw.
The Top Twin’s have always ranked within my top 5 twin tubs
The Top Twin Super - didn’t Stella market that before Philips ??
I need to get mine out of store at some point
Keith

 

[sesteve]

Fab thread MIke. I love twin tubs - the water, noise and smells of both the detergent and the machine bring back so many memories. Have just looked through some of my brochures and found a few good ones. Here’s the top twin - looks like an enthusiastic child may have doodled on the back!

 

[sesteve]

And a few bits on the later model and explanation of different wash actions

 

[chestermikeuk]

Philips Toptwin Twintub Washing Machine 1962 - 1974

Well not sure if I managed to confuse dates etc ha ha but after referencing The Oracle`s Spreadsheet (MatchboxPauls) where is he when ya need info lol, I think its this :

1962 - 1965 Toptwin De-Lux Model EA5400 (Halifax Museum)
1962 - 1965 Toptwin De-Lux Super Model EA5402

1965 - 1969 Toptwin De-Lux Model HA8030 Mathew & Keiths

1969 - 1971 Toptwin Model HN3202 (Keith & Steves pics)

1971 - 1974 Toptwin Model HN3206 (Als pic)
1971 - 1974 Toptwin 3207 Model HN3207 (Ians pic)

1974 Toptwin De-Lux Model AAC870 flat panel with silver & blue controls like slimstar TL models. (Steves pic)

 

[sesteve]

Here’s the Hoovermatic

 

[sesteve]

here’s a Morphy Richards twinnie brochure

 

[alanlondon]

Thanks Steve

For posting those brochures, very interesting reads. The Morphy Richard’s is a rebadged Rolls, no?. With the stay in doors lockdown here, certainly freeing up extra time to enjoy the website more and to post and to while away the time in a nice manner! Here’s a Servis instruction of a machine I’ve never had, but looks really sturdy. A few of my Mum’s neighbours had this model when I was growing up, once while sitting with my Mum in one of their kitchen’s (when incidentally there was a significant leak coming from underneath it, which neither my mum or the neighbour paid any attention too) she emptied it and I was so surprised to see how shallow the wash tub was compared to the hotpoint one.

With this thread, I’ve really enjoyed going back in time to twintubs, where particularly in the cul-de-sac that I grew up in it was a time when Mums really used to chat and get together over their machines and gossip I now realise!

 

[keymatic]

Afternoon All,
Great literature coming out like the Morphy Richard’s Twinny !!
Enjoying the thread so much, it enthused me to have a play and went a started up the 3304 Hoovermatic yesterday
Cheers
Keith

 

[matchboxpaul]

Hi all.
Just a bit of info about what I think was the final Philips twin tub sold in the UK - the AAC870.

Always liked the blue styling accents - very smart.

Great thread!

Paul

 

[matchboxpaul]

and a couple of images of the Philips EA5402 ...

 

[triumphdolomite]

Artistic Licence

Could that be a little artistic licence in Steve's reply no 69, picture 4 showing the wonderfully clean water running out into the sink. I fear someone was just pumping clean water from the wash tub as it looks like the wash drain plug is pulled.
Me, cynical? Never

Loving this thread, by the way

Ian.

 

[keymatic3203]

well spotted Ian

though at that flow rate, they're probably pumping from both washtub and spin dryer.

Thanks all for posting all the literature, quite a few I've not see before.

I had one of the AAC870, the last model going on 30 years ago, one of the pumps had seized and burnt out the wash motor, so I had it for parts, (who knew we'd ever be collecting these things) some of the hoses were used to repair the top twin in Mikes video, and somewhere I still have some of the spares off it, it had the two drain hoses, with a ball valve over the wash one. They had done away with the solenoid and clutch for the was drive, instead, the wash timer had to be set running to enable the spin dryer to be used, so in effect perhaps they could claim both a wash and a spin timer. I think the console is still in mums garage, (with a lot else lol).

Mathew