Classic UK Appliances April 2014

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Russell Hobbs Kettle

The updated version of the classic. I had a cordless version of this kettle in the early to mid 1990s. This appears to be NIB

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Tricity Fridge

You don't see many of these. Mid 1960s.

Its funny that Tricity were one of the major brands in home refrigeration in the 1960s and particularly the 1970s but their fridges/freezers come up very seldom

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Swan Kettle

I seem to be coming up with a lot of new in box stuff today

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Philips Hostess

This came with a host of attachments, which are not present here - the price is right though.

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Hotpoint Spin Dryer

You don't see many of these although in my opinion this is expensive for what it is - I have one of these with a timer that cost me all of 99p. And the alignment of the spin can looks a bity off to me. The real pain with these is the drain hose which can crease at the point where it exits the machine (and it is much more flexible than say a Hoover hose ) and eventually break

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Horray!

I think this is the first time one of these threads has passed the 1,000 hits mark. It is encouraging to see that folks actually look in the thread than just the banner at the top.

Al

 

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Off Thread

Al
It would probably look great with a Hygena System 70 kitchen in orange! That 90 is virtually the same as mine, except for some reason mine has no glass door on the oven and is two tone brown. Very 80s!
Have a try with this,
8oz Self Raising Flour
2 Level Teaspoons Ground Ginger
1 Level Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
4oz Chunky Marmalade
6oz Golden Syrup
1 Egg
2 Tablespoons Hot Water
3oz Butter
3oz Sultanas
Pinch Salt

Have ready greased and floured a tin about 7 by 11 inches and 1 1/2 inches deep. Sift flour and salt with the spices. Lightly flour tray on scales before weighing syrup to prevent sticking. Melt butter and syrup in a saucepan over a low heat very gently. Add sultanas to dry ingredients and pour in melted butter and syrup. Add marmalade, beaten egg and water. Mix well until smooth and pour into prepared tin. Bake at 375 (I'm just getting used to cooking in Farenheight!) for 25 to 30 minutes.

Ian

 

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Ginger Cake

Thanks for the recipe Ian, I will give it a try soon

Al

 

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Well April might be nearly over

But the classics keep on coming

This is a mid 1960s, very TOL kitchen. The hob has been replaced at some point so I wonder if it too might have been a Moffat as well as the oven. These Moffats were imported from Canada. The two large panels to the right of the hob are cooker control switches. Although the units overall seem very large a great deal of it was empty air - the actual switch itself is only slightly larger than the switches/socket. It actually unusual to see two of these together like this, normally you would only have one (the capacity is sufficient for a complete cooker) or just the switches and no sockets.

This is a very advanced kitchen design for its time. I wonder what dishwasher or washing machine sat beside the sink?

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Neff Mid 1980s

I will admit that I did not care at all for these when they were a current model, but I feel more positive about them now. Underneath the more stylised outer coat its is still the same excellent Neff oven underneath. They did this model in white and single oven version too

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A few years older

Is this Creda Plan - probably later 1970s - it seems VERY clean. Conventional oven

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Belling branded as Electra

I have posted very many Belling Classics in these threads, this is one of the last although branded Electra (for Electricity Boards). Fan oven, this is a great cooker for the price

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Speaking of Electra

Creda dryer branded as Electra

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Miele Dryer

Not sure if this counts as classic or not

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Back to Cookers

Late 1950s/early 1960s - expensive for what it is

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1970s?

I think not! 1950s or maybe early 1960s at most. Still, it seems like it was nicely kept, that oven looks new. In Dorset - always something isn't there?

The gas taps are unusual in that they are pulled up from the bottom edge, rather like a Countess, that the more usual rotary tap

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English Electric

This rather left me stumped. I had always thought the EE range just had the two models - the standard narrower model (ie 66) and the wider more upmarket model (ie 68). This is the same size as the larger unit but is more MOL - I can only assume this was contemporary with the model 57. My mother had the later 68 which looked very similar to this, including the rather unusual oven door handle - the 68 was the TOL cooker[this post was last edited: 4/27/2015-15:07]

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lets mix it up

With a mid-1960s Kenwood Chef. In South London - there is a nice selection of attachments with this too

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And another one

Much more used, the blender is about 10 or more years younger than the mixer

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Mixmaster

There are those who will claim that this is not a classic Mixmaster but actually it is a much better bet for use than an earlier model. And for cakes it is probably better than a Chef or Kitchenaid. In chrome (finish - not metal) and stainless steel it would fit into most era kitchens - I believe this to be from the mid 1990s

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