Classic UK Appliances - May 2015

vacbear58 · May 6, 2015

Indesit Toaster - NIB

I was not aware of Indesit supplying small appliances. Looks like 1980s to me

triumphdolomite · May 6, 2015

EE Oven

That's interesting Al. That looks like it could be badge engineered, EE ceased to exist after the GEC takeover sometime around 1969/1970 and the rating plate appears to be stamped 1975. I wasn't aware that the domestic appliance factory in Liverpool was still producing that late on, can't remember when it closed off the top of my head. I would have thought that all the appliances would have gone to GDA by that time, or wasn't there a fire at the Llandudno Jct plant around mid 70's. All very interesting. I thought that it looked quite Tricity at first too.
Ian

vacbear58 · May 7, 2015

EE

Ian

It is not quite correct to say that EE disappeared with the GEC takeover - the Reversomat washer and drier were in production up until around 1972 at least - I believe I have scans of a brochure (which covered EE, all of Hotpoint and the Morphy Richards spin drier) of that date. I do think as far as washers were concerned the EE name was dropped after the launch of the purple Hotpoint Liberators (and remember the first EE auto washer was called the Liberator) which I think is around 1973 (where is Paul and his spread sheets when you need him LOL). And EE manufactured the first wide body Hoover tumble drier which was replaced when the matchbox series was introduced, around the same time I think.

There were EE fridges back in the 1960s but I have no idea when they were dropped. My parents bought a EE Rapide 68 cooker in 1974 - this was styled rather like the 66 (a listing for which I have posted in the last month or so) but was larger and double oven. It was bought from the electricity board so it is possible it was end of line stock but the Electra cookers carried on for at least 2 or maybe 3 years after this - they were the first "coloured" cookers on sale here I believe (aside from black/silver colours of various sorts) until the later 1970s Bellings, which were also branded as Electras too. I have seen a Tricity split level cooker from the early 1960s branded as EE but none since - this looks like a Tricity from the back although they may have just bought the components from the same supplier.

Unfortunately I have now idea where the manufacturing plants were but would be very interested to hear if you have more information

Al

vacbear58 · May 7, 2015

Side Loading RH Toaster

You can see from the picture on the box how the bread is loaded and the toast ejected. There were a number of different styles of these made to match the various coffee pots and milk warmers

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