Classic UK Appliances - September

[vacbear58]

Lets start off a new month and a new thread with a Philips Fridge.

I am not sure of the age of this, its certainly not late 1960s/early 70s, so I am going to do for mid to late 1970s. The exterior is not great, but the interior looks immaculate

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271971627663?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

English Rose 1

Country style. BTW the cooker is an early Creda Cavalier

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221866870847?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

English Rose 2

Urban Style. I am amazed there are no bids on this yet

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-...90bb52c289&pid=100005&rk=4&rkt=6&mehot=pp&sd%

 

[vacbear58]

Not English Rose

But another metal kitchen. This of course is 1950s although the worktops looks to have been replaced in late 1960s early 1970s. The device on the wall over the sink is a non-instant hot water heater

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181849553118?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

National Microwave



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181851898185?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

Parnall Pair

Mid to late 1950s, its likely that these were bought as a pair. Unusual to see a vent connector for the dryer

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131589310467?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

English Electric

Early 1960s. Its an interesting hangover from the 1950s in that it shows more modern styling and had two radiant plates but has the old fashioned grill (broiler) /hotplate arrangement - that's the large rectangular plate

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271970777493?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

GEC Cooker

Although there are some similarities to the previous cooker I think this is a GEC or perhaps a Revo (which might have been in the EE group by that time)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161810112967?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

Electra Fantasia

Made by Belling. Late-ish 1970s, looks in very clean condition. Has a fan oven

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-E...829a4d36a45d1a3b37f0bfc5b9a93&pid=100005&rk=2

 

[vacbear58]

Tricity President

Another remarkably clean, if somewhat dusty, cooker for almost 40 years old. This must have been towards the end of this particular iteration of this cooker as the oven temps are in centigrade.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/191678025591?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

Another Nice Tricity

This time a fanfare oven. This is the next styling iteration of the cooker pictured above showing the newer style controls. Apart from the oven door it looks quite clean

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271971168037?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

Electra FF

Although branded Electra I think this was manufactured by Tricity. Its shows a format of FF that became popular towards the end of the 1970s for a smallish freezer on top of effectively a larder fridge, a reversal of the usual arrangement

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262025541562?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

NOT GEC!

Well this is an unusual pair for over here. We see American fridges often enough but I would never have expected to find a 1950s model WITH THE MATCHING FREEZER!
Sorry, got a bit carried away there, as apparently did the seller when they were setting the price. Always has to be something doesn't it?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281784400730?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

Simpson Top Loader

Not many of these over here although actually it surprises me how many Australian machine do make it to these shores. I wonder if it is any good?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141753461988?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

last night I dreamed of wash-day

Looks like someone has been trying to strangle that poor Countess



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/361377141537?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[aquarius1984]

GEC / REVO

Al im more inclined to think its a Hotpoint Cooker - im sure we have the brochure with this in although there seems to be no hpt logo on it. Il check to see but im sure it is hpt as it has the see at a glance twirly swirly rise heat indicators haha

 

[vacbear58]

Hygena Contour Kitchen

Mid 1970s. I wonder if this kitchen was originally a more vibrant orange colour than the rather revolting coral shown in the pictures. It looks to be not bad but its expensive. It looks like there at lights in the bottoms of the upper, deeper wall units

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171908885095?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

Russell Hobbs kettle

the brushed stainless version of this very popular kettle, I am amazed there are no bids on it yet

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141759661909?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

Singer iron

I wonder who manufactured this for them, in some ways it has a look of Morphy Richards about it in that it looks rather reminiscent of the Atlantic and from the bottom it looks rather like a large Senior iron.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/371424674735?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

Supertwin 111

Last iteration of this long running twinnie. Any American readers might like to compare this to the Speed Queen twinnies which have been posted recently as the Speed Queen is based on an earlier version of this machine. Its getting pricy though ....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131593238628?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

Hoover Dryer

Seems inevitable that one of these would show up. Looks in good order though

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111758101113?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

Electra Dryer

Was this Creda manufacture?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271957366350?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

A few interesting heaters

First up we have a Morphy Richards, 1950s obviously, I have never seen this design before

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151771038502?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

1930s

It looks strange that it was styled so much like a radio. At that time of course the use of Bakelite was being pushed as far as possible, I have even seen a Bakelite coffin. Well it looks like it might have been a bridge too far as there are several cracks in the unit, still the price is right for a display piece at least

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262031133312?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

HMV

Not just records! We had quite a long history of HMV manufacturing the likes of record players, radios etc. But around WW2 they manufactured a number of small appliances and indeed I have advertising material well into the 1950s of irons and the like. The pre-war equivalent of this machine was a shiny chrome affair, this is the more restrained post-war Bakelite equivalent. Actually given a good clean it could come up nicely. By the way, the HMV name was used in other commonwealth territories for vacuum cleaners and such

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/371424129391?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

Any old iron

To my eyes this looks quite similar to the Singer iron posted above. The heel rest I obviously different but actually looks more Morphy Richards than the Singer did. Timothy Whites was a chain of chemists (drug stores) started in 1848, was bought over by Boots (another Chemist chain - still in existence) in 1968 but the name disappeared in 1985. Rather like Boots they sold a few small appliances under their own name - I have a TW Kenwood Chefette (in avocado no less!) myself

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151799155651?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

Any old iron - 2

They say 1970s but looks more 1980s to me. In spite of its space appearance its still just a dry iron

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252075377688?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

ANOTHER Hoover tumble dryer

For the number of these that come up you would think we only ever had one brand of TD in this country

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262033477433?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

Late 1970s Contessa

Talk about apartment sized! This is only 18 inches wide. Its fully featured though with two ovens and ceramic top. Seems to be nice an clean as well

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271974691027?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

The Ultimate Contessa

I would say mid 1980s, and I believe this to be the final incarnation of a cooker that had been around from the mid 1960s. As fully featured as the previous one, but styled differently

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111761350043?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT