Classic UK Appliances - September

[vacbear58]

Moffat Hob

From the same seller as the Miele oven above. This is definitely mid-1970s and if it is contemporary with the oven then ages it more accurately. It is not THAT rare LOL

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/301744658355?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

Later Tricity

The stainless Tricity oven above was the early 1970s version of this oven, this is the late 1970s, in this case with black glass doors but it was still available in stainless too. Its unusual to find then still with the rotisserie attachments. Shame its in Armagh as that will severely limit its market

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271990542572?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[foraloysius]

Miele oven

The dark dials with the yellow pointer were introduced on Miele appliances in 1976. Older ones had white/greyish dials with a black background, a silver inlay and a red pointer. Here's a page from the 1975 brochure. The newer styling was probably used from 1976 - the mid eighties.

 

[vacbear58]

Carron Oven

I have posted several of the Carron range style cookers but this is the first time I have seen one of these wall ovens. I have seen these in an advertisement from the mid 1970s and so know that it was also available in single oven and gas versions. I owned one of these myself in the mid 1980s and actually it was not a bad oven but the lower oven was not thermostatically controlled so it was essentially just for warming or as a grill. It is also slightly larger than the Tricity/Creda/Neff contemporary ovens, but not quite as large as a Moffat.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171943305232?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[vacbear58]

Miele

Thanks Louis, it is so helpful when other members can add to the communal pool of knowledge.

I would be very interested in doing a comparison of appliances between British and other European markets - I have always felt that, because we are an island and certainly in the 1960s and 1970s, the British market developed somewhat differently from other European countries although I think they converged again in the 1980s and 1990s. And not just Britain but it would be interesting to see how appliances and designs in Holland for example, compared with other European countries

 

[foraloysius]

Comparison

Alistair, I agree. It would be interesting indeed to compare. I noticed too that the British market developped differently than the market on the continent, albeit that there were big differences on the continent too, including Scandinavia.

As for the NL, our market was rather similar to the German market, with Germany being our biggest trade partner. Ofcourse we had Philips, but in the seventies most other (and smaller) appliance manufacturers had gone.

 

[triumphdolomite]

Flatley Dryers

That take me back, my Mum was still using a Flatley upto about 2000. But not I suspect in the way it was intended. Every week when she had finished the ironing all the clothes were packed into the Flatley and you weren't allowed to wear anything until they had been subjected to two hours 'airing'. All bedding was treated to the same treatment before it went onto the beds. I can still remember the smell of that extra hot laundry now. I still have the lid, it's in the garage filled with oil absorbing granules under the Dolomite!
Ian.

 

[launderess]

...finished the ironing all the clothes ...

Proper ironing technique requires things be aired after the process to carry off any remaining moisture. If this isn't done not only is there a chance of mold/mildew but things can muss again easily.

Back in the old days linens and whatever would be draped over a horse and placed near a range or other source of heat. That or would simply be hung on hangers or over a horse and allowed to rest. Of course if you had an airing cupboard you were all right.

When bed and table linens along with much clothing including everything but the most dainty undergarments were made from heavy stuff, no amount of ironing got everything totally dry. Well you could try but there was the risk of scorch. So you ironed things until done enough then let nature take care of the rest.

 

[ozzie908]

Nylon sheets ....

and Flatley drying cabinets do not mix well at all, The sheets melt into a blob and make a right mess...)

Austin