Creda Compact dryer in Australia?

[aquarius1984]

were they sold there or was it from someone who emmigrated?

Looks to be in good condition,

40 seconds into the video.

http://www.youtube.com/user/UncleMuncher#p/u/133/fMztWCnLwZs

 

[ronhic]

They were...

....sold here under a different name which escapes me right at this point in time...

 

[vacbear58]

Could it be Parnall

As they were named when origionally produced in Uk? I have seen pictures of Parnall cookers in Aus, which we did not have here. Parnall was part of the Radiation group for which Jackson was the brand of electric cooker
Al

 

[ozhoover]

Chris...

They where sold under the brand name New World, if I remember correctly ...

Cheers
Mark

 

[vacbear58]

Makes Sense

New World was Radiation's gas appliance brand here in the UK - just cookers of course. The name contunies here, I am guessing as one of the Stoves brands
Al

 

[rapunzel]

OMG, it's the Freak!

Used to love that show, watched it all the time. So melodramatic.

He used to give me roses
I wish he could again
But that was on the outside
and things were different then

Boohoo, still makes me ball my eyes out.

rapunzel

 

[ronhic]

Well done Mark...

....I sat there for 10 minutes trying to remember with no luck...

...and I am sure we had New World dishwashers too...they used to vent into the kitchen on the left hand side and had a chrome 'lever' to lock the door with similar to American machines....

 

[brisnat81]

We had that exact same dryer when I was growing up. Its branded New World. 3kg capacity.

It needed one belt in 25 years and then when my Grandmother died, we got her 5kg Hoover dryer instead. We gave it away to a friend of mums.

 

[aussie-plugs]

It's a New World, alright

You're on the money, Chris.

My mum's first dryer was a grey New World, circa 1965/67. We had a drying cabinet before then.

And a friend's family had the dishwasher you described too, around 1976, although I don't know how old it was at the time.

Nick

 

[ronhic]

Nick....

1976 is about right.

One of our closest family friends had their house extended and an Olive green version installed. The control dial was on the Right hand side. From memory they presented as 'squared off' at the front of the dial and round at the rear...

Inside the dishwasher had a central 'tower' so the upper basket had no tube in it which meant the lower rack was a 'U' shape....

Was still going when they sold the house 5yrs ago...

 

[aquarius1984]

so they were made in Oz?

Or were they made over here in the UK?

The Creda factory is 20 minutes from where I live well what is left of it. Empty shell now with no manufacturing activity.

 

[aquarius1984]

Blythe Bridge

 

[aquarius1984]

It was all so visible from the entrance gate. Would of been a marvellous place when it was functional im sure.

 

[aussie-plugs]

Square-Round Knobs

Chris,

Funny you should mention that ... it was going through my head on the way home that the control knob was an "interesting" shape, being squared at one end and round at the other. I never got to see inside the machine though.

Robert,

I have no idea where they were made. My guess would be imported though, as dryers were only just starting to become popular and I don't think Hoover or Simpson had started manufacturing them here yet. I'm sure somebody else would know for sure though.

 

[ronhic]

It wouldn't...

...surprise me if they were made by Cylinda/ASEA originally...given the interior set up....

 

[gizmo]

New World

the dryer was made in UK, we had one when I was a kid. The dryer was badged as a New World but the instruction book was for a Jackson. The instructions also had a TI logo in a circle on the cover, don't know what that means.

It was a great little dryer.

There was a similar, larger one too, and an automatic (sensor)one with a silver front "dashboard". My school had one of those.

The New World dishwashers were made in Sweden by Asko. For a while they were quite sought after as a used machine (up till the 1990s) because they were quiet and had a good reputation. as a former Trading Post tragic (pre-internet) I remember that a New World dishwasher was worth a premium over Simpson or Dishlex, despite the New World having disappeared by then.

 

[ronhic]

And completely understandable why you would want one over Simpson especially

 

[supersuds]

TI

TI in a circle would have represented Tube Investments, the company that owned Creda until 1987.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI_Group

 

[aussie-plugs]

Don't bag all the Simpsons ...

I bought a German made Simpson in 1979/1980 and it was still running in 2000. I still maintain it was the best machine ever. It stacked easily and held heaps. It washed very well, although it was a bit noisy. (Nothing installing some rubber-backed carpet between the door lining and the door cover, as well as behind the kick plate didn't fix).

Simple, single-dial control did the job. I'd love to know who made them so I could check out their 2010 offering. I really haven't had as good a machine since (Blanco and, yes, an Asko. My Asko gripe is the glasses slide along the rack bars when you pull out the top rack too quickly. Never happened in the Simpson ...)

The later models, made where (Oz?) were indeed terrible. Loud, badly designed rubbish.

Nick

 

[brisnat81]

Hi Nick,

Those early Simpson DW's were Bosch.

We still have michaels mums, which has never been used. The door seals and pump seals have badly perished nowadays, and it all got to hard trying to find replacements. She never trusted it, so it sat there for 30 years until she got ours.

The Plastic tub was unusual for Australia, choice rated them as a good performer but dangerous as they had a tendancy to tip forward with both racks fully loaded and extended. The User manual specifically states not to fully extend both at the same time or it will over balance.

 

[gizmo]

German Simpson DW

We had one of those German-made Simpson dishwashers. Ours was the single dial version too, but there was a twin dial version too. (cycle selector on one, timer on the other.) Silver dashboard with orange pilot light.

Nathan - are you sure they were Bosch? Ours had a sticker on it, inside the door from memory, saying "made for Simpson by (XYZ) in Germany, and it was a brand I don't remember but I don't think it was Bosch. It had more letters in the name, and I think it began with K, or had a K in it. Could it have been Bauknecht?

It was a very good machine, but noisy, and yes it was easy to tip over by pulling two racks out. Ours was mobile, on castors and with a sink tap attachment, and a cavity at the back to store the hoses. It finally died from regularly flooding due to a pressure switch fault.

Chris.

 

[brisnat81]

About 5 years ago, I went through trying to find the door and pump seals to bring it back to life, as it fits her 70's style kitchen perfectly. I had 3 different repair agencies tell me it was by bosch. We're up there today, I'll try and get to it and crack the door open and see.

Funny you should mention the flooding, that was partially why she never used it. The Builder that built the house lived in it for 6 months whilst it was completed and told her that they'd had issues with it randomly overfilling. So when they moved in, she turned the inlet tap off and there it sat idle.

 

[aussie-plugs]

How those memories flood back ...

... but not in a bad way.

Chris: I remember the silver two-dial model. Family friends had that in the early 70s. Mine was the later model with the brown fascia. Dial on the right, orange pilot light and power button on the left of the door handle. Well, door "pull", actually. There was no handle, lever, latch as such ... you just pulled with even pressure and the door popped open. Mine was stainless steel too, so perhaps the plastic interior mentioned was the earlier dual-dial model.

Mine started life as a mobile model and it tipped over just as Nathan mentioned. Once it was built in later on, it was fine. In fact we moved it to three different houses, I was so attached to it.

Regarding flooding, it never happened. In fact, I remember reading in the manual that it was flood proof. This suggests they did have problems with earlier models and therefore redesigned this one. The trick was a second water pressure switch set for a higher level. If this higher level was reached, the unit started to drain. (Single, reversible motor). How do I know? I just had to try it out, like any appliance nut would! Once filled and washing, open the door, add a jug of water, close the door ... wash ... open the door, add a jug of water ... wash ... open the door, add a jug of water ... bingo and drain!

Of course if the hose splits ...

Nick