Hi, RobM!
What a lovely machine!
My late maternal grandmother had one from 1980 or so, and I distinctly remember the lovely dial and the button.
A machine like this is the only other washing machine I remember from my childhood apart from our Hotpoint Microtronic L.E.
I am so looking forward to seeing this in operation, Rob – they had a lovely sound to them!
My grandmother’s machine went on from circa 1980 to 1992 – and I picked the replacement, which was, naturally, a Zanussi Jetsystem. That carried well on after she died in 2000 – and it may even still be going, but I will have to ask my cousin that, who took on the machine after my grandmother died.
I remember this machine running, and it was incredibly quiet and had a lovely sound to it.
I also seem to remember it being able to spin at maximum speed, or thereabouts, from a standing start. Am I correct, or am I dreaming? hehe
On my Nan’s, I don’t think the spin speed was particularly high, but it would suddenly – and very calmly, without jumping – start to spin.
I even have some documentation for the older Zanussi in one of the drawers. I took all of the paperwork from my grandmother’s home after she died, which included some Kenwood Chef papers, too – a price list from 1978! But, anyway, I have some Zanussi bits here and will try to get them out very soon.
Nan often kept her paperwork, and I would go through it every so often when she was alive, so I know she bought her older Zanussi in 1980 because I saw the receipt!
It was purchased from Rumbelows, I believe – her sister-in-law worked there and also still does work in electrical retail to this day but in a small, independent shop!
Anyway, very nice to see this machine.
All the best,
Carl
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