English Electric Dryer...

[seamusuk]

Hey Guys

This is currently waiting to meet its maker as it were- It has a fair bit of rust so isnt really practical to save .

Interesting thing to see tho, the drum is tiny!!!

Seamus

 

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[askomiele]

My grandparents had such a dryer. A good machine. And 3 temp setting, rare to find around here. But they sold it 5 years ago. Because it was to noisy...

 

[matchboxpaul]

It would be a real shame to let it go.

English Electric Tumble Heat from the late 60's very early 70's (although the basic design has a history much older than that!).

Matching washing machine was the Reversomatic de luxe 474.

Both these machines were of the last series sold by GEC, alongside the Hotpoint 1504 top loader and 1600 front loader and Morphy Richards spin dryers.

Rather a weird machine as it appears that it could be stacked upside down on top of the washer.

You want to see if Mike King wants the machine (if not simply for parts) as, although I may be wrong, I am pretty sure this machine and the Hoover 3020 Tumble Dryer (Hoover's first tumble dryer) are essentially one and the same machine.

My usual excuse - if I had a garage, I'd take it on myself. But as I don't I cant! Damn. Come on someone - quite a heritage dryer - the final independent dryer before the abandonment of the 'proper' English Electric brand and the introduction of the purple Hotpoint Liberators. Surely it is deserving.

Fingers Crossed.
Paul

 

[seamusuk]

Hmmm

Maybe I need to have a rethink.......

Seamus

 

[matchboxpaul]

Hi Seamus.

Wouldn't want to be spinning you a yarn, but I think I am fairly accurate (what i've mentioned before and what is written below).

This was one of the final series of machines sold by GEC in its mixed brand range, itself having gone shopping and added many other manufacturers and brands to its bulging portfolio.

The previous images came from a GEC appliance brochure (not my own copy but pages e-mailed to me) from the 1971/72 period, which contained English Electric, Hotpoint and Morphy Richards machines.
Over the following year or so GEC settled upon the Hotpoint brand for white goods and introduced the puple Liberator washers, dryers, dishwashers and round door grab fridges and freezers as part of a comprehensive new range and rebranding exercise.

Its heritage is discernable from the original English Electric Liberator dryer(left) and the copied nature of Mike King's superb Hoover 3020 is pretty obvious (right).

Also read somewhere that the door was reversible - would make sense if it were stacked upside down on top of the matching washer.

If anything is wrong in the info guys, please correct me - I am on a learning curve with this one.

Cheers
Paul