English Electric Liberator (pair)

[keymatic]

Hi Paul,

I had a look at that brochure with the stacked washer/dryer by English Electric and the dryer was a model 4604F.

Hope this helps.
Keith

 

[askomiele]

Can someone point my out how the soap 'port'hole works? I still figured out how it could come handy?

My granny had a Englisch Electric dryer with a vent at the front, rather strange dryer but good and fast!

 

[chestermikeuk]

Soap Porthole.....

Its a large screw cap which is in the middle of the glass door, one simply unscrews it and you can add soap powder into the wash until the required amount of suds was reached...

 

[brummybear]

Smooth

On the tumble wash the leavers were Blue the left one was fore pump out and the right for spin. They moved smoothly with out a clunk.

 

[atomic57]

Liberators

Wow your liberators are gorgeous! Those are my dream machines! I bet lots of people have asked but if you are ever interested in selling them, don't hesitate to contact me.

 

[hoovermatic]

This was the very first automatic washer I ever encountered and I remember it to this day - I don't think I really knew what it was but having never seen one I went straight up to it at a neighbours house and started fiddling with the dials, only to be shouted at by my mother for interfering. The lady of the house said I could play with the revolving programme guide thingy but not to touch the round dial, which I did, with relish. Never saw it again until I came on this site and having just read the last few postings I now know what the screw cap on the porthole was for!!

 

[keymatic]

Hi Atomic...
Thanks for your compliment, they are nice machines, came from a Lady Dashwood in London, a friend of mine gave them to me, he use to service them, and finally got the pair when they decided to upgrade.
Regards
Keith

 

[grahamperrin]

1964 advertisement – Tumble-Wash Mark II, Automatic Mark II

Kingston Gleaner, Friday, November 27, 1964, Page 19

£95 for the English Electric Liberator Tumble-Wash Mark II – 

> The amazing one-tub machine that heats the water, washes the clothes really clean, rinses thoroughly in clear running water, spins damp-dry, then switches off automatically. Just set the controls – the Liberator Tumble-Wash does the rest for you!

– the rest, except mop up. it was a second floor flat floodtastic nightmare for my neighbours on the first floor. But fun.

125 for the Automatic Mark II.

http://newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner/1964-11-27/page-19

 

[keymatic]

FYI - Guys,

I have loaded some leaflets/brochures on ebay one of which is a MK1 English Electric instruction manual. I have had a sort through my collection of literature and getting rid of the duplicates.

Cheers
Keith

 

[atomict]

REPLY #22?? UFO?

What is on the bottom of the picture? It looks like the same color..... Is it attached to the unit?

 

[vacbear58]

UFO

Its the top half of a portable electric heater, what we would call and electric fire, and no ot is nothing to do with the machine even if it is the same colour

Al

 

[atomict]

UFO identified!!

You can see how I thought that right?  I was just wondering.  Was it made in Roswell?

 

[vacbear58]

UFO

Well its easy for me to recognise as its something I have been familiar with all my life, although this type of heater is almost extinct now.

The picture below shows an example of one - something I have been familiar with all my life as both my parents and grandparents had one of these - the Princess Model in gold with two elements. The heat comes from an insulated rod tightly wound with wire - commonly known as a "bar" with a "realistic" flickering coal or log effect

Al