Few more new small appliances for the collection.

[aquarius1984]

Starting with this GE Iron, it appears to be American being 110V and having an american plug on it.

Seems that whoever used it last was able to use it in europe with a converter. Thing is im not sure that anywhere in Europe is still 110V. Can anyone enlighten me?

 

[aquarius1984]

Light and Easy

 

[aquarius1984]

Soleplate

 

[aquarius1984]

On the same topic as American appliances,

This I found in a 2nd hand shop and I now know why its MIB never been used.

Sold in the UK through Handy Jacks, the diy stores (who remembers those!?) I can imagine customers dissapointment when they found out this wouldnt work due to it only running on 110V. This one must have slipped the refund process and sat in someones cupboard for years.

Food sealer,

 

[aquarius1984]

Dazey sealer

 

[aquarius1984]

Never used with package of wrap to start you off

 

[aquarius1984]

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[aquarius1984]

Onto a mixer or two

Philips mixer,

 

[aquarius1984]

Philips

 

[aquarius1984]

Kenwood Chefette,

This one I have never seen before. Perhaps a Currys special with the blue speed control and beater ejectors.

The age of it has a couple of us stumped. Brown certainly suggests late 70's early 80s but the blue seems to be a late 80s colour imo.

has anyone seen this one before?

 

[aquarius1984]

Kenwood

 

[aquarius1984]

Cool white

 

[hoover1100]

That identical Philips mixer

Minus the stand and bowl, is currently sitting in my Grandad's kitchen cupboard.

My gran bought it 2nd hand off a woman she worked with sometime in the 70s

Nice

Matt

 

[lavamat_jon]

Rob - that's my mums Kenwood! Was bought for her as a wedding present so would date around July 1980 (if I've remembered my mums anniversary right! lol)

Jon

 

[foraloysius]

That Philips looks a bit yellowed but it sure is a classic, at least overhere in the Netherlands. I think that must be Philips' most produced handmixer (or standmixer, the mixer is the same). I see only beaters, originally it came with doughhooks too.

 

[aquarius1984]

You cant jst pop out for 1 hour

without finding something it seems this weekend.

Quick trip to ASDA and thought I might as well pop my head into the junk shop.

Low and behold an Iron I have been after for some time. One to match the Hotpoint 18361 and matching dryer.

Morphy Richards 42280. Date coded it using Hotpoints date code table as being December 1983 which seems right so perhaps Morphy Richards appliances fit into this too.

Dare not plug it in just yet. Perhaps after a good descale and clean up.

 

[aquarius1984]

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[aquarius1984]

British?

 

[aquarius1984]

Right old minger but im sure it will polish up

 

[aquarius1984]

Ratings plate

 

[aquarius1984]

Jon,

thanks for the info. We thought around 1980 but as I said the blue threw me. Least we got it confirmed.

Last week I found the box my Mums Moulinex mixer belongs to along with a new unused stand, blender goblet and blender convertor. No mixer or beaters sadly so Il have to wait until Mum has a new one or decides to part with it. Shes had it since Sept 1982 as a wedding present. Despite being used often it still looks new!

Matt and Louis, I love the styling, would this perhaps be a 1960s model? I have yet to use it or even plug it in, I dont think I will use it but it makes a great decoration piece for sure.

 

[petek]

I'm guessing that GE Light'n Easy iron to be 80's at least up to 83 when the sold off to Black and Decker. I see them now and again in the thrift stores. The Dazey Seal a Meal is a little earlier into the 70's but they were on the market for quite a long time throught the 60's 70's and possibly the 80's. Philips and Food-saver brought out better models by then.

Love the Chefette, very mod styling

 

[foraloysius]

I think that Philips is a late 60's, perhaps an early 70's model. Not early 60's, there were other models before this one. Philips launched it's first handmixer in 1959, the first model had only one speed.

 

[mielabor]

A Philips mixer from the early '60s...

I recently inherited this from my mother. I still know the store where she bought it.

 

[foraloysius]

Theo

That is the mixer that Philips introduced in 1959. I have two of those, both with a grey top. My mother had one, also grey. My grandmother had one with a green top. Yours is totally original, including the original plug and the wisks with the small round things that are supposed to cover the holes of the mixer.

 

[mielabor]

I have used it many times as a small boy for whipping cream and making cakes . I also have the recipe booklet that came with it. Unfortunately my mother discarded the original box several years ago to make more room in her kitchen cabinet.

My mother regretted that she didn't have dough hooks, but I wonder if they were available for this mixer.

What I find remarkable about this mixer is the fact that the cord is still so soft and flexible and not sweating plasticizer.

 

[foraloysius]

This model didn't come with doughhooks. I don't think the motor would be able to handle dough. There is only one speed and it is too fast for handling dough I think. You need a slow speed for it with a hand mixer.

Your cord is in better condition than many others I have seen. Apparently your mother took very good care of this mixer.

My grandmother kept hers also in the original box. IIRC it was red and black with drawings on it. She discarded it when the mixer broke down. She then bought a new mixer, a Philips again I think, or perhaps a Ruton. It was the next model after the model Rob here found.

 

[vacbear58]

Fanny Cradock Invites

Every time i see this Philips mixers I am reminded of the harridan of 1950s & 1960s British cooking - Fanny Cradock, as it seemed that in all her programmes she used this model mixer, as you can see from the link below, about 1.20 in.

This clip is from a programme is from 1970 - it was familiar to me as it was re-shown in 1986 as part of the BBC 50th Anniversary (television) and I recorded it then, although it has again been repeated in the last couple of years. If you have time watch the rest of the clips as she walks around describing her new kitchen (Hygena in their hayday before the brand was bastardised by MFI) - the recipies are not bad either!

Al