Gala GM 60
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hotpointfan
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Chris
Nope, its a Meriloni machine, common in the UK as Servis.
Nope, its a Meriloni machine, common in the UK as Servis.
liberator1509
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Malta
That is a Merloni, rebadged for an importer in Malta - Frank Borda Ltd. AEI exported UK Hotpoint machines as AEI Gala to a number of markets including Malta - presumably Borda was the importer. The Gala name has been kept in use there for machines sourced from other manufacturers.
That is a Merloni, rebadged for an importer in Malta - Frank Borda Ltd. AEI exported UK Hotpoint machines as AEI Gala to a number of markets including Malta - presumably Borda was the importer. The Gala name has been kept in use there for machines sourced from other manufacturers.
liberator1509
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Yes the current machines are Vestel, but must have been sourced from Merloni at some point. The Gala brand did not however belong to Merloni - originally it was used by AEI Hotpoint (now of course owned by Indesit) for export models as AEI Hotpoint did not have rights to use the Hotpoint brand outside of the UK until the 1970s - so one finds Hotpoint of the 50s to 70s sold as BTH, GALA, English Electric etc overseas. Hotpoint sometimes used the Gala and EE brands for certain in-store specials in the UK after this point, but only very occasionally.
It seems that in Malta, the importer has kept a brand ownership arrangement for the Gala name and of course could have sourced the machines from anywhere - Merloni being an obvious choice until they closed. I wonder if we have any members from Malta who know more about this importer? Maybe someone has an older AEI model?
Yes the current machines are Vestel, but must have been sourced from Merloni at some point. The Gala brand did not however belong to Merloni - originally it was used by AEI Hotpoint (now of course owned by Indesit) for export models as AEI Hotpoint did not have rights to use the Hotpoint brand outside of the UK until the 1970s - so one finds Hotpoint of the 50s to 70s sold as BTH, GALA, English Electric etc overseas. Hotpoint sometimes used the Gala and EE brands for certain in-store specials in the UK after this point, but only very occasionally.
It seems that in Malta, the importer has kept a brand ownership arrangement for the Gala name and of course could have sourced the machines from anywhere - Merloni being an obvious choice until they closed. I wonder if we have any members from Malta who know more about this importer? Maybe someone has an older AEI model?
liberator1509
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Merloni closed down?
A tale of two companies -Antonio Merloni produced machines for third-party rebranding in various markets (in the UK as Servis, Proline, Diplomat etc), required a government bailout in 2010, and was sold in 2011, with only some activities being continued. Not to be confused with Merloni Elettrodomestici (now the Indesit Company) - both companies being owned at some stage by different members of the Merloni family!
A tale of two companies -Antonio Merloni produced machines for third-party rebranding in various markets (in the UK as Servis, Proline, Diplomat etc), required a government bailout in 2010, and was sold in 2011, with only some activities being continued. Not to be confused with Merloni Elettrodomestici (now the Indesit Company) - both companies being owned at some stage by different members of the Merloni family!
hoovermatic
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Servis Rainwave
I had a Rainwave in a rental property in Bedford in the 1990's that looked very similar to this, especially the drum. It was a good machine except that the profile of the baffles was so low that it wouldn't turn over a load on the wool programme. In order to get it to tumble you had to put the clothes in having wet them in the sink!
I had a Rainwave in a rental property in Bedford in the 1990's that looked very similar to this, especially the drum. It was a good machine except that the profile of the baffles was so low that it wouldn't turn over a load on the wool programme. In order to get it to tumble you had to put the clothes in having wet them in the sink!
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