Hotpoint UK circa 1963 brochure & other pics

[matchboxpaul]

Hi all.

I recently managed to acquire a copy of what I think is the 1963 brochure for Hotpoint's offerings.

It really is a superb brochure, full of information, diagrams and wonderful photographs of their machines.

Have also come into possession of some wonderful photographs of Hotpoints offerings, made to the UK's public via the pages of the KAYS Catalogue Company.

Happy viewing...

 

[matchboxpaul]

Hotpoints 1st automatic, in the form of the Model 1500 'AUTOMATIC' - the machine that started off 30 odd years of Hotpoint toploader production...

 

[matchboxpaul]

Learnt something new, when reading all the info on this machine.
I never knew that the 1500 spun at 850rpm - always assumed that they spun at 1050rpm, like all the other subsequent models did.

Had always wondered what the difference was between the 1500 and its visually identical replacement, in the form of the 1501.
Maybe it was the 1501 that ushered in the 1050rpm spin?

 

[matchboxpaul]

The Hotpoint 1420 Supermatic...

 

[matchboxpaul]

Again something learnt - the 1420 appears to have been equipped with the Empress/Countess agitator and NOT the spiralator!

 

[matchboxpaul]

The Countess and Empress...

 

[matchboxpaul]

the info...

 

[matchboxpaul]

The spinner and wringerless Countess.

Note how the lady has her hand strategically placed over the capped off hole, where the wringer would normally be slotted (I assume it was capped off)...

 

[matchboxpaul]

info...

 

[matchboxpaul]

Sure to create some debate...

The arguments for and against the various washing methods...

 

[matchboxpaul]

Having a pop...

...at the other manufacturers!

Wonder who they are????

 

[matchboxpaul]

The Hotpoint 'no tangle' action...

 

[matchboxpaul]

Clearly specifies the 1420 as having the same agitator as the Countess and Empress.

Seems that the first spiralator-ed was model 1450 and not the 1420 - unless it was replaced part way through the production run?

 

[matchboxpaul]

Some superb cutaway drawings...

 

[matchboxpaul]

When things go wrong....

Hotpoint Service

 

[matchboxpaul]

Back cover...

 

[matchboxpaul]

Better pic of the 1500 cutaway drawing...

 

[matchboxpaul]

Likewise, with the 1420 Supermatic...

 

[bajaespuma]

Frothing, indeed.

Speaking for all of the Yanks that treasure Hotpoints:

 

When an Englishman scans and posts vintage brochures, especially ones as beautiful as these, the gates of New Jerusalem swing wide open to honor and to welcome as Leontine a soul as yours. 79 virgins are also waiting for you in an alternate reality.

 

Much obliged.