How do again, Liam.
The 95450/452 - grew up with one of each.
My god mum had a 95450, which she ran into the ground washing her and her 4 daughters clothes. My dad repaired it many times and I think it saw about 8 to 10 years use, but was a visual disaster by the end.
It lived with the matching dryer stacked on top for about 5 years until the dryer was 'grounded'.
My parents had a 95452 which went from 1986ish through to 2006ish, and gave up just before I started collecting. Had it lasted another year or two, then it would still be around.
A fantastic machine, which lead a much more gentle life than my god mums machine and had about three repairs on it in its whole life.
It had a new motor, after my mum overloaded it with a coat full of padding. The coat just absorbed all the water the machine could throw at it and, in the end, became so heavy that the motor couldnt turn it and gave in with a BIG bang.
New motor installed, all it had after that was two or three pairs of new brushes.
It was disposed of in immaculate condition apart from the obligatory chipped door release. It had side strips fully intact and there was not a trace of rust anywhere. Also having been cleaned on the outside regularly it shone.
Hopefully it will have been shredded as I'd hate for it to be sat in landfill getting compressed or having houses built on top of it.
just fond memories.
paul
