One of my UK mysteries solved!!!!

[matchboxpaul]

Some of you may remember that I flagged up two machines from my childhood that I was trying to identify and would love to see again.

One of them was a widebody Hoover Automatic from the late 1960's, which was a cross between a 3221H Automatic and 3236H Automatic de luxe. No luck here yet and I am willing to let this one lie. The consensus of opinion is that it may have been a concoction of parts from the 3221H Automatic, 3223H Keymatic and Matchbox 3236H.

But I have had success with the second machine!

I have just got back from a few days spent with a fellow washer and dryer enthusiast/collector in Cardiff - not yet a member of the site, but that might change soon. Hint, hint MT!

Anyway had a fantastic time seeing and helping to move some of his collection and witness the operation of two of his machines - an A3060 and a 3224 Keymatic!

I had either mentioned my second mystery machine to him directly, or he read it here, and on the Wednesday just gone I laid my eyes on a picture of that very machine for the first time in probably twenty five years.

I only saw one once and I was very young, being dragged round Accrington town centre by my mum. Sat outside, I think it was Currys, fully plumbed in and working was this machine - a Creda. But no ordinary Creda. It was from the black facia, silver door surround series that replaced the square door Creda's of the mid to late 1970's. However this machine was different.

My only memories of it were that it had a small white programmer dial and had digital displays on the facia.

A few months later I bought a set of Which magazines and in the listings was a machine which was probably it, but there was no picture only descriptions of what it did.

MT let me know about a month or so ago that he had a book with a piccy of it in and I have waited, anticipation rising, until last Wednesday to see it.

May I present one of my own (after the highly successful solution of the Philips conundrum in the other thread) mystery solved machines.....

the CREDA 12000 Microelectronic De Luxe.

Cheers for your help MT.
Paul
p.s has anyone had any experience of the black faciad Creda's or Creda's generally. Be great to hear some history of the brand. I feel another spreadsheet coming on.

 

[aquarius1984]

Bugger Me!

Paul, good to see you found your mystery machine. Now I have seen it I know what you were on about. This machine had a picture in a text book I know of. Didnt put 2 and 2 together at the time or I might of been able to put you out your misery sooner. I got your email, im not being ignorant just no time yet to reply as such. Cant get near the pc these days with parents wanting to book holidays. My phone is great for posting here but not for mail. Fantastic spreadsheets! I was thinking, we really do need to go down, well me down and you up to Blythe Bridge and see if we can get something out of them. Has to be something there. Lets arrange something! Rob

 

[platinum6]

Wow!

That is one awesome Creda! I've never seen this model in my life until now!

I dread to think how many exist today lol

Still, it looks great, I'd like to know more about this model and maybe some of the others in the range.

I also love to see one in real life and working too!

 

[newwave1]

That creda is awesome. it looks like it could be related to the servis quartz of the time too. it uses the same font on the microelectronic 1000 lettering too!

My neighbour had an electronic creda. Damn they were some of my best laundry days, i used to hang round their on weekends n stuff n she'd let me do laundry! Was amazing!

Darren

 

[robm]

Creda, a great make that went too soon

Hi Paul

Thanks for the great pic, I must confess I have never seen that model before.

As I said before ages ago Creda was one of my favorite makes when I was growing up. I absolutely loved the square door Creda.

I think in many ways they were quite innovative. The Super de luxe had a special rhythm spin unheard of at the time. I seem to remember it sounded like a jet engine taking off when it went into spin. Alas Creda seemed to fade and was merged with Hotpoint by the 90s (correct me if I'm wrong).

An old friend of mine had the chrome door, black fascia type in 1990. It had a basic dial (like a Hoover) and 2 buttons I believe. Alas I never saw it work and do not know what happened to it. I think he still had it in 95 but we lost touch.

Rob

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[matchboxpaul]

How do Rob

Yep - this model seems to have been a very rare machine, which is why I was so shocked that such an excellent picture existed of it in a hardbacked book.

I can't remember the books title, but it was in a chapter on Microelectronics and also featured a Creda cooker with 'microelectronic control'! The machine is dated 1981.

The only Creda's I ever saw in houses were my Aunts 400 dryer, my 275 compact and the neighbours square door super electronic de luxe.

Images of the black facias seem to be very rare. The only other image I have is a poor scan from a which magazine of the model 11700, which was the first black facia machine and replaced the square doors.

Cheers for posting the brochure piccy above - the square doors did look superb.

Paul

 

[robm]

Hi Paul

This is not the best pic in the world. But this was in an old Kitchen designer book.

 

[robm]

This is also the Electra version with a different coloured fascia.

Rob

 

[matchboxpaul]

Cheers for the piccies Rob. I dont know what it was about this series of machines but images of them just seem to be rare.
I dont even remember having a leaflet for one when they were being sold in the shops.

Washing machine wise I kno of the 10700 and 10800, plus the top of the range 12000.
Dryer wise there was, at the very least, the vented door machine with lots of holes where the glass SHOULD be! Dont know the model number of this one.
There was the 37405 Reversair, which had a glass porthole and also the 37406 Sensamatic.

I think the dryer in your first pic was the 37405 as it has a glass door and only one lines worth of name under the buttons.
The 37406 had two lines worth of words.

Never ever saw one of these machines when I went to the tips when I was a kid - they just seem to be rare.
Although Tim Hunkin found either a 10700 or 10800, as there is one on the bottom row of his pyramid.

Paul