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and before reaching the Mk303S, is the other missing Compact in the form of the Mk303.

Great find again Craig - photos and videos - photos and videos:-)

Paul
p.s Mk303 image and info, courtesy of Mike's Good Housekeeping magazine collection.

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p.p.s below is the dryer you will now of course be looking out for Craig! If I see another Mk203 on my trawls, I will give you a nudge...

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Yes, Servis were very well made machines in those days. It reminds me a bit of the mid '70s AEG front loaders. I had one of those EAGs in my shed for some years, just needing an internal hose, which was obsolete. Sadly it ended up going for scrap metal.
 
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Paul

It was situated in a 2nd floor flat that looked like it had been converted from a large house some time back, old fashioned but clean. I only wished that i had taken my camera with me so you could have seen the room that it was in. I never got to see the person it belonged to because the landlord let us in to connect up the new washer & to take away the Servis.

Thank you for the wonderful Servis pictures & yes a matching Dryer would just finish it off.

Been busy all day touching up the paint work on this beauty. Picture of Fabric Conditioner section, can't believe just how quiet it is when filling up.

Craig

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well done

Craig,

thats another great british workhorse there, and great you have so easliy got it working gain. That photo with the wash load still plastered round the enamelled drum, great, I bet you were impressed with how dry it spun them too, enjoy many loads to come.

Mathew
 
Hi Craig.

I really am so very pleased that you have managed to save the 303S. Still can't quite believe it and keep turning on my computer to just do a quick double check :-)

They are, how can I put it, ....erm.... cute? They really do appeal to me and stir memories of my childhood.

My Aunty Madge and Uncle Arnold owned a Mk72, which did good service through till circa 1986, when it was replaced by a 6030 Quartz Plus.

As mentioned previously, another Aunt and Uncle (Margaret & Ed) owned a Mk300 and its matching Supa-Dry Mk200.
They moved to a new house circa 1984 which had a purple kitchen and, with the old Mk300 beginning to look a tad tatty, Uncle Ed repainted it purple to match the units. Of course we all go 'noooooooooooooooo' now, but its coat of purple paint enabled it to survive a bit longer until the kitchen refit occurred and it was replaced by a Hotpoint 95450.

It was then a long wait till 2007, before I saw another in the form of Mike's superb Mk72.

There was never a Mk303 in my family and your Mk303S is the very first image of that particular variant that I have ever seen.

Has helped bring a smile to my face, after what has turned out to be a complicated weekend.
Anyways - roll on some more photos and will keep an eye on Youtube to await the videos. Cannot wait!

Let us know how things progress.
Paul
 
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Keith thank you i just adore all the old photo literature & what a water hungry washer it is & Mathew for a 850rpm spin machine i can't get over just how well spun the items feel & yes that picture of the cotton wash load stuck to the sides of the drum is a classic.

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Corr Blimey!

Hi Keith.

Thanks for posting the page on the Mk200 and Mk300 Compacts. Is that an advert or is it ....... a BROCHURE??????

Being hellishly cheeky as always, if the latter - any chance of seeing the other pages?

Craig saves a Mk303S and you Keith post, I think, only the third photo/image I have ever seen of a Mk300.
I am pretty sure that the Mk300 appears in a small black and white photo in a Which report, but the only colour image I have seen previously has been from a Servis history leaflet of Mike's.
Memories fade, but seeing a photo of the Mk300 has seen them all come flooding back.

What great little machines Servis produced.
Paul
p.s staying with the brand, do you have an image of the Servis Mk302 Continental at all in your archives? This is one model that really intrigues - as the black sheep of the Servis family, to the best of my knowledge, no one has ever come forward with an image of one.
It was on sale as the budget end machine, to the Mk300's middle of the range and Mk301 Selectronic's top of the range.
 
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Paul i have uploaded one video onto Youtube please excuse the shaking camera work i was & i am still excited about this Washer. I have just recorded a second video this time the camera is positioned on a chair in front of the machine, hope you enjoy it.
 
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Great machine Craig, such a sturdy compact devil for a full sized load, motor sound great, check the sump isnt blocked or hose connection, it seems slow clearing the water, it should have cleared all the water before it starts spinning, you can hear the water is still in the tub as its into a minute+ of spinning!!

My Aunt Ellen had the first Servis MK72 compact with matching dryer, dryer was in the garage, then it was swapped for a Servis compact 303 with door latch and then later a Quartz 6033.

The white timeline indicator on the fast spin position? has that been added on or is it printed on the brown fascia - never seen that before!! the dispenser is pristine and yes very quiet on fill.

All these quirky little differences, its deffo a special one!!
 
Hi Paul,
Glad you enjoyed it, It is a brochure that managed to salvage from school. There were two Home Ec room's, Mrs Jenkins had a filing cabinet that i decided to raid oneday, and found quite a lot of old literature, I think this was a machine that was being looked at for the school when they were looking to change from the Servis Supertwin's mk42's (x2), not sure if they ever got the MK200 as by the time i got there they were onto AEG Lavamat's 971's i think.
Here is the front page, i will try and get the inner pages scanned as soon as :)
Keith

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Hi Keith.

Thanks for scanning the front cover and cannot wait for the inside pages.
A majorly lucky find at school for sure and thank goodness that you did find it!

I will have to print a copy off and casually leave it lying around on the table, at my Aunty Margaret's. See what the reaction is:-)

Thanks again and will be on teneter hooks for the inside pages, especially as I have just been informed that I will be internetless in Derby from tomorrow! Nice to get half an hours notice! :-(

Paul
 
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Well done Keith for finding this rare advertising, hadnt seen that one and with the emphasis on the thick vitreous enamel drum and outer tub holding the heat in in, makes sense when you think about it - my aunt also filled on number 1 and then turned to 5 for a quicker wash if the tea towels where lightly soiled.

Yes the elusive euro servis, I think it had a dispenser shaped like the Selectronic, with the full bar across the front for the handle!!
 

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