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A really smart looking machine, that could find its way into my parents kitchen one day (unless we acquire an almond/natural linen hotpoint). They wont entertain a black, grey or silver washing machine and weren't that impressed at the thought ow a white machine, when they came to replace the almond 95452.

Now that Hotpoint have discontinued Natural linen, I think they will face a bit of a problem when the WF740 gives up the ghost...

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and next to an earlier Hoover product, from the previous decade.

The ecologic is 1992, whilst the electron is 1986...

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So thanks to Mathew too, for collecting and delivering the dryer to us, and for the massive visual improvement that you were able to give the ecologic.

Whilst Mathew was oop north we invaded Chester, where some surgery was performed on a Hoover Keymatic!
Pics to come shortly.

Cheers again to Gary and Mathew.
Regards
Paul & Rob
 
Crikey

Im amazed at the pictures, not had a look at them this week with all thats going on at work.

It just looks fab.
To think they were made just 20 miles away , the factory in Blythe Bridge is tucked well away from the main road, you just wouldnt believe such a tidy quiet place could harbour the workings of a domestic appliance factory.

Goes to show how much pride everyone had and the focus on quality all those years ago.

Thanks again guys, its so mice to be able to have this in the collection. Sorts out the problems of not having a matching dryer to any particular machine in a way,

Cheers Mathew and Gary!

R
 
Creda Dryer

Hey Paul

It is no problem i am glad that you like it, I am only too glad to be able to bring odd bits to this group, it gives me great satisfaction. and also the fact that you Paul are very organised in such a way that you can accomodate these machines

In the past i have at times had a chrisis of conscience over bits that have come in, but i dont wanna talk about that

And Mathew is the star engineer who got it working, i nipped off to get some pasties and tea, when i got back there it was cover off and Mathew stood by it grinning, he then pointed to the offending push on connector.......i nearly fell over with the shock, i thought it would be something serious........

Now as for the Electra dryer............:-)

A3008 :-)

One little question whats the dryer with a chrome door next to the creda dryer?
 
Hi Paul.
Nice Creda driers and an old Ariston washer I see there.
I miss those square door Hoovers though -
I remember one of my friends having a Caravell automatic in the 80's.
Oh ,and a Colston automatic -mid 70's with big chunky chrome dials and door. Love em and miss em.
Regards.
Louis.
 
Odd bits....!

Your mere presence brings more than enough to the group Gary.

Really - thankyou for the Creda.
Takes pride of place amongst the other bits and bobs.

It hasnt been afforded a clean yet, so we will have to pencil that in for over the summer months.

Did a couple of loads in it and Rob was impressed by how quickly it ploughed through loads, although it takes a bit of getting your head round having to programme it (anyone got the instruction manual!).

Indeed - Mathew is the god of mechanical repairs and a truly great guy to boot. Am seeing him this weekend for a bit of appliance tinkering.

Below is a piccy of the terminal which had come adrift....

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and finally:

Re:A3008.......still have the pictures of the surgery performed on Mike's machine to post.
Will get round to that sometime next week!

That dryer with the chrome door is the Hoover D6018 Dryer De Luxe. A wonderful looking dryer in truly superb condition. Piccy posted below....

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Hi Louis.

Agree whole heartedly.
The old Square door hoovers eh! Ran for 30 odd years - a much missed style, though whether it would be acceptable today to Jo and Jemima Public could be debated.

I owned, as a kid, the brochures to the silver faciad Colstons. Indeed i made a family friend of my parents a Colston washing machine for her daughters Sindy house!
Involved me destroying one copy - had a duplicate though.
All consigned to the bin.
When i think back, I probably owned (with todays collectors market values) a couple of thousand poundes worth of late 1970s and early to mid 1980s brochures and copies of Kays, Great Universal and John Moores catalogues.
Ah well.

Caravell's - only piccy i have is of the DL500 (see below), courtesy of Mathew.

ta ta for now.
Cheers
Paul

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Paul

I to had lots of brochures and old catalouges when I was growing up, my Mum mad me get rid of them when we moved up to scotland when I was 14, I was gutted!

The people who lived on the farm up the road from us had a Caravell machine, I think it was around 1984/85. It had a brown facia, very small programme dial, half load button, reduced spin ( I think) and on/off button. It also had a huge ( for the time ) brown door. Due to chronic overloading the machine only just made it past one year old.
 
& Finally....

many thanks to Mike.

During the time that Mathew was oop north, we arranged to pop into see Mike for a couple of days, during which time Mathew perfomed some surgery on his A3008 Keymatic de luxe.

First off though, some pics of other machines:

a new acquisition of Mikes - Hotpoint 17351 dryer....

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the 3224 keymatic, waiting for some final tinkering and a water test, now fully equipped with an intact door gasket!

and next door to Hoover UK's first dryer - the model 3020...

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