UK Appliances July 2016

vacbear58 · Jul 2, 2016

Philips again

Got the link now

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TUMBLE-DRYER-/191912274904?hash=item2caedcebd8:g:EFgAAOSwwo1XeAgd

vacbear58 · Jul 3, 2016

Art Nouveau Kitchen

Apparently used to belong to Richard Branson. I thought members might like to have a look at it although personally I find it a bit over powering - at least as a kitchen - although there are some nice elements to it.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/191911910571?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

vacbear58 · Jul 3, 2016

Morphy Richards Hair Dryer

There can no dispute that this hair dryer is PINK! Also came in white and I think baby blue as well. This must have been a Christmas present fro someone

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/142039306169?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

vacbear58 · Jul 3, 2016

Morphy Richards Hair Dryer

And this is what the previous item morphed (pardon the pun) into. This is not 1960s but early 1970s and the re-style was done by Kenneth Grange, the man behind the style of Kenwood Applinaces

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252417150479?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

vacbear58 · Jul 3, 2016

Ronson Rio

Another Kenneth Grange design from the late 1960s - a complete re-design, rather like a small fan heater. Hoover produced its one version of this design although the Ronson is much more streamlind - minimalist even. This was also available in baby blue as well

http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?66186__0#start_66186.887907

vacbear58 · Jul 3, 2016

Salon Dryer

I can remember meeting my mother at the hair dressing salon she used back in the 1960s and these monsters were the sort of dryers they used. At that salon the clients sat at the same basin throughout their visit, these dryers were wheeled over when required. I remember my mother commenting about how she preferred this system to the more modern (and more efficient) way of moving from basin, to styling area, to dryers.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172255656050?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

vacbear58 · Jul 3, 2016

New World rangette

With fold down grill, the right hand "oven" is not an oven at all, just a warming compartment. Early - mid 1960s

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262505648193?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

vacbear58 · Jul 3, 2016

At the other end of the scale

It dont get much more BOL than this! I suspect this is an early 1960s cooker, but the design goes way back to the 1940s as a means of producing articles using as little metal as possible. I have seen pictures of electric cookers of similar design

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231999544749?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

vacbear58 · Jul 3, 2016

The evolution of a model

Late 1950s Parkinson Cowan Prince

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/282086150613?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

vacbear58 · Jul 3, 2016

Into this

Mid 1960s into early 1970s version of the same cooker, most commonly seen in all white, the coloured panel was also available in red

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/222173073418?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

vacerator · Jul 3, 2016

It seems

the New World has sealed burners? Way ahead of the Yank's there. What are the things out the sides that look like the gas line input?
The Cowan Parkinson must have been council block flat builders grade?

vacbear58 · Jul 5, 2016

@vacerator

Builders Grade

I presume it is the cooker in reply 27 you are thinking about and you are headed back to Ronan Point but you are barking up the wrong tree. Firstly, the explosion at Ronan Point was most likely started by a gas leak and not the cooker in the flat- the lady who lit the match that caused the explosion took the cooker to her new home. Secondly, there was no such thing as builders grade in the UK back then as it was EXTREMELY rare for builders to include appliances in a new home. Actually council flats generally had quite well laid out kitchens as they were standards set for public housing - my first home of my own in 1977 was a council flat built 8-10 years before and my brother moved into a brand new council house in 1974. Both had quite reasonable counter and cupboard space with ample room for cooker (remember the standard back the was 21 inches), fridge (or even 50/50 fridge freezer) and a twin tub washer. But no appliances were supplied with either kitchen.