UK Classic Appliances - February 2015

[vacbear58]

Paging SESTEVE, Paging SESTEVE

This one is round your direction I think.

This Supertwin is quite rare, its a kind of intermediate between the ST3 (the first of this style) and the later 100/108/110/115, still the same general styling as the ST3 but with the later style two stage agitator - one to grab I think.

There's a Hoovermatic hose in that wash tub as well as a Servis

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[vacbear58]

@Overphil

Glad you are enjoying stopping by Phil, this is just a small and somewhat random attempt to match your good work on the other side of the pond.

In reply #56 I referred to a similar although somewhat earlier Creda model, this had (hateful!) solid rings which memory says were arrayed in a straight line along the middle of the range rather than to the front - I guess they thought this would be a better arrangement to give space to draw pans back onto, and possibly less chance of burning yourself while setting the controls

Al

 

[ovrphil]

Al - What dismays me is how the panel on that stove (#56 reply) was worn off. Good appliances should not lose their panel finish so easily, unless they're creating paint remover for desserts. The UK appliances are so different, some aren't too unusual, but so many look "quirky" to me. I wonder if that's how some of our appliances appear to you all over there?

phil

 

[vacbear58]

Pain finish

Phil

This range would have been TOL for its time (and that brochure is for a slightly earlier model judging by the controls) but I would reckon its getting on for 45 years old. Its seems pretty clean (except for the sides) so it could be that the former owner was just a bit heavy handed with the household cleaner but its just as likely that it was never produced with an expectation of life of 45 years+ ahead of it.

Quirky? I should say so, but I think that is a good thing. I always find it interesting to see how the same products develop in different ways in different countries in response to different market demands and housing conditions - for example a portable dishwasher is almost unheard of here (largely because we did not have that most excellent and simple faucet connector) and I have yet to see a dishwasher on sale here with no outside casing (like a US portable would have). And its not just UK/US but also mainland Europe and Australia although as time goes on globalisation is tending to make everything look the same.

Al

 

[matchboxpaul]

Philips auto dry ...

Hi Richard.
I would snap up that dryer quick as a flash! Quick wipe over and it would be mint and its one of the rarer versions of Philips dryer too. Never seen the black fascia version of the D180 ever before. Ohhhh the pain of knowing it exists - £15.
Paul

 

[vacbear58]

And now for something smaller

Morphy Richards Easimix, also sold here as Krups and under other names all over Europe

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[vacbear58]

Sunbeam Blender

Don't see many of these

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Speaking of Sunbeam

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[triumphdolomite]

Al
I quite like the Caron Capri but unfortunately it's a bit too big for the kitchen, if I had room for something that size it'd have to be a late 50's Creda Super Comet, with the colour change lights on the hob controls. I saw the Classic but couldn't make up my mind if it was an early 90 or late 80, with it not having the rectangular control knobs, and after last years 500 odd mile round trip to Plymouth for the Keymatic it was a bit far away!
Ian

 

[ovrphil]

Thanks for the remarks, Al. That's interesting..portable dishwashers are rare or non-existent because of the faucet connection? That's one I have to experience to understand, but perhaps it's about space, which is far more frugally managed(if available, at that)in Europe. We live in air plane hangars by contrast, compared to so many around the world. My mom had no room for a dishwasher, but my dad wanted one so much, he was willing to park it near the exit out of the kitchen to the steps, where you'd have to squeeze by...wasn't going to happen. We lived in those frugal spaces....but I'm surprized at the design differences in the examples, some looking like they came from even further back in time. You're right, there's a trend towards less distinction and more generic design. Thanks for posting;gives people like me a view we might not discover otherwise.

 

[vacbear58]

Moffat Fiesta

This is the first of the UK designed and built Moffat cookers, previously they were of Canadian design and (I think) manufacture. If it is in line with later models its about 60cm wide.

The time frame on this is very tight - I would love to buy it myself, but just don't have the time to deal with it at the moment. Its in London

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[vacbear58]

This will wake you up in the morning

1970s fabulous orange kitchen
Shows it age a bit, I wonder what the reserve is? In Llanelli

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[vacbear58]

Perhaps something a bit more tranquil

Late 1960s English Rose

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@overphil

Well maybe it was a bit of an exaggeration to imply that it was entirely due to the faucet connection but we did not have (and still don't) anything like it. I appreciate that our DW market lagged that in the US but I am just staggered by the amount of portable dishwashers must have been sold in US/Canada. Yes, you probably had more internal space to roll them around but even so .....

Al

 

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@triumphdolomite

Ian

I understand the problem with the Belling and of course even if it does not sell for much then there is the cost of going to collect it and even more so the valuable time it takes up. I well remember when I went to collect the Keymatics from Gary how long the journey took on the A303, although it was worth it.

What about that nice Moffat in North Wales - that can't be so far from you

Al

 

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@ Ricky5050

Richard

Would you not be interested in that Philips for yourself? Although I have only ever had the more basic models they are great machines. If not for yourself, any chance of picking it up for one of us?

Al

 

[ricky5050]

Re Phillips

Hi Al. I'll see this weekend if I've got time. My Bendix is tumble drying as it should. ( it shuts down too soon ) and I don't know why ! So I was looking for another dryer. But if I get it and it's not suitable for my space I'll easily hold on to it for someone !

 

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@ricky5050

Please keep us posted, I would be interested in having it, just don't really have the time to get up that far at the moment.

Al

 

[vacbear58]

This looks interesting

I presume its a 1970s or perhaps 1980s Japanese twinnie - Hitachi or perhaps National Panasonic - in Newport. Lots of people watching it is see ....

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[vacbear58]

1970s Tricity Oven

About 1973/74 I reckon - this is the single oven version of this oven which I think are relatively rare - if you had the money for a built in oven you had the money for a double oven

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