UK Members Tell Me About Forco Launderettes

[launderess]

Watching old episodes of "The Last Of Summer Wine" and the lads were sitting in launderette. Looked up name (from sign outside) and it was "Forco. Quick internet search shows there still are Forco Launderettes in UK

What sort of washers are these?

https://www.lancs.live/whats-on/whats-on-news/its-magical-little-time-warp-17434269

https://www.livpost.co.uk/life-on-lark-lane/

See 18:56

 

[pro104]

What kind of washers are these?

Those are 1st generation Wascomats

 

[launderess]

Thank you!

Wascator/Wascomat seemed to dominate early coin laundries. Nowadays it seems Speed Queen has eaten their lunch.