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Wash Electric Dry Electric UK brochure from the 80s
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matchboxpaul
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The electricity board could certainly be class acts with their brochures - official manufacturer portraits, wity clear details.
Out of interest, just so I know whether to stop posting big pictures. The brochure I just posted, when opened in Microsoft Paint, is a third wider again than my monitor BUT autoshrinks when I post on Discuss O Mat to just fill the full width of the screen.
Is that the way it works on other peoples computer, or have I been slowing down peoples computers for the past 5 years?
Paul
p.s Stephen - in my humble opinion, your brochure(s) is(are) so important, that its(they are) welcome to reduce my computer to a crawl anytime!
Dont let my enquiry above put you off posting BIIIGGGG
Out of interest, just so I know whether to stop posting big pictures. The brochure I just posted, when opened in Microsoft Paint, is a third wider again than my monitor BUT autoshrinks when I post on Discuss O Mat to just fill the full width of the screen.
Is that the way it works on other peoples computer, or have I been slowing down peoples computers for the past 5 years?
Paul
p.s Stephen - in my humble opinion, your brochure(s) is(are) so important, that its(they are) welcome to reduce my computer to a crawl anytime!
Dont let my enquiry above put you off posting BIIIGGGGkeymatic3203
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or Paul
could these brochures warrent a new computer? lol.
could these brochures warrent a new computer? lol.
matchboxpaul
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Indeed Mathew.
One has been procured - Rob is messing about with it though.
Fingers crossed it should be able to cope with images of a humungous size!
Paul
One has been procured - Rob is messing about with it though.
Fingers crossed it should be able to cope with images of a humungous size!
Paul
electradeluxe
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The Beloved 11500
Another wonderful trip down memory lane!!
Mike?? If i ever win the euromillions,then would you consider selling your Electra set? i'd make very generous offer!
i used to love going into town with my Nan,i used to go looking at all the washing machines and vacs when she paid her 'lectric bill at Norweb!
Neil
Another wonderful trip down memory lane!!
Mike?? If i ever win the euromillions,then would you consider selling your Electra set? i'd make very generous offer!
i used to love going into town with my Nan,i used to go looking at all the washing machines and vacs when she paid her 'lectric bill at Norweb!
Neil
matchboxpaul
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Another Norweb-ber!
I was well known in the Blackburn branch. The employees knew not to bother approaching me or my grandmother, as we patrolled the aisles - well, I patrolled, grandma was dragged around.
Became famous (or infamous) within my family for knowing more about the machines that the guys and girls who worked there.
For me it was circa 1981 through 1985 - a classic store, full of classic machines. Effectively the heyday of appliances in the UK.
Memories!
Paul
I was well known in the Blackburn branch. The employees knew not to bother approaching me or my grandmother, as we patrolled the aisles - well, I patrolled, grandma was dragged around.
Became famous (or infamous) within my family for knowing more about the machines that the guys and girls who worked there.
For me it was circa 1981 through 1985 - a classic store, full of classic machines. Effectively the heyday of appliances in the UK.
Memories!
Paul
sesteve
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Here it goes
I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets excited at all this stuff! I must have picked these up from the NEEB shops back home while mum was buying hoover bags or arguing that they should give her a free plug as the appliance was no use without one!! Hope these come through better. I can also take to work and scan to PDF and email to people who want it - might be better quality than my home scanner. ENJOY!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets excited at all this stuff! I must have picked these up from the NEEB shops back home while mum was buying hoover bags or arguing that they should give her a free plug as the appliance was no use without one!! Hope these come through better. I can also take to work and scan to PDF and email to people who want it - might be better quality than my home scanner. ENJOY!
Interesting stuff. I didn't know Hotpoint were still making the wrap around cabinet (Liberator?) models in '82, I would have assumed they had started the 95000 series by then. I have never seen one of those Servis toploader autos. Do you know who made the Electra washers at that time? Later they were usually based on the Creda version of a Hotpoint / Creda machine. Perhaps these were also Creda but before they joined forces? There were one or two machines I worked on with the English Electric brand which were also a Hotpoint. I don't know if they were also an electricity board brand or some other chain of stores.
I remember breaking up a computerised Hotpoint similar to the one shown but without the wrap around cabinet.
I remember breaking up a computerised Hotpoint similar to the one shown but without the wrap around cabinet.
sesteve
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looks like it worked
sesteve
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page 3
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page 4
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page 5
sesteve
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I'll probably crash the AW server at this rate lol....
sesteve
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Almost there ....
sesteve
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Phew
sesteve
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I'll scan the Servis brochures later - one is the Economy range and the other is the Servis Plus range. I've also got the standard Hotpoint and Hoover ones from the same era but I guess these are more common.
Cheers
Stephen
Cheers
Stephen
electron1100
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Golden Years
Hello Stephen
I like others would like to thankyou for bringing this brilliant brochure to the group, as Mike says these are the "Best" of British washers, a brochure full of classic machines some of which are in safe hands and a few that are to be found yet
Thanks
Gary
Hello Stephen
I like others would like to thankyou for bringing this brilliant brochure to the group, as Mike says these are the "Best" of British washers, a brochure full of classic machines some of which are in safe hands and a few that are to be found yet
Thanks
Gary
matchboxpaul
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Many thanks!
Hi stephen.
Many thanks for taking the time and trouble to repost the brochure - its great to be able to see things in better detail and you have definitely openend a can of worms as far as Servis and the electricity board brochure is concerned.
Finally, its good to be able to see photos of the missing collection.
As I mentioned before, literature for 1970's and 1980s Servis front loaders is virtually non-existant - seems it all went into landfill :-(
The mid80s slimline range has, until one of them turned up last year, been mere listings in the 1983/84 Which Magazines. Your brochure has produced pictures of one or two of the others.
Very naughty of the electricity board not to list model numbers on this occasion though! Smacked bottoms for them, bacuase of that
The missing Servis' were:
Mk318 Electronic Slimline 850 De Luxe .... I think this is the Servis in the bottom left hand corner of the sixth page you posted. Thing is that your brochure doesnt appear to show 'De Luxe' anywhere on the fascia! Perplexed.
Mk321 Electronic Slimline 1000 .... this is a problem machine. I think this one appears next to a matching tumble dryer (more in a bit on that one), on the fourth page you posted.
Thing is, I thought I had previously identified this machine, from a poor quality screen grab taken from an advert on youtube, but this machine has gold detailing whereas the brochure machine has red detailing.
Also, the brochure machine MIGHT say 'DE LUXE' on the fascia, to the right of the powder drawer! Again, a bit perplexed.
I have attached a picture of what I have previously thought the Mk321 to be below all this waffle.
Mk322 Electronic Slimline 1000 DE LUXE .... Mike was able to purchase one of these, which surfaced in Lancaster last year or earlier this year - cant remember.
Now the Mk322 definitely has 'DE LUXE' on the fascia, which could connect it to the red detailed machine in the brochure, but the confirmed Mk322 has gold detailing and about twice as many buttons as the machine in the brochure. Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
The Quartz in the brochure is a Mk601 - simple! Phew.
Then there is the bloody dryer. I have never seen one of these ever before. Servis dryers, bar the Mk200, have programme drying time information all over the fascias and yet this one doesn't, but instead appears to have more branding/name over and above that that appears on the multivent cover, which actually loks like a blank cover than a multivent one! Perplexed again.
Stephen - any chance of you getting a magnifying glass out and trying to confirm what is written on these Servis machines - names and model numbers, which do generally appear on the bottom left of the poweder drawer areas.
As I mentioned - a can of worms has been opened - AND ITS BRILLIANT! I've been without a juicy research challenge for a while
I for one would love to take you up on your offer of pdf scans of your brochures Stephen, as this does tend to produce higher grade copies than home scanners and you can make them BIGGGGGGGGGG (lol).
Home scanners can be hit and miss (I know - I still dont understand my scanner fully).
As for your other brochures - roll on your Servis ones and you never know with your Hotpoint and Hoover ones - you might have missing link brochures for those too! If you have the time and inclination, then it would be great if you could scan them all.
Paul
Hi stephen.
Many thanks for taking the time and trouble to repost the brochure - its great to be able to see things in better detail and you have definitely openend a can of worms as far as Servis and the electricity board brochure is concerned.
Finally, its good to be able to see photos of the missing collection.
As I mentioned before, literature for 1970's and 1980s Servis front loaders is virtually non-existant - seems it all went into landfill :-(
The mid80s slimline range has, until one of them turned up last year, been mere listings in the 1983/84 Which Magazines. Your brochure has produced pictures of one or two of the others.
Very naughty of the electricity board not to list model numbers on this occasion though! Smacked bottoms for them, bacuase of that
The missing Servis' were:
Mk318 Electronic Slimline 850 De Luxe .... I think this is the Servis in the bottom left hand corner of the sixth page you posted. Thing is that your brochure doesnt appear to show 'De Luxe' anywhere on the fascia! Perplexed.
Mk321 Electronic Slimline 1000 .... this is a problem machine. I think this one appears next to a matching tumble dryer (more in a bit on that one), on the fourth page you posted.
Thing is, I thought I had previously identified this machine, from a poor quality screen grab taken from an advert on youtube, but this machine has gold detailing whereas the brochure machine has red detailing.
Also, the brochure machine MIGHT say 'DE LUXE' on the fascia, to the right of the powder drawer! Again, a bit perplexed.
I have attached a picture of what I have previously thought the Mk321 to be below all this waffle.
Mk322 Electronic Slimline 1000 DE LUXE .... Mike was able to purchase one of these, which surfaced in Lancaster last year or earlier this year - cant remember.
Now the Mk322 definitely has 'DE LUXE' on the fascia, which could connect it to the red detailed machine in the brochure, but the confirmed Mk322 has gold detailing and about twice as many buttons as the machine in the brochure. Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
The Quartz in the brochure is a Mk601 - simple! Phew.
Then there is the bloody dryer. I have never seen one of these ever before. Servis dryers, bar the Mk200, have programme drying time information all over the fascias and yet this one doesn't, but instead appears to have more branding/name over and above that that appears on the multivent cover, which actually loks like a blank cover than a multivent one! Perplexed again.
Stephen - any chance of you getting a magnifying glass out and trying to confirm what is written on these Servis machines - names and model numbers, which do generally appear on the bottom left of the poweder drawer areas.
As I mentioned - a can of worms has been opened - AND ITS BRILLIANT! I've been without a juicy research challenge for a while
I for one would love to take you up on your offer of pdf scans of your brochures Stephen, as this does tend to produce higher grade copies than home scanners and you can make them BIGGGGGGGGGG (lol).
Home scanners can be hit and miss (I know - I still dont understand my scanner fully).
As for your other brochures - roll on your Servis ones and you never know with your Hotpoint and Hoover ones - you might have missing link brochures for those too! If you have the time and inclination, then it would be great if you could scan them all.
Paul
matchboxpaul
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Also its shocking to think that, bar the Bendix machines, every machine in that brochure was built somewhere in the UK!
What have we got now :-(
Paul
What have we got now :-(
Paul
sesteve
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Glad to fill a gap!!
Hi Gary
Glad the brochure has been worthwhile putting on. I nearly didn't bother as I thought it would be old hat so its good to know its got some missing machines in it!!
Hi Paul
I'm afraid I'm going to have to leave you in a state of suspense for a bit longer. I've had a close look but my eyes are not good enough to make out the writing and I don't have a magnifying glass at home. I think the Electricity Council were a bit cheap with their brochures as they seem to pixalate. I'll take it to work tomorrow and see if we have one there. I will also scan and PDF when no one is looking - well I don't want my work colleagues knowing my dirty or should that be clean secret although given that I am an engineer anyway they already think I've got weird interests - well weird to them LOL)
I did scan the summary brochure for Hotpoint but didn't post as I thought everyone would know them so will post now. I'll have to do the Servis ones tomorrow as apparently I'm hogging the laptop!!
Hi Gary
Glad the brochure has been worthwhile putting on. I nearly didn't bother as I thought it would be old hat so its good to know its got some missing machines in it!!
Hi Paul
I'm afraid I'm going to have to leave you in a state of suspense for a bit longer. I've had a close look but my eyes are not good enough to make out the writing and I don't have a magnifying glass at home. I think the Electricity Council were a bit cheap with their brochures as they seem to pixalate. I'll take it to work tomorrow and see if we have one there. I will also scan and PDF when no one is looking - well I don't want my work colleagues knowing my dirty or should that be clean secret although given that I am an engineer anyway they already think I've got weird interests - well weird to them LOL
)I did scan the summary brochure for Hotpoint but didn't post as I thought everyone would know them so will post now. I'll have to do the Servis ones tomorrow as apparently I'm hogging the laptop!!
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