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Wash Electric Dry Electric UK brochure from the 80s
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I'll probably crash the AW server at this rate lol....
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Almost there ....
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Phew 
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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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more Hotpoint
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and more...
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top loader in the last one - my favourite machine but too new!!
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and last 2 pages of Specs
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Last one for tonight. enjoy Stephen
miele4life
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Wow! I love the Hotpoint brochure with all the models on show, I love 2 see more where that came from lol
sesteve
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I have a bigger Hotpoint brochure that accompanies that list Alan so will see about getting that up at some point soon.
Paul - is that clip of the Servis from my all time favourite washing powder advert for Ariel with the Bridal hire shop - Mud on't hem and Beaujolais all down't front.... Classic!
Paul - is that clip of the Servis from my all time favourite washing powder advert for Ariel with the Bridal hire shop - Mud on't hem and Beaujolais all down't front.... Classic!
matchboxpaul
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Hi Phil.
Yep - Hotpoint 17 and 18 series wraparound machines were being built through to 1986. Myself and Rob have managed to acquire the very last of these machines, in the form of the 18873 Microtronic L.E, which was an exclusive machine for Comet. Picture attached below.
Re the Electra's - ironically it appears that the Creda's available were of the old style, whilst the Electra machines were rebranded Creda 17000-series machines of the new style.
With this being an outlet for exclusive models, you would have thought that it would have been the other way around and that Creda would have demanded that its new series of machines were to be sold, whilst the electra branded exclusives were based on the old style. Perhaps this shows the bargaining power of the old Electricity Board Shops.
The Creda's and Electra's in the above brochures are pure Creda, being of their own design and a good few years before the takeover by Hotpoint.
The English Electric machines that you have worked on were either Currys or Comet exclusives - I cant remember for sure which shop commissioned them though.
The toploading Servis Mk311 was a weird machine and the photo contained in the brochure above, to the best of my knowledge, is the ONLy photograph ever found of this rare and rather impractical model.
Goodness knows what Servis was thinking when they commissioned it, especially when you realise that they were built in Canada, to a Kenmore design, and were imported to the UK!
A very weird situation.
Hope tha waffle helps.
Paul
Yep - Hotpoint 17 and 18 series wraparound machines were being built through to 1986. Myself and Rob have managed to acquire the very last of these machines, in the form of the 18873 Microtronic L.E, which was an exclusive machine for Comet. Picture attached below.
Re the Electra's - ironically it appears that the Creda's available were of the old style, whilst the Electra machines were rebranded Creda 17000-series machines of the new style.
With this being an outlet for exclusive models, you would have thought that it would have been the other way around and that Creda would have demanded that its new series of machines were to be sold, whilst the electra branded exclusives were based on the old style. Perhaps this shows the bargaining power of the old Electricity Board Shops.
The Creda's and Electra's in the above brochures are pure Creda, being of their own design and a good few years before the takeover by Hotpoint.
The English Electric machines that you have worked on were either Currys or Comet exclusives - I cant remember for sure which shop commissioned them though.
The toploading Servis Mk311 was a weird machine and the photo contained in the brochure above, to the best of my knowledge, is the ONLy photograph ever found of this rare and rather impractical model.
Goodness knows what Servis was thinking when they commissioned it, especially when you realise that they were built in Canada, to a Kenmore design, and were imported to the UK!
A very weird situation.
Hope tha waffle helps.
Paul
matchboxpaul
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Hi Stephen.
Youve been perusing Hass' Laundry Lab on Youtube then? Yep - the Servis screen grab was from the Ariel Bridal Shop advert - a bit of a classic for sure.
Thanks again for posting your brochures and for taking the time to scan the Hotpoint brochure.
This was the second brochure that covered the Hotpoint Next Generation machines, as the first brochure (which I have never seen) will have had the 9560 Microrofile 1300 De Luxe in it. This model was replaced by the 9561 Microprofile 1400 De Luxe in 1987, which appears in your brochure.
A '....bigger Hotpoint brochure....'! Realy cannot wait and thanks for spoiling us with your brochure collection.
Hughest Regards
Paul
p.s link to the Ariel Bridal Hire shop advert below...
Youve been perusing Hass' Laundry Lab on Youtube then? Yep - the Servis screen grab was from the Ariel Bridal Shop advert - a bit of a classic for sure.
Thanks again for posting your brochures and for taking the time to scan the Hotpoint brochure.
This was the second brochure that covered the Hotpoint Next Generation machines, as the first brochure (which I have never seen) will have had the 9560 Microrofile 1300 De Luxe in it. This model was replaced by the 9561 Microprofile 1400 De Luxe in 1987, which appears in your brochure.
A '....bigger Hotpoint brochure....'! Realy cannot wait and thanks for spoiling us with your brochure collection.
Hughest Regards
Paul
p.s link to the Ariel Bridal Hire shop advert below...
matchboxpaul
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Also its brilliant to see the full range of Creda Debonair washers and dryers - models 11700, 11800, 12000, 37414 and 37415 and the Compact dryer - not something you see every day and a classic much missed design from a once great UK brand.
Cheers
Paul
Cheers
Paul
electradeluxe
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i've just spotted the Hotpoint that my mum and dad bought new in 1986/7 after the door fell of our old Bendix machine,if memory serves she gave it away to my uncles sister in law,
we had the Hotpoint electronic 800 plus 9510 from 1986/7 to 1995,replaced with a Hoover New Wave 1100 which i loved, i can remember all the machines both my grans had too from when i was little up to present day
Neil
we had the Hotpoint electronic 800 plus 9510 from 1986/7 to 1995,replaced with a Hoover New Wave 1100 which i loved, i can remember all the machines both my grans had too from when i was little up to present day
Neil
Brilliant!!!
Thanks for posting & sharing some of your brochures guys! Always brilliant to see some old classics
Regards, Hass.
http://www.youtube.com/hasszanussi
Thanks for posting & sharing some of your brochures guys! Always brilliant to see some old classics
Regards, Hass.
http://www.youtube.com/hasszanussi
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