Was the advertising logo - a couple of discussions came up about washers heated by gas, here is an Ideal Homes rport from 1963 showing the diversity of machines available at the time, from the simple washboiler to sophisticated automatics!!!
"Washes With Electric - Boils By Gas...!!!"
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"Washes With Electric - Boils By Gas...!!!"
"Washes With Electric - Boils By Gas...!!!"
"Washes With Electric - Boils By Gas...!!!"
"Washes With Electric - Boils By Gas...!!!"
"Washes With Electric - Boils By Gas...!!!"
Thanks Mike. Some pretty interesting stuff. Sure give me a greater appreciation for an automatic! Kind of comical to look back on a simpler time. A different world, really.
Would like to have one of those Frigidaire Spin-Driers.
Would like to have one of those Frigidaire Spin-Driers.
arrrooohhh
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Thanks for sharing that. It made my day.
I must say that GEC space saver swtin tub is an interesting machine. Any idea on how it works?
I must say that GEC space saver swtin tub is an interesting machine. Any idea on how it works?
GEC Twinny in a Single Tub
Interesting SpaceSaver Model, I believe it has one motor which does all!!!, I remember seeing this machine in "Which" at my aunts and I couldnt work out how it would work...no-one has one that we know of!!
Interesting SpaceSaver Model, I believe it has one motor which does all!!!, I remember seeing this machine in "Which" at my aunts and I couldnt work out how it would work...no-one has one that we know of!!
GEC Twinny in a Single Tub
Double Impellars
Double Impellars
GEC Twinny in a Single Tub
"Available in a Choice Of Gay Colours Too!!!"
"Available in a Choice Of Gay Colours Too!!!"
Frigidaire Spinner
hey Steve - 2,800rpm, Vitreous Enamel Tub, very sturdy, very popular over here
hey Steve - 2,800rpm, Vitreous Enamel Tub, very sturdy, very popular over here
Frigidaire Add
Frigidaire Add
Well, you DO learn something every day
I had no idea that McClary-Easy sold appliances in the UK! They were a pretty popular (read that low-priced) line of appliances here in Canada in the 1960's and early 1970's. They got absorbed by a conglomorate called Camco in the mid-70's and became GE clones...
It has been a while since I have been in touch, but I do have an aunt in Nottingham who apparently "has a garage full of old washers and twin tubs"... I guess that's where I get it from!! LOL
I had no idea that McClary-Easy sold appliances in the UK! They were a pretty popular (read that low-priced) line of appliances here in Canada in the 1960's and early 1970's. They got absorbed by a conglomorate called Camco in the mid-70's and became GE clones...
It has been a while since I have been in touch, but I do have an aunt in Nottingham who apparently "has a garage full of old washers and twin tubs"... I guess that's where I get it from!! LOL
"My Aunt has a garage full of old washers and twin tubs
Hi Paul, well you had better get over here pdq and find out whats in there..!!!Lol...we dont need an excuse for a wash party!!!
Have never seen the McClary Easy here but one of the washer gang has just picked up an "Easy" imported here which is 110v and needing TLC...
The one in the report says it has a sudz save , would that be an inner tub (ie spin to outer tub) or using a sink etc??
Cheers, Mike
Hi Paul, well you had better get over here pdq and find out whats in there..!!!Lol...we dont need an excuse for a wash party!!!
Have never seen the McClary Easy here but one of the washer gang has just picked up an "Easy" imported here which is 110v and needing TLC...
The one in the report says it has a sudz save , would that be an inner tub (ie spin to outer tub) or using a sink etc??
Cheers, Mike
keymatic3203
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Great selection
Hi Mike thats a great selection of washers and dryers, always good to see these reports, as you get all sorts of photos showing the inside of these machines. Also this is the first time I've seen pictures of the easitwin, acme and brunlec machines. I just love the fact each manufacturer came up with different wash actions and designs, and always a bonus to `Go Gay' with a formica top.
My favourite claim of early machines is how every function is `Automatic' such as automatic filling and emptying. So coupling a lenght of hose to a tap and turning it, or swinging the lever and putting a hose in the sink is automatic lol. Look I'm only being humourous, I understand in that age of technical advance, going from a rubbing board, to a wash tub and not having to fill buckets was such a big labour saver.
Well Paul get Mike the address, we are great at charming old ladies and long lost aunts, we'll be round with the afternoon tea lol. Mike get those crusts cut off lol.
A friend of mine worked for Gec in the late 50s early sixties and says that the double plus was an italian design, wondered if there were any similar machines on the continent. He always felt it was made on the cheap, only haveing one motor, meaning everything ran all the time, so the thing about spin and wash timmers is a bit of a boast as the timmer just runs the motor, so you have no choice to have a long wash and short spin for example.
Oh well back to work
Mathew
Hi Mike thats a great selection of washers and dryers, always good to see these reports, as you get all sorts of photos showing the inside of these machines. Also this is the first time I've seen pictures of the easitwin, acme and brunlec machines. I just love the fact each manufacturer came up with different wash actions and designs, and always a bonus to `Go Gay' with a formica top.
My favourite claim of early machines is how every function is `Automatic' such as automatic filling and emptying. So coupling a lenght of hose to a tap and turning it, or swinging the lever and putting a hose in the sink is automatic lol. Look I'm only being humourous, I understand in that age of technical advance, going from a rubbing board, to a wash tub and not having to fill buckets was such a big labour saver.
Well Paul get Mike the address, we are great at charming old ladies and long lost aunts, we'll be round with the afternoon tea lol. Mike get those crusts cut off lol.
A friend of mine worked for Gec in the late 50s early sixties and says that the double plus was an italian design, wondered if there were any similar machines on the continent. He always felt it was made on the cheap, only haveing one motor, meaning everything ran all the time, so the thing about spin and wash timmers is a bit of a boast as the timmer just runs the motor, so you have no choice to have a long wash and short spin for example.
Oh well back to work
Mathew
Hey Mike!
I am guessing the suds-save needed a tub to collect the water. I actually own a suds-saver machine, but have never used it because of the lack of a tub!
I don't get over to the UK often enough, but it just might be worth a trip to check out Auntie Audrey's museum! I remember my late grandmother used to find it amusing that she would do the rounds of auctions and pick up bargain-priced appliances! Maybe I should get her on the board, too!
I am guessing the suds-save needed a tub to collect the water. I actually own a suds-saver machine, but have never used it because of the lack of a tub!
I don't get over to the UK often enough, but it just might be worth a trip to check out Auntie Audrey's museum! I remember my late grandmother used to find it amusing that she would do the rounds of auctions and pick up bargain-priced appliances! Maybe I should get her on the board, too!
