Washing on TV

[lavamat_jon]

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Ahhh, one of the many things I liked about Brookside. You often saw the characters loading up the washer . Correct me if I'm wrong; but isn't that a Washcraft type Zanussi that the Jordaches had?

Jon

 

[lavamat_jon]

Ugh... video doesn't work - apparently I don't have the shockwave plugin even though I know I do :-S

Link is here anyway.

 

[sparkcymru]

brookside

yep Jon the entire brookside close was kitted out in Zanussi washcraft machines. I remember seeing sheila grant stuffing hers and then running it and you saw it in action only briefly. Oh them were the days!
Steve

 

[glamwales]

Its simple ,,, lets all club together pay off peggy mitchell and close the queen vic. Then with all the extra cash , everyone will have a miele in their kitchen !

 

[bobbyd32l]

Pretty nifty! What I think is really nifty is that on the TV Show Roaseanne, she uses a Frigidaire 1-18 in Harvest gold! There is even a few episodes where you see the up and down action!

 

[robm]

Eastenders

I remember (and this is sooo sad) when Den and Angie had their row and she told him that she was dying she had loaded up her Hotpoint and you heard it go through the rinse and spin programmes. Good old Eastenders eh!

 

[lavamat_jon]

Yep, I remember that too. You also used to hear the toploaders on older Neighbours episodes a lot, and of course you can't forget the launderette in EastEnders.

Jon

 

[launderess]

Ah yes, Pauline Fowler, aka Miss.Brahms from "Are You Being Served" and her laundrette, also staffed by the chronic chain smoker Dot Cotton. Mrs. Fowler's son Martin, grew into rather a dishy lad, a handful, but none the less dishy. How he ended up with Sonia one will never know.

 

[westtexman]

The old switcheroo!

Did you notice that in the early days, Roseanne had a set of avacado Maytags? There was an episode dedicated to them selling their "old" washing machine because it had a "cracked agitator" or something. The following episodes showed the 1-18's, yet the washer was missing the timer knob. Very strange. I also remembered when Jackie would do laundry there, she used what looked like Fresh Start!

I also remember a commercial that played frequently on Friday nights while Dallas was on. It was for a laundry freshening additive by Lysol. The machine used on the commercial was a Westinghouse FL, very similar to Austin's. I believe the one on this commercial was white, however, and was installed under the countertop in the kitchen. I remember wanting that machine SO BAD. That was before I realized the luxary of internal heaters and high spin-speeds (hence the necessity for the Lysol product)! LOL

Bryan

 

[westtexman]

Translation Needed for the Daft American . . .

Said " . .the entire brookside close was kitted out in Zanussi . . . "

Said " . . .when Den and Angie had their row . . . " .

 

[lavamat_jon]

How he ended up with Sonia one will never know

Ahhh but after Sonia's lesbian affair; who then carried on to sleep with Gus, Martin and Sonia are no longer together

Bryan -

"the entire brookside close was kitted out in Zanussi"
Brookside was a soap opera about the people who lived on a cul-de-sac called Brookside Close in a suburb of Liverpool. Ran from 1982-2003, and was one of my favourite soaps of all time - I remember watching the omnibus with nana on Saturday afternoons and it was a treat because mum wouldn't let me watch it at home, especially with the storylines it became famous for! Anyway, the whole close had Zanussi appliances - kitted out is an English term for fitted out I guess. Obviously some deal between Mersey Television who made Brookside and Zanussi; as the Zanussi logo on all the appliances was larger than it would normally be.

"when Den and Angie had their row" - can be translated to when Den and Angie had their argument. Row (pronounced Row as in wow, rather than Roe as in rowing a boat) is a British term for argument.

I also remember the Contrarotator on Brookside in the last few years of the soap - though I can't remember who had it.

Jon

 

[chestermikeuk]

All the washing machines where the new 919 & 929 modular models, all of the fridges and cookers where Zanussi as well....It was a rival Zanussi distributor who came through with the deal..talk about great advertising....

Dont remember the dyson though??

But, I am old enough to remember Annie Sugdens Indesit L6 front loader...LOL

Mike

 

[launderess]

Lysol used to make a laundry "sanitiser" product , long since discontinued. Never paid much attention to it, but remember it being common on store shelves. Alas by the time one got really into laundry, it was long gone.

 

[robm]

Hoover in the 70s

I also remember a screen play/comedy set in the 70s early 80s where couples spent Christmases in each other's houses. The scenes were set in peoples kitchens. I remember a scene with Maureen Lipman going over what a washing machine was to an old fashioned couple. It was a Hoover 800 with a round door and Prunella Scales (the old fashioned one) asked if the machine ironed the clothes, due to the minimum iron program.

I also remember a Phillips (I think) in Fresh Fields and the recent Doctor Who shows Jackie filling an old Bendix with washing. Must date from the mid 80s at least.

Rob

 

[chestermikeuk]

LOl!!!

Hi Rob

I just checked your profile to see dob, and I can see why you might think 80`s is old...LOL

Thats just a youngster, 1937 Bendix is Old and 1960`s is just middle aged ...!!!

Whats the oldest machine you have ever used??

Mike

 

[mrjms]

Washer on Rosanne

Hi....did Rosanne Connor have a set of Maytags? I seem to remember Jackie loading the Maytag Washer. Also, the series Charmed and That 70's show had Maytags.

 

[robm]

Hahahaha

Mike I have just re-read my message and see what you mean LOL!

Born in 73 I'm hardly a youngster (I wish)! The oldest machine I have used I think was a Hoover spinarinse from the 50s or 60s.

Rob

 

[spiralactivator]

US/UK

Roseanne started out with gold Maytags, which were later replaced by gold 1-18s.

Monty Python's Flying Circus had a couple of great washer scenes. One, as I recall, was a commercial for detergent that showed a Hotpoint with the lid up, spiraling merrily away. In another sketch, Mrs. Premise and Mrs. Conclusion discuss "How to Put Your Budgie Down" in a launderette full of turquoise Speed Queens.

Edina went through a couple of FLs on AbFab, but I don't know what the brands were. And I guess we can only wonder what kind of machine Tanya Turner had.

 

[lavamat_jon]

And I guess we can only wonder what kind of machine Tanya Turner had.

Either a Miele, or a silver Indesit .

 

[aquarius1984]

Sheila Grant . . . .

In the sitcom the Royal family starring sue johnston "barbara" had a hotpoint washer dryer in brown. Its probably just as well jim royal was a lazy slob as he would of gone mental over electricity bills knowing barb used a washer dryer lol. Although she did have a clothes maid and stated she pegged out nanas knickers when nana had her eye op. Lol nick

 

[aquarius1984]

brookside washers

in the house Max had the washer was a grey jet system like Gail Platts in coro. Funnily enough while Max was resident there was always the same box of Ark (remember that one?) or Ecover (cant remember which brand but it was ecological powder it may have been but i dont think it was, possibly Down to Earth, another old powder) down the side of the machine. When Max moved out the new residents got the machine in the house but they switched to Persil Performance. Nick

 

[aquarius1984]

he wants to buy me roses lol!

Who remembers the laundry room in Prisoner Cell Block H? Doreen and Mighty Mouse loading that massive washer and using surf. They only ever had small boxes of surf for some reason. For an industrial laundry no big containers of anything which like the sets seemed pretty shaky lol. Judy Bryant on the 2 Huebsch dryers. Queen Bea Smith behind her big steam press jamming it down on drug dealerSharon Gilmors fingers! Great programme shame it only ran for 613 episodes. Nick

 

[lavamat_jon]

Or how about the latest version of Crossroads, which had Nora Batty in the laundry and 2 Huebsch washers and 2 Huebsch dryers - however unlike Eastenders, they didn't work yet they still had washing machine sound effects!

Jon

 

[launderess]

Crossroads, Nora Batty? Don't you mean "Last of the Summer Wine"? There are frequent scenes there of the local laundrette. Then again maybe there are two Nora Battys loose.

L.

 

[aquarius1984]

nora batty

Nora Batty is the well know name for Kathy Staff the actress who plays Nora in LOTSW. no matter what new character name she is given in any programme everybody here refers to her as that. Its an affectionate brit thing. Her name in crossroads was Dorris which i guess was in keeping with the Nora theme

 

[aquarius1984]

sneaky advertising on brookside . . .

Jon not sure if you remember in the opening credits of Brookie in the last few years they had an Ariel (pmsl) view of a well know fast food outlet. I cant help but think Mersey TV had a little (*COUGH*) bribe (*COUGH*) from the Golden Arches too hmmm.

 

[chrisbsuk]

i may be wrong here... but i swear the machines in Eastenders do turn in the laundrette scenes dont they??

Also... Peggy Mitchell has (and sadly for her) a Hoover "performa" 1100 above the queen vic

 

[lavamat_jon]

Yep, the machines in the launderette do turn. The stainless steel ones never fill with water, however the old yellow Primus machines they had pre-1995 used to fill really high with water, as they were plumbed in. In fact I remember one scene once where one flooded the launderette as part of the storyline!

Nick, is this the part of the opening titles you mean?

Jon

 

[chrisbsuk]

i remember that storyline... it was deliberate by Nick Cotton or something similar!

 

[washboy2005]

Washing on TV........

One Of My Favourite TV shows C4's "Shameless" has quite a few washing machines in it, some of which I rather like.#

80's Brown and White Hotpoint - There is a scene where you see the Hotpoint in Action - The family is living in poverty and cant afford a new washing machine, the crusty old hotpoint only works if you kick start it and keep your foot on the door, you see the washing machine spinning and tumbling, Traditional Hotpoint Noises :-D

White Beko WMA1512 - This replaced the crusty old hotpoint, you see it being installed and you hear it but never see it in action. When the camera zooms in on it, in place of the Beko label there is a "Vannec Electronics" label, I have searched the Internet for this brand I can not find it anywhere.

The next door neighbours get given the crusty old Hotpoint, and you see them carrying it through to their own house, however upon closer inspection theyre actually carrying a Brown and White Hotpoint Tumble Dryer.

There is also a Silver and Black Beko WMA 1512 in one of the homes you never see this in action, although you do see a little dog jump into it. I have never seen a silver Beko with Black Dial, and buttons :-S

Servis Millenium Edition - White with Chrome door, buttons and dials. You see this machine being loaded once, never seen or heard in action.

In the home of a nurse you see a Hotpoint First Edition WM51-53 range, and installed next to it is an old design White Knight Full Size Tumble Dryer, you never see or hear these in action.

I Think Thats them all.

Just thought I'd have an input

Take Care
Dan