We had a visit from Matty & Eliot from Australia on their tour of the UK & Europe last week, needed their fix of vintage Brit washers. Both had been born here in Yorkshire & Scotland and emigrated with their families.
Was great to catch up with Matty again & finally meet Eliot, the time flew but they packed in a load of washing, drying and fun along the way !!
From the left , Eliot (ShakiraLover) Matty (MattyWashboy) Mikey (MikeyMatic) Jon (LavamatJon) [this post was last edited: 8/12/2023-06:29]
Welcoming The Aussy Boys - Matty & Eliot to the UK
Time to get the guest towels washed & dried, into the Asko 1300rpm H-Axis toploader for a hot wash , through the White Knight spinner at 2,800 rpm and into the Miele 70`s vented dryer for a fast dry.[this post was last edited: 8/12/2023-06:30]
Welcoming The Aussy Boys - Matty & Eliot to the UK
Of course a selection of Aussy detergents was brought over (one suitcase full Lol) and everyone had a turn using them in the brit machines of bygone times.
Here we used OMO Ultimate, ION Pods, Comfort Pure, Cold Power Liquid & Radiant Powder among others , Jon had brought supplies from Spain as well to try !!
Welcoming The Aussy Boys - Matty & Eliot to the UK
Not long before the washing was unpacked , into said washers and all eyes glued to the action !! Eliot trying out the 1970`s Zanussi SL218T washer from Italy , sat in front of the 1978 Indesit with a whopping 380rpm spin and spinning everything out on the Creda Debonair Spin Dryer from 1957, Mikey reading the Indesit programme guide which came in Roman Numerals and symbols - "What is Rinse & spin Again" ? Ha Ha
Welcoming The Aussy Boys - Matty & Eliot to the UK
Eliot watching the new TV, The Hoover Wide Bodied Keymatic 3203 from 1966 which he had never seen , a friend of his mums actually worked on the Hoover production line so he was telling her stories and trying to find out if we had
her pass certification code on any washers .
Welcoming The Aussy Boys - Matty & Eliot to the UK
After lunch the lads were given a demonstration of the English Electric 4027 front loader that was now working after a new for it door boot , its a very quiet machine, (Westinghouse 3 belt model built undre license) but there was nearly more washig to be done when the spin solenoid finally went off with the loudest rattle ha ha ...
Welcoming The Aussy Boys - Matty & Eliot to the UK
Followed by Mikey (MikeyMatic) spinning out the laundry from the English Electric in the modern White Knight direct drive spinner whizzing at 2,800rom , so quiet in action is this little spinner .
