hi ppl new member here lol how is everyone?

Can anyone date the vacs in our club pic????

Cheers, Mike

Hi Stephen

Have you got any pictures of Morphy Richards canister vacs in your
Green Shield Catalogues???

Am looking to find a pic ( if not the real thing) of our second vac
when I was a kid....rather like a Eureka/GE Swivel top,  white with
grey trim, grey hose and accessories, hose connected and swiveled
from the top....

The GE swivel top has one of the best add lines "No Drag Around
Tragedy Here"!!!!(after the "Nothing Sucks Like An Electrolux" of
course...)

Cheers, Mike

--- In ukclassichomeappliances@yahoogroups.com, "super trouper"
<sm012g5170@b...> wrote:
> hey gang!!!!
>
> Hubby bought me two green shield catalogues, one from 1971 and one
from
> 1977. As well as the "Gay Nights" bed linen, and all sorts of
shite that you
> now only find in charity shops, they do have a range of electrical
goods.
>
> Various brands cause me to ask the following questions questions:
>
> (1) Who are AJAX, were they associated with the Ajax scouring
powder, and
> where are they now?
> (2) What can you tell me about Hawkins-Ekco. I have heard of
Hawkins (and i
> do believe that they have been discussed here in the last 12
months) and
> also Ekco (where they not part of PYE?) but never Hawkins-Ekco.
> (3) What can you tell me about Calor? There is a Calor iron in the
1977
> booklet (probably the earliest example of a steam iron in the UK
with
> central-mounted cord) and i have seen a couple of these before.
However, I
> know that Calor was the name Tefal used in other countries, so why
did we
> have them? Also, when did we get Tefal?
> (4) What can you tell me about Rima?
> (5) Finally (!) who can tell me anything about the whole Green
Shield
> scheme???
>
> cheers m'dears!
>
> Stephen
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Mike,

Love the club picture, the best ever.

Can't date the Vactrics but in the mid-fifties my Mother had the
brown cylinder cleaner and an aunt in Glasgow had the upright. I used
to sit on the cylinder cleaner and my Mum would drag me around by
pulling on the hose - it didn't matter as she hardly ever used it! My
aunt thought she was a cut above us as she had more carpet and rug so
needed the upright, which later on she admitted wasn't a patch on our
Hoover 1224 upright which replaced the brown cylinder.

John.

Hi John

Glad you enjoyed the pic,

Same here with the brown vactric,  only we had the National
version...that big clunky screw hose etc and the moth blower...

The upright is surprisingly powerful, the bag keeps blowing off its
holder ...lol...also has the tools with it as well, bag a bit faded
and not sure if it had writing on it or not.

I only learned recently my uncle used to sell them door to door so
I`m due a visit to see if I can gean any more info etc...vactric
dont seem to be big on model numbers etc...the machines dont appear
to have them stamped on like other makes...

Now I need to find the floor polisher and washers etc...

Happy hunting

Cheers, Mike



--- In ukclassichomeappliances@yahoogroups.com, "john brooker"
<johnbrooker1953@a...> wrote:
>
> Mike,
>
> Love the club picture, the best ever.
>
> Can't date the Vactrics but in the mid-fifties my Mother had the
> brown cylinder cleaner and an aunt in Glasgow had the upright. I
used
> to sit on the cylinder cleaner and my Mum would drag me around by
> pulling on the hose - it didn't matter as she hardly ever used it!
My
> aunt thought she was a cut above us as she had more carpet and rug
so
> needed the upright, which later on she admitted wasn't a patch on
our
> Hoover 1224 upright which replaced the brown cylinder.
>
> John.

The new club picture is of the Morphy Richards VBA Super Suction
Cleaner from the 1950`s, retailing at £24.4.3, features AC 950w
motor, cloth or paper bags, full range of accessories including
blower, beige/bronze colour.

The later model was a white / grey with grey vynal hose, model CYLX,
has anybody ever seen one of these or better still have a pic etc???

Cheers, Mike

Hi,

Clearing out some old kit that's been in the family for years:

A Hoover 0307 washing machine/mangle
A Hoover Junior 119
A National Industries vac
An unknown cylinder

Pictures here:
http://pictures-etc.tripod.com

If anyone knows what the last two are I'd be keen to hear.

Anyway, they're on ebay now (ebay user aec2323) if anyone's
interested.

Will probably be some more stuff as I go through the hoarded
possesions of the last few generations!

Thanks !

Hi:

I can't say for sure what brand name was on the cylinder cleaner but
it definately was made by Siroma Manufacturing and, as the cord is
removable it was probably made in the mid 1940's.  If you would like
to see other similar machines go to my web page
(www.DKAS1.50megs.com) and select Siroma Eng.  Hope this helps
Doug


--- In ukclassichomeappliances@yahoogroups.com, "aec2323"
<aecaec2323@y...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Clearing out some old kit that's been in the family for years:
>
> A Hoover 0307 washing machine/mangle
> A Hoover Junior 119
> A National Industries vac
> An unknown cylinder
>
> Pictures here:
> http://pictures-etc.tripod.com
>
> If anyone knows what the last two are I'd be keen to hear.
>
> Anyway, they're on ebay now (ebay user aec2323) if anyone's
> interested.
>
> Will probably be some more stuff as I go through the hoarded
> possesions of the last few generations!
>
> Thanks !

That's a cracking website you've got there! Does the museum exhibit get lots
of visitors/looks?



Sam



   _____

From: dkas_mj [mailto:no_reply@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: 04 November 2004 04:51
To: ukclassichomeappliances@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Uk classic home appliances] Re: A few old appliances for sale




Hi:

I can't say for sure what brand name was on the cylinder cleaner but
it definately was made by Siroma Manufacturing and, as the cord is
removable it was probably made in the mid 1940's.  If you would like
to see other similar machines go to my web page
(www.DKAS1.50megs.com) and select Siroma Eng.  Hope this helps
Doug


--- In ukclassichomeappliances@yahoogroups.com, "aec2323"
<aecaec2323@y...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Clearing out some old kit that's been in the family for years:
>
> A Hoover 0307 washing machine/mangle
> A Hoover Junior 119
> A National Industries vac
> An unknown cylinder
>
> Pictures here:
> http://pictures-etc.tripod.com
>
> If anyone knows what the last two are I'd be keen to hear.
>
> Anyway, they're on ebay now (ebay user aec2323) if anyone's
> interested.
>
> Will probably be some more stuff as I go through the hoarded
> possesions of the last few generations!
>
> Thanks !








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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Ah yes, that looks like the one!  It's sold now and soon on its way
to the new owner.  I'm not a collector and shouldn't be interested
really but the lack of info on that machine was really bugging me !

Thanks for putting me out of my misery!!

--- In ukclassichomeappliances@yahoogroups.com, dkas_mj
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
>
> Hi:
>
> I can't say for sure what brand name was on the cylinder cleaner
but
> it definately was made by Siroma Manufacturing and, as the cord is
> removable it was probably made in the mid 1940's.  If you would
like
> to see other similar machines go to my web page
> (www.DKAS1.50megs.com) and select Siroma Eng.  Hope this helps
> Doug
>
>
> --- In ukclassichomeappliances@yahoogroups.com, "aec2323"
> <aecaec2323@y...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Clearing out some old kit that's been in the family for years:
> >
> > A Hoover 0307 washing machine/mangle
> > A Hoover Junior 119
> > A National Industries vac
> > An unknown cylinder
> >
> > Pictures here:
> > http://pictures-etc.tripod.com
> >
> > If anyone knows what the last two are I'd be keen to hear.
> >
> > Anyway, they're on ebay now (ebay user aec2323) if anyone's
> > interested.
> >
> > Will probably be some more stuff as I go through the hoarded
> > possesions of the last few generations!
> >
> > Thanks !

Hi just found this group, ive colected old appliances for a few years
now i restore buy and sell all types of appliances but usually
fridges and cookers i have piles of spares from various appliances ,
and a load of appliances for sale  from small stuff like vacuums
through to larger appliances like washers and fridges . I will post a
folder of pictures either today or tomorrow of some of the stuff i
have at the moment, Jay.

Hi to all you classic appliance people out there.

I'm Vic from New Zealand and I own a strange looking 'Kenwood Mixer'
It must be a very early model as I have not seen another. It has a
two beater attachment.

I was following a recipe that happened to say 2 cups instead of 2
tablespoons of flour and it was like cement - so what do you know!! I
wore the cogs out. Does anyone out there know where I can get these
cogs from?

Details on the bottom stand (which is a tear drop shape narrow end at
back):

Kenwood Mixer
Ser. No. 29391
Volts 200/250
Woodlau Industries Ltd
Woking - England
Prov: Pat. No. 31956/42
Regd: Des No. (doesn't appear to be one or unreadable)

It has a narrow neck stand, mechanics all in the bullet shaped body,
powered from the black turn dial at the rear (point of bullet)Steel
front cover where cogs are. The rest of the appliance is in a creamy
yellow enamel. Two steel beaters. Its not unlike a retro Sunbeam
Mixer a bit larger.  very simple functioning no attachments, or
places for attachments to go (as far as I can see)

I've probably given too much information, these cake mixers are
probably prolific in the U.K - but I cannot find another here.

Can anyone help??  (O:

would be much appreciated.

Cheers

Hello Jay,

Welcome to the group, I am sure we will be all keen to see waht you
have. Are U based in teh UK? If so, whereabouts?

Al


--- In ukclassichomeappliances@yahoogroups.com, "retrocold"
<retrocold@y...> wrote:
>
> Hi just found this group, ive colected old appliances for a few
years
> now i restore buy and sell all types of appliances but usually
> fridges and cookers i have piles of spares from various
appliances ,
> and a load of appliances for sale  from small stuff like vacuums
> through to larger appliances like washers and fridges . I will post
a
> folder of pictures either today or tomorrow of some of the stuff i
> have at the moment, Jay.

HI yes i am in the uk based in carlisle cumbria. take a look at the
folder ive created in files for some of my stuff. im also selling a
very rare 1960 tricity melodie cooker , which features a built in
radio, this has now been rewired and will be completed by the end of
next week  pictures shown are before work started. Jay

Hi I hoped that someone might have the part I'm looking for. (see my
post on the 11th November).

It would be very appreciated if someone could help I really like my
old retro appliance - It looks cool and worked so well for so many
years until I wrecked it. )O:

Cheers

Vicky

Vicky,

You are correct that is is a very old mixer, dating from the late
1940s - the "planetary" action machines being introduced around 1950.
These machines are very rare mainly I suppose because there were very
heavy restrictions on availability of all domestic appliances after
WW2 until about 1953 or so.

The resemblence to Sunbeam models is very striking and I have always
wondered if they were in fact imported and re-badged from another
manufacturer (prob. USA) or even Sunbeam themselves. There is another
Yahoo group which might be of more use to you WACEM (We Actually
Collect Electric Mixers) - although this is predominatly centered on
US machines there is a wealth of knowledge there and they may have an
alternative souce of supply.

Good luck in your search, this is definatly a machine to cherish

Al


--- In ukclassichomeappliances@yahoogroups.com, "skikiwivik"
<vikkiwi@h...> wrote:
>
> Hi I hoped that someone might have the part I'm looking for. (see
my
> post on the 11th November).
>
> It would be very appreciated if someone could help I really like my
> old retro appliance - It looks cool and worked so well for so many
> years until I wrecked it. )O:
>
> Cheers
>
> Vicky

I wonder why so many old appliance collectors are based in Scotland?

Did not see any pics of the Tricity Melodie in yr folder - a novel
extra for those days

Al

--- In ukclassichomeappliances@yahoogroups.com, "retrocold"
<retrocold@y...> wrote:
>
> HI yes i am in the uk based in carlisle cumbria. take a look at the
> folder ive created in files for some of my stuff. im also selling a
> very rare 1960 tricity melodie cooker , which features a built in
> radio, this has now been rewired and will be completed by the end
of
> next week  pictures shown are before work started. Jay

hi the pictures of it are in the files section with a load of my
other stuff, and carlisles in england not scotland although it was a
few hundred years ago, Jay

sounds a bit like one ive got , never seen another by this maker
although i think they did a lot in the U.S ours is a scovill. we
never use it although its quite a nice mixer 10 speed with a single
double beater attachment, on a slim stem with a choice of two
different sized bowls that sit on a turntable. ours appears to be
late 50's or early 60's judging by the design. will post some
pictures of it soon. Jay

Hi Jay

Welcome to the club, just a bit further north from me but definatley
this side of Scotland....Nice set of appliances you have,love the
cookers, does the jingle timer work etc...havnt heard of anything
like that other than the Westinghouse Dryers singing "HOW DRY AM I"
at the end of cycle.

What year was the MR Astral fridge from???is it regassed & working ??

Have a browse through the pics and links and let us know what you
think..

Cheers, Mike



--- In ukclassichomeappliances@yahoogroups.com, "retrocold"
<retrocold@y...> wrote:
>
> HI yes i am in the uk based in carlisle cumbria. take a look at
the
> folder ive created in files for some of my stuff. im also selling
a
> very rare 1960 tricity melodie cooker , which features a built in
> radio, this has now been rewired and will be completed by the end
of
> next week  pictures shown are before work started. Jay

HI Vic

Welcome to the club...sounds like the very first mixer from
Kenwood...before the 50`s etc...dont think parts are available only
from scrapped machines and then earliest I have seen offered is the
later models of the 50 etc....

Are there any machine shops you could take the cogs to to be re-made
etc???

Will keep an eye open and let you know if anything comes about etc..

Cheers, Mike




--- In ukclassichomeappliances@yahoogroups.com, "skikiwivik"
<vikkiwi@h...> wrote:
>
> Hi to all you classic appliance people out there.
>
> I'm Vic from New Zealand and I own a strange looking 'Kenwood
Mixer'
> It must be a very early model as I have not seen another. It has a
> two beater attachment.
>
> I was following a recipe that happened to say 2 cups instead of 2
> tablespoons of flour and it was like cement - so what do you
know!! I
> wore the cogs out. Does anyone out there know where I can get
these
> cogs from?
>
> Details on the bottom stand (which is a tear drop shape narrow end
at
> back):
>
> Kenwood Mixer
> Ser. No. 29391
> Volts 200/250
> Woodlau Industries Ltd
> Woking - England
> Prov: Pat. No. 31956/42
> Regd: Des No. (doesn't appear to be one or unreadable)
>
> It has a narrow neck stand, mechanics all in the bullet shaped
body,
> powered from the black turn dial at the rear (point of bullet)
Steel
> front cover where cogs are. The rest of the appliance is in a
creamy
> yellow enamel. Two steel beaters. Its not unlike a retro Sunbeam
> Mixer a bit larger.  very simple functioning no attachments, or
> places for attachments to go (as far as I can see)
>
> I've probably given too much information, these cake mixers are
> probably prolific in the U.K - but I cannot find another here.
>
> Can anyone help??  (O:
>
> would be much appreciated.
>
> Cheers

Finally collected the Bendix Automatic Washer model G I bought in
the summer!!! 3 men and 2 wheely trucks and a luton forklift brought
this monster home!!!

In perfect condition, needs new hoses but otherwise works
great,porcelain and enamel finish like new, the owners bough it from
new when first married and moved into a farmhouse, paid £121 pounds
for it,  and also bought 1.5 acres of farmland which was the same
price!!!!

The first of the "Not BoltDown " machines, the soap dispenser is so
big you can touch the drum, which is not a good idea when switched
on etc..a definate cheesegrater effect!!

Cheers for now, Mike

hi, like the new bendix , its a bit newer than the one we are using
which i dont have the model number of as the plates missing , but its
a big old thing front loading automatic and very art deco in style.
anyway if you look in photo folder marked jays appliances you will
see ive added a before and after pic of the main 122 super century
cooker ive just finished today, this one was snatched from the jaws
of death when i pulled it out of a front garden round the corner ten
minutes before the scrapman came for it, Its now up for sale on
another site ready to make room for the next one. gas cookers are
probably my favorite type of appliance but unfortuantly to big to
collect in any great number and very very time consuming to restore
properly.
below is a list of all the complete appliances i have at the moment
all are for sale  some are mint some arent but they all work .
Ive just bought an early 50's double width frigidaire fridge so i
have to loose something before the missus goes mad.

currently i have.

  pifco warmasphere 2 (see pics folder)
  goblin cleansweep with most tools
  vactric cylindr cleaner
  hmv beehive room heater in beige
  scovill ten spped singe attachment mixer
  tricity melodie electric cooker with radio (1958?)
  main super century gas cooker model 122
  hotpoint single tub with electric mangle ( just visible in main
cooker pic
  belling electric cooker mid 50's
  M R astral refridgerator  half height absorbtion fridge( this was
fitted with a new element 6 months ago)
  prestcold L71 fridge (1951) fully restored
  Frigidaire frimatic in mettalic black finish with peach coloured
interior.

  there also a load of other stuff but the place is so packed i cant
remember what there is. and many many spare including quite a few for
hoover constellations.

Thanks Alister, Jay and Mike for your replies and suggestions.

I have visited the WACEM site and found my machine, yes it is likely
to be one of the first models( they have a picture on slide 17 of the
photos) and I am unlikely to find the parts I want - although I will
keep looking and would love to hear from anyone who has one of these
machines that isn't working and they don't really need the cogs (mine
is fine otherwise) as cogs are internal it does effect the asthetics
of the machine to take them out.

As to getting them machined at an engineering factory - I have
thought of this option, but as it would be a one off it is unlikely
to be economically viable. Does anyone have any idea what these
machines are worth if they are operating - is it valuable to a
collector?? I'll ask at the WACEM site also

Cheers and thanks so much for your help

Vicky
New Zealand

Hi Mike,

Luv the Bendix...absolute classic..it looks in fab condition as
well !! do you know if you are going to post anymore pics??

Wicked !!

Keith



--- In ukclassichomeappliances@yahoogroups.com, chestermikeuk
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
>
> Finally collected the Bendix Automatic Washer model G I bought in
> the summer!!! 3 men and 2 wheely trucks and a luton forklift
brought
> this monster home!!!
>
> In perfect condition, needs new hoses but otherwise works
> great,porcelain and enamel finish like new, the owners bough it
from
> new when first married and moved into a farmhouse, paid £121 pounds
> for it,  and also bought 1.5 acres of farmland which was the same
> price!!!!
>
> The first of the "Not BoltDown " machines, the soap dispenser is so
> big you can touch the drum, which is not a good idea when switched
> on etc..a definate cheesegrater effect!!
>
> Cheers for now, Mike

Thought i'd post some pictures of what will be our new fridge , take
a look they are in the folder Jays appliances . this one came off
ebay for £50 (unseen) we picked it up today its now in the kitchen
and remarkably its working !! the pics dont really show how bad it is
will post more pics as its being restored .
Im off to see the nice people at the cumbria enterprise centre
tomorrow about getting a grant to start an appliance restoration
company so im not gonna sleep tonight . Jay

Hi Keith

The Bendix is in great condition, has been kept in a heated garage
and polished every week, was replaced with a 1200 spin AEG as parts
where beginning to be an issue and the repairs who fixed it finally
retired...

Would`nt want to move this one to many times!!!! have posted a few
more pics last week of the hoover single tubs and spina rinse
models, have a look and let me know what you think.....also a few
more vacs as i was having a sort out....

Whats new with you etc???

Cheers, Mike



--- In ukclassichomeappliances@yahoogroups.com, "Keith (Blanche)"
<shaunandkeith@h...> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> Luv the Bendix...absolute classic..it looks in fab condition as
> well !! do you know if you are going to post anymore pics??
>
> Wicked !!
>
> Keith
>
>
>
> --- In ukclassichomeappliances@yahoogroups.com, chestermikeuk
> <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> >
> > Finally collected the Bendix Automatic Washer model G I bought
in
> > the summer!!! 3 men and 2 wheely trucks and a luton forklift
> brought
> > this monster home!!!
> >
> > In perfect condition, needs new hoses but otherwise works
> > great,porcelain and enamel finish like new, the owners bough it
> from
> > new when first married and moved into a farmhouse, paid £121
pounds
> > for it,  and also bought 1.5 acres of farmland which was the
same
> > price!!!!
> >
> > The first of the "Not BoltDown " machines, the soap dispenser is
so
> > big you can touch the drum, which is not a good idea when
switched
> > on etc..a definate cheesegrater effect!!
> >
> > Cheers for now, Mike

Hi Jay

Good look with the venture...the Frigidaire looks worthy of a
restore...these fridges just kept on going etc...do these models
have fiberglass insulation  etc...are there any restrictions with
regards to re-gassing these models now with all the new EC
regulations???

Cheers, Mike

--- In ukclassichomeappliances@yahoogroups.com, "retrocold"
<retrocold@y...> wrote:
>
> Thought i'd post some pictures of what will be our new fridge ,
take
> a look they are in the folder Jays appliances . this one came off
> ebay for £50 (unseen) we picked it up today its now in the kitchen
> and remarkably its working !! the pics dont really show how bad it
is
> will post more pics as its being restored .
> Im off to see the nice people at the cumbria enterprise centre
> tomorrow about getting a grant to start an appliance restoration
> company so im not gonna sleep tonight . Jay

Hi ppl

I work for a domestic appliance repairer(also sales). It is illegal
to work on the sealed system of any appliance that uses R12 or
earlier gas- anything over approx 8-10 years old.

Seamus
--- In ukclassichomeappliances@yahoogroups.com, chestermikeuk
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
>
> Hi Jay
>
> Good look with the venture...the Frigidaire looks worthy of a
> restore...these fridges just kept on going etc...do these models
> have fiberglass insulation  etc...are there any restrictions with
> regards to re-gassing these models now with all the new EC
> regulations???
>
> Cheers, Mike
>
> --- In ukclassichomeappliances@yahoogroups.com, "retrocold"
> <retrocold@y...> wrote:
> >
> > Thought i'd post some pictures of what will be our new fridge ,
> take
> > a look they are in the folder Jays appliances . this one came off
> > ebay for £50 (unseen) we picked it up today its now in the
kitchen
> > and remarkably its working !! the pics dont really show how bad
it
> is
> > will post more pics as its being restored .
> > Im off to see the nice people at the cumbria enterprise centre
> > tomorrow about getting a grant to start an appliance restoration
> > company so im not gonna sleep tonight . Jay

Hi Mike

Nice pair of 652a seniors.The Green one is quite unusual me thinks in
that it has the old type (under chasis) switch., Ive only ever seen
this on the Rose 652 and the Grey 652a. That is also an amazing
Bendix- must be pretty much unique!

Seamus