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Post# 328038 , Reply# 1 2/1/2009 at 06:05 (5,556 days old) by chestermikeuk  (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Servis MK72
Hi Paul, welcome to the club, great memories you are telling us about the first Servis front loading washing machine, first produced in 1972, it took a 9lb load, hot & cold fill, 740rpm, with a slower 460 spin for delicates etc, also it had the drip dry button which was "No spin" at all, Had a vitreous enamel inner & outer drum with kewl blue baffles!!! is this the model you remember??? 
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| Post# 328042 , Reply# 2 2/1/2009 at 06:33 (5,556 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
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| Post# 328050 , Reply# 4 2/1/2009 at 07:49 (5,556 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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and just as good side by side... 
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Post# 328143 , Reply# 5 2/1/2009 at 16:22 (5,556 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Servis Pair... | ||
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Post# 328146 , Reply# 6 2/1/2009 at 16:26 (5,556 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Every Woman needs a little daily Servis Help...!!! | ||
| Post# 328652 , Reply# 8 2/4/2009 at 02:46 (5,554 days old) by paulinroyton (B) | ||
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Servis Yes Mike, That is the very same machine my mum had. It was fab, loved the square door, the dark drum, and deep rinses. Wish servis would bring out another model like this one | ||
| Post# 328654 , Reply# 9 2/4/2009 at 02:52 (5,554 days old) by paulinroyton (B) | ||
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Servis One last thing. The back of the drum always reminded me of the green triangle chocolate out of quality streets.Lol | ||
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Post# 328661 , Reply# 10 2/4/2009 at 03:29 (5,553 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Drums!!! | ||
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Post# 328663 , Reply# 11 2/4/2009 at 03:34 (5,553 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Servis Washers
Hi Paul, yes it would be a fine laundry day if these washers where made again with the same quality!!!the quality of the vitreous enamelling is superb as well as the colourways!!! Hard to think that for its size it took a 9lb load, the same as the 27inch wide keymatics!!! heres with doors shut....the bendix washer sound interesting, I`ll search for a pic 
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| Post# 328768 , Reply# 12 2/4/2009 at 15:31 (5,553 days old) by paulinroyton (B) | ||
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Servis Hi Mike. Another thing I remembered, on my mums machine it had a glass porthole, yet a friend of my mums had a plastic porthole. | ||
| Post# 328778 , Reply# 13 2/4/2009 at 16:13 (5,553 days old) by nickuk (chelmsford UK) | ||
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Welcome, paulinroyton! Thanks for the pics Mike, classy machines. My maternal family are all from Wednesbury. What a shame, how things go....... | ||
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Post# 328829 , Reply# 14 2/5/2009 at 02:38 (5,553 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Wednesbury
Hi Nick, Ohhh its depressing seeing the old factory now all shut and up for sale!!!!, Did your family have Servis machines then, would love to hear any experiences!!!!.... I think I am partial and biased towards Servis of old as its the washers I grew up with, my parents still have only had three Servis washers in all 49 yrs of marriage, Servis MK2 twinny until 1978, then Servis SlimLine 308 autos set and then in 1988 a 6033 Quartz set which is still running!!! Heres the inside of the dryer drum, galvanised steel, 9lb load, "Halo of Heat" elements round the front, with large fan at the back , drawing the high efficiency air flow through the clothes, had thermostats on the exhaust for temperature control!!! 
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Post# 328850 , Reply# 15 2/5/2009 at 06:39 (5,552 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Servis Mk 72 sold in Australia under the Wilkins Servis name | ||
| Post# 328853 , Reply# 16 2/5/2009 at 06:53 (5,552 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
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I have seen.... | ||
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Post# 328855 , Reply# 17 2/5/2009 at 07:15 (5,552 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Oh my..!!!
Where ever is that copy writer now...(this has a touch of Jon Jetcones copy) he`s definately needed...talk about tell it like it is...LOl Is the 504 toploader the Maytag series or the UK design?? do maytag do the 210d arc?? "Silent Medic for Germ Free Washing" lovin it!!! "Pigeon Pair" how very dare he, of all the words to use!!!! is that Aussy slang for something???? Am loving the description of oil filled shocks, bearings as in Jet engines (Yup) then he goes and blows it by comparing it to a "Ford Escort" oh my....!!!! Servis Super 10 twinny, couldnt work out the 8lb capacity then saw the poly tub description, are these tubs deeper / bigger than the UK models?? Fashion tones of Mod Yellow or advocado green..... Well i think he could add more than a dash of colour to some of todays adds...Lol Hey Leon , great adds, many thanks for posting, but the way stuff is finding you at the moment I hope its not Tooo long before we see these "in the flesh" Cheers, Mike 
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| Post# 328924 , Reply# 18 2/5/2009 at 15:10 (5,552 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
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Pigeon Pair
Is or was a fairly normal description used around white goods...normally applied to same size but seperate unit fridges and freezers where they would be placed next to each other as a 'pair'. Both handles would end up 'in the middle' (so RHS say for fridge and LHS for freezer) which gave the effect of a large American side by side fridge freezer but with more space, easier repairability (separate components) and easier to move too... There is an example on the bottom right of page 3 ($2599) of the catalogue in the link CLICK HERE TO GO TO ronhic's LINK | ||
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Post# 328927 , Reply# 19 2/5/2009 at 15:37 (5,552 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Wilkins 504...210d arc?
Hey Mike, The "504" is the Maytag design which have the 210 degree washing arc at 63 osc a minute. The UK designed machines were superseded in 1973. The advert came from a Price Service catalogue which repairers and retailers could subscribe to from the late 1950's to the 1980's....these catalogies show EVERY appliance on sale in Australia. I now have the Washing Machine section, plus some dishwashing pages of the years 1961 - 1978, with the exception of 1973, which doesn't exist in any library archive in Oz. JUST for you!!!.....i will create another thread and show what Wilkins Servis sold in Australia in Washing Machines from when the first UK designed machines were made here...how does that sound? Cheers Leon | ||
| Post# 328964 , Reply# 20 2/5/2009 at 19:58 (5,552 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
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Leon... | ||
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Post# 328968 , Reply# 21 2/5/2009 at 20:23 (5,552 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Check your email Chris | ||
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Post# 329007 , Reply# 22 2/6/2009 at 04:50 (5,551 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Wilkins Servis Sold In Australia...!!! | ||
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