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Post# 793786   11/14/2014 at 04:16 (3,448 days old) by keymatic (London / UK)        

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Morning All,

Just received this large leaflet and it made me really chuckle !! " It has some really rather dated advertising lines..Like as you can see from below "Wherever you are - Currys are a girl's best friend" and " What's a smart girl like you doing without a modern washing machine...?"

The leaflet dates from 1968..however still in 1968 a woman could not buy a washing machine on HP (hire purchase)

How times have changed !!
Keith


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Post# 793796 , Reply# 1   11/14/2014 at 06:52 (3,448 days old) by gizmo (Victoria, Australia)        
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Hi Keith

Could you please contact me on chrisharkin@hotmail.com

I have tried emailing you at the email address in your profile, but it bounces.

Thanks

Chris.


Post# 793847 , Reply# 2   11/14/2014 at 10:23 (3,448 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)        

Hi keith.

Hope all is OK. Many thanks for posting the adverts - something a bit different, seeing adverts from stores rather than manufacturers.
Just frustrating that this new fangled uploading lark doesn't make images the size that the old system used to and also makes? Much prefer the old uploading method.

By the look of things, toploading machines still predominated in 68 and very much all UK machines, barring the Frigidaire (daft question probably, but was that Frigidaire US built and imported?).

Thanks again Keith.
Paul


Post# 793850 , Reply# 3   11/14/2014 at 10:26 (3,448 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)        

Here's a bit of Currys from my stash - uploaded the old way! :-)

Post# 793852 , Reply# 4   11/14/2014 at 10:27 (3,448 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)        

and a bit more :-)

Post# 793853 , Reply# 5   11/14/2014 at 10:28 (3,448 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)        

and finally, for the moment ...

Post# 793854 , Reply# 6   11/14/2014 at 10:32 (3,448 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)        
Re the Keymatic

Hi Keith.

Is the Currys Keymatic the cold fill only 3203, or the Hot and cold fill 3203H? Found this stunning photograph on Flikr a couple of months ago. Wonderful :-)

Paul


Post# 793876 , Reply# 7   11/14/2014 at 13:45 (3,447 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys)        
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I never had my free iron with my Hotpoint 15960 :-(

Post# 793971 , Reply# 8   11/15/2014 at 04:47 (3,447 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)        

Hi Lee.

You should print off the advert, got to Currys and metaphorically beat them around the head with it! See if you can extract something from them.
If you bought our machine in 1981, ideally August, then its the principle - you didn't get your free iron!
Let us know what their reaction is :-)

Paul


Post# 793978 , Reply# 9   11/15/2014 at 05:46 (3,447 days old) by electron1100 (England)        
Brilliant Ads

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oh them were the days:-)

Paul that Picture with keymatics etc, is amazing! whats it all about? wharehouse? one of the electricity boards catalogues..........

Lee you told me you never iron anything anyway so that iron would be wasted mate :-) I do remember some clothes waiting to be ironed in your living room

Great thread
Gary


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Post# 793979 , Reply# 10   11/15/2014 at 05:52 (3,447 days old) by keymatic3203 (Cardiff UK)        
Great advertising

you've got there Keith and Paul.

I find it interesting that the cheapest machine in 1981 cost £169 and in 2014 the cheapest machines I've seen in store have been £169. The numbers may be the same but the cost in real income terms and the design and build of the machines are quite different.

Yes Paul that's a stunning photo, shame the stock was all pushed so close together, but then again you get the close up of the control panels. Also a shame not to have unpacked that sunbeam and shown a the Servis controls too. I suppose what I'm really requiring is to step in to that photograph and have a good look.

Lee, it's all about the free gift with you isn't it,lol, what with the ongoing trading standards enquiry over those `Snob' promotions and all.

Mathew


Post# 794023 , Reply# 11   11/15/2014 at 10:07 (3,447 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys)        
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OMG where did the kid come from, I always cover it so how did that happen…..


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