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Post# 307692   10/5/2008 at 02:20 (5,679 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)        

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Ill take ten please.........

Seamus

P.s Love the water level :)


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Post# 307693 , Reply# 1   10/5/2008 at 02:36 (5,679 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
Persil & Hotpoint Microtronic X2000

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Not see one of those for yrs!!!

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Post# 307694 , Reply# 2   10/5/2008 at 02:42 (5,679 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
Ariel & hoover - who better...!!!!

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Ariel Ultra - who needs gel...is this a Hoover Ecologic or Computerlogic???

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Post# 307695 , Reply# 3   10/5/2008 at 02:44 (5,679 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
Radion...

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Post# 307696 , Reply# 4   10/5/2008 at 02:47 (5,679 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
Electra

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Hi Seamus, That was the first automatic washer by Electra I ever got to see working, my Auntie got this after trading in here English electric Was n Rinse, but kept here Creda Debonair spinner thankfully because of the spin speed....these lasted yrs until they where changed for a matching Creda Micron set with the 1250spin!!!

Post# 307698 , Reply# 5   10/5/2008 at 02:53 (5,679 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada)        
that V Zug wallpaper

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Mike I am totally distracted by that new wallpaper of yours! BTW Do they still sell Creda Debonair's? I think I will bring one back when I visit next, one with the autopump.

Post# 307707 , Reply# 6   10/5/2008 at 05:01 (5,679 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
Ok, Normal "Servis" Resumes...

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Hi Eddy, yes they do still sell the Creda SpinDryers not bad machines, like everything else not made to the same degree as they where....

Post# 307726 , Reply# 7   10/5/2008 at 08:05 (5,679 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA)        

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Stupid question...the "electricity board" is equivalent to a US "electric company"? Is the Electricity Board a governmental entity? (i.e. equivalent to public power in the US)?

Post# 307783 , Reply# 8   10/5/2008 at 12:41 (5,679 days old) by hotpoint9534 (UK)        

Yes the 'electricity boards' were government corporations. Just like we used to have the government owned 'British Railways Board' etc.

In the late 1980's the conservative government privatised the electricity boards. By 1995 all the old 'boards' had been sold off and became private electricity companies.

Tom.


Post# 307823 , Reply# 9   10/5/2008 at 16:22 (5,679 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)        

whoa!!!!!!!!!!!!! what a great site - what a nostalgia trip.
love that Persil advert, with the Microtronic x2000 - and that Electra in the other advert. would i be right in thinking that that was a GL3, as it looks more modern that the pictures i have seen of the GL2.

Hi Jamie. following on from what Tom wrote above, here is a bit more info on the old 'leccy boards'.

The UK was split into a number of 'electricity boards', each covering their own part of the country. There numbered 10 or 11 of them and all were publically owned from the late 1940's through to 1990, when they were privatised.

The great thing was that each area also used to sell electrical goods and appliances, through their own regional chains of shops - 'Your local Electricity Board Shop'.

My second home, as a nipper, was the local branch of Norweb, through which i dragged many a relative. Norweb was the name given to the board providing electricity to the North West of England, stretching from the Scottish borders to the tip of the North Midlands.

The list was:

East Midlands Electricity
Eastern Electricity
London Electricity
MANWEB
Midlands Electricity
Northern Electric
Norweb
Seeboard
South Wales Electricity
South Western Electricity
Southern Electric
&
Yorkshire Electricity

Quite why the North East warrented two boards - Northern Electric & Yorkshire Electricity - whilst the North West did with just one - Norweb - is beyond me.

The electricity boards also used to do deals with manufacturers, which saw fridges, freezers, washers, dryers etc from Zanussi, Servis, Creda, Hotpoint, Philips and Hoover (to name but a few) branded as 'Electra' and sold as exclusives through the board shops, in competition with the independent retailers, the likes of Currys and Comet.

Hoover bucked the trend in that their exclusive models for the boards were still fully branded as Hoover, but were identifiable by a letter 'E' being on the end of the product name.

Zanussi washing machines were identifiable through a non standard colour scheme, as well as the additional feature of a delay timer. this was a unique board feature to enable the user to delay the machines start until late evening - overnight - to early morning, when electricity in the UK was cheaper. This was known as 'Economy 7'.

Anyways, i think that most of that is accurate. let me know if not.
Hope it helps.
Cheers
paul
p.s below is an advert of RobM's, showing Philps and Creda products badged as Electra, with a Hoover 'E' washer and dryer.


Post# 307824 , Reply# 10   10/5/2008 at 16:25 (5,679 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)        

and a zanussi exclusive washer (the left one), with the additional time delay dial and beige colour scheme, with a standard machine on the right...

Post# 307932 , Reply# 11   10/6/2008 at 06:06 (5,678 days old) by robliverpool (england Liverpool)        
radion powder ad

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that takes me back forgot all about radion powder that had a fab smell on it loved it, not seen it in years anyone got any ideas on where it went?

Post# 307948 , Reply# 12   10/6/2008 at 10:30 (5,678 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
MANWEB

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Merseyside & North Wales Electricity Board - I used to love going to town with my nan & gran paying their leccy bills (well before banks n direct debits...LOL) the queue was always long which gave young ones like me plenty of time to browse the appliances etc...invariably there would be a demonstrator in the shop as well all too eager to demo the latest washer!!!...FAB

Heres a link to a good info site delving deeper into the mysteries of the UK Electric Grid System...!!!

Robbie oohhhh Radion, that smell, was given free with Philips machines in the 80`s,


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Post# 308057 , Reply# 13   10/6/2008 at 21:57 (5,678 days old) by appnut (TX)        
A question from Ariel ad

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What was the purpose of the detergent ball put in the washer when the detergent drawer/dispenser drawer is right there on the machine?

Post# 308149 , Reply# 14   10/7/2008 at 13:12 (5,677 days old) by electron1100 (England)        
WOW!

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Hello All

Seamus what a find thanks, I never thought i would see my first automatic machine again..........the Electra/Zanussi......god!........it washed well, but the spin speed was something like 470rpm.......i modified it a bit and fitted a variable thermostat (off an Indesit)added a heater and power light, resprayed the front panel black (originally a sort of olive green) and spent hours letraseting the wash programmes on the front panel etc........gah i was mad way back then.........amazing.

Mike i promise to get round to sorting out your parts i have.

Rob & Paul do you not want the brown trim strips i got from a Hotpoint machine at work ?

Gary



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