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Pre-Christmas Vintage washer Quiz - UK
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Post# 478640   12/1/2010 at 06:18 (4,893 days old) by keymatic (London / UK)        

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Hey Guys..

Well seeing that I have been signed off work for a week, due to a bad back, not great timing as i am having a new kitchen installed, but hey.. I thought what better time to have a quick quiz to test the old brain cells...Lets see what has been retained over the years.


1. What year did Hotpoint introduce their 1st front loading automatic (1600) ?

2. Which company used the line in their advert “Washday Childs Play” ?

3. What machine quoted to be “Years ahead of its time” ?

4. What year did Parnall introduce the MK2 Spinwasher ?

5. “Waltz through washday” was written by ..... ..... & for which manufacture ?

6. What was lent to housework by Hotpoint in the 50’s ?

7. Make a Bee-Line for who...?

8. The Hotpoint Empress was first introduced in 30’s, but what was its distinctive feature ?

9. Who in the early 1950’s had to revert back to a four legged washing machine due to the national steel shortage ?

10. What was the colour of the “Filter clean” tray on the Hotpoint Supermatic 1420 ?

11. “Choose your programme, anyone of eight” was used in the TV advert for what machine ?

12. Who used a Mexican cartoon figure as a focal point in selling their washers..?

13. What machine had “live water” action ?

14. Who produced a washer called the “Balmoral” ?

15. Who acclaimed their machine had “Brains as well as beauty” ?

Enjoy & reply at your leisure..
Keith





Post# 478645 , Reply# 1   12/1/2010 at 07:08 (4,893 days old) by HooverJames ()        

I'll try it...

1. 1969

2. Don't know

3. Don't know

4. 1962?

5. Hoover?

6. A helping hand?

7. Don't know

8. Octagonal tub

9. Thor?

10. Red

11. Hoover Keymatic

12. Don't know

13. Hoovermatic?

14. Don't know

15. Hotpoint Supermatic 1420

I did terrible but considering I'm young I did ok.

James.


Post# 478652 , Reply# 2   12/1/2010 at 07:48 (4,893 days old) by keymatic (London / UK)        

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Hey James, 4.5
Not bad given your youth.
Well done for having a go.
Keith


Post# 478655 , Reply# 3   12/1/2010 at 08:02 (4,893 days old) by HooverJames ()        

Thanks :)

Post# 479784 , Reply# 4   12/6/2010 at 02:43 (4,888 days old) by Karney ()        
GREAT QUESTIONS!

Hy keith!great questions you posted. as i am still doing my thesis on the cultural history of the washing machine in germany and the uk from 1950-75 i would love to hear the answers! if you have any material in digital form to not hesitate to contact me - karney80@yahoo.com.

i spent a couple of weeks in london this february, if got all the reports in the which-magazine as well a plenty of ad's from the above mentioned period on photo. regards, markus



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