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Thread Number: 38780
Servis MK72 Washing Machines - 40yrs Old Today!!! |
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Post# 575375 2/12/2012 at 13:30 (4,449 days old) by chestermikeuk  (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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40yrs ago today Servis Domestic Appliances UK introduced their first front loading washing machines, The Servis Compact MK72 series, it was the smallest compact sized washer but still took the same capacity load of other much larger machines, brought to you by Servis, the only UK specialist washing machine manufacturer - based in Darleston, West Midland, The Black Country, UK.
It took a 9lb load, was hot & cold fill with a 2.8kw heater, the inner & outer drums where made of vitreous enamel and the drum was mounted on two shock absorber struts attached to the base frame, you could take the cabinet off and it would still stand attached....the spin speed was 740rpm and the controls where a mechanical timer situated at the back of the machine for space saving and had a conrod connected to the programme controller on the fascia, it had four wheels for easy moving, dont forget some people where still wheeling even these machines to the kitchen sink to use!!! CLICK HERE TO GO TO chestermikeuk's LINK 
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Post# 575376 , Reply# 1 2/12/2012 at 13:32 (4,449 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Servis MK72 Compact Series (1972) | ||
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Post# 575378 , Reply# 2 2/12/2012 at 13:37 (4,449 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Servis MK72 Compact Series (1972) | ||
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Post# 575380 , Reply# 3 2/12/2012 at 13:38 (4,449 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Servis MK72 Compact Series (1972) | ||
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Post# 575381 , Reply# 4 2/12/2012 at 13:39 (4,449 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Servis MK72 Compact Series (1972) | ||
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Post# 575383 , Reply# 5 2/12/2012 at 13:44 (4,449 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Oz version | ||
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Post# 575384 , Reply# 6 2/12/2012 at 13:51 (4,449 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Servis MK72 Compact Series (1972)
It had seven main washing programmes as identified by the HLCC (Home Laundry Care Council), there where only 7 main types of clothing that could be grouped together and washed using these programmes, sound like a simplicity we should revert back to today!!!
The programmes where numbered and you simply dial the programme number and the washer identifies the correct water level and agitation, along with number of rinses and spin speed which was fast @ 740rpm for 4mins, slow @ 460rpm for 2 mins and a "drip Dry" select which drained the water and left delicate manmade fibres dripping wet for line drying!! you also had the latest in "Bio Technology" which started all programmes off with a cold water fill to take advantage of the latest in "enzyme technology detergents... 
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Post# 575387 , Reply# 7 2/12/2012 at 13:55 (4,449 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Servis MK72 Compact Series (1972)
It had a two compartment detergent dispenser for pre-wash and main wash powder, this was a long drawer with smooth sides and was easily flushed through so no residues where left around!!
Hi Leon, yes looking forward to seeing them, where they made in the UK and exported or produced with you under license do you know?? 
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| Post# 575390 , Reply# 8 2/12/2012 at 14:01 (4,449 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa) | ||
 Mike there beautiful ! I like the doors that are so thin it looks nice and flush. The inner basket we would call it speckled navy blue basket here in the states as you well know. Now how do you open the dryer door ? And do you have any video's yet ? It's great to see a machine still healthy for all those years congrats.
Darren k | ||
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Post# 575391 , Reply# 9 2/12/2012 at 14:01 (4,449 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Servis compact Series (1972) | ||
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Post# 575392 , Reply# 10 2/12/2012 at 14:05 (4,449 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Servis MK72 Compact Series (1972) | ||
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Post# 575394 , Reply# 11 2/12/2012 at 14:11 (4,449 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Servis compact Series (1972) | ||
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Post# 575397 , Reply# 12 2/12/2012 at 14:20 (4,449 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Aussie Production | ||
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Post# 575399 , Reply# 13 2/12/2012 at 14:23 (4,449 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Servis MK72 Compact Series (1972) | ||
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Post# 575400 , Reply# 14 2/12/2012 at 14:27 (4,449 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Servis - "Weshers From The Black Country"
Home Grown in The West Midlands of the UK, please see the link to one of the biggest open air museums.....
CLICK HERE TO GO TO chestermikeuk's LINK 
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| Post# 575402 , Reply# 15 2/12/2012 at 14:46 (4,449 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa) | ||
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Post# 575438 , Reply# 16 2/12/2012 at 17:27 (4,449 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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Mk82 | ||
| Post# 575546 , Reply# 17 2/13/2012 at 03:11 (4,449 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
Happy Birthday Servis | ||
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Post# 575805 , Reply# 18 2/14/2012 at 03:10 (4,448 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Servis Dryer
Hi Darren, yes the dryers operate with the "Halo of Heat" style, its a coil element that sits around the drum front, air is drawn from cabinet over the coils & heated, then pulled through the clothes and sucked out through the fan at the rear, the fan outlet is on top of the fan unit, there the vent hose is attached, the filter can either be a screen inside the drum or a box filter above the outlet vent...
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Post# 575806 , Reply# 19 2/14/2012 at 03:27 (4,448 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Servis Compact Series | ||
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Post# 575808 , Reply# 20 2/14/2012 at 03:30 (4,448 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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A Servis Charter... | ||
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Post# 575810 , Reply# 21 2/14/2012 at 03:35 (4,448 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Servis Service | ||
| Post# 575848 , Reply# 22 2/14/2012 at 10:10 (4,447 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
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Skervis Service | ||
| Post# 575860 , Reply# 25 2/14/2012 at 10:43 (4,447 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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Just after its 740 rpm spin... 
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| Post# 575861 , Reply# 26 2/14/2012 at 10:44 (4,447 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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| Post# 575862 , Reply# 27 2/14/2012 at 10:44 (4,447 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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The drum... 
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| Post# 575864 , Reply# 28 2/14/2012 at 10:46 (4,447 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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A little bit arty (I like to think)... 
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| Post# 575865 , Reply# 29 2/14/2012 at 10:52 (4,447 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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Nearly two years later, in August 2009 A timeline of Servis machines - early 70s, late 70s and early 80s The Servis Compacts really were superb little big machines! Paul ps it weighs a hell of a lot too! 
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Post# 577897 , Reply# 30 2/24/2012 at 03:18 (4,438 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Servis
Hi Paul , yes they are solid machines, a heavy base and vitreous enamel inner & outer tubs, did the job though for many years...no fussing with the spin either!!
Gary...yes, Darlo women, somehow it doesnt look like houses near the factory!!! I wonder what people did with the packet of OMO (Old Man Out or On My Own) in the kitchen window when they got an automatic?? or I wonder if the husband would click...LOl 
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Post# 577909 , Reply# 31 2/24/2012 at 08:19 (4,437 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Happy Anniversary / Birthday! | ||
| Post# 577946 , Reply# 32 2/24/2012 at 14:08 (4,437 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY) | ||
Servis! Mike, these are beautiful machines, I wish we had these on our side of the pond. I've been thouroughly enjoying my little Canadian Servis twinnie and if these are anything like that in build quality then they are tanks.
Happy Anniversary. My Simplicity/Servis will be 40 in August, hard to imagine and it's still in great shape.
-Tim | ||
| Post# 670630 , Reply# 33 4/5/2013 at 10:34 (4,031 days old) by fido () | ||
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Mike, I have a bearing kit for the MK72 if you want it. See my other post "Spares in UK". | ||
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Post# 670692 , Reply# 34 4/5/2013 at 15:11 (4,031 days old) by ricky5050 (Durham Britain) |
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Mobile phone call 
I believe it was 40 years ago that it was the first mobile phone call too? Perhaps it went " hello darling I've just bought you a servis washer ," I was 2 months old and it was a few months before my mam bought her first auto washer ( matchbox hoover ) and was still using a rolls rapids twin tub, 10 years before her first dryer and 20 before her first dishwasher! Imagine having all 3 in 1973 ! In England this would have been quite well to do !
Richard | ||
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