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Thread Number: 55524
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Washing machine in Keith Floyd episode |
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Post# 779109 8/24/2014 at 16:40 (3,526 days old) by foraloysius  (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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I saw this episode of Floyd Cooks on Saturday Kitchen Best Bites. I noticed a washing machine in the background, but couldn't determine what it was. You can see it several times, first when she puts the fish into the oven and later when they are sitting at the table. Can anyone tell me what kind of washing machine it is?
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| Post# 779119 , Reply# 1 8/24/2014 at 17:13 (3,526 days old) by robliverpool (england Liverpool) | ||
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Post# 779121 , Reply# 2 8/24/2014 at 17:22 (3,526 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 779139 , Reply# 3 8/24/2014 at 18:35 (3,525 days old) by iej (.... ) | ||
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They were manufactured by a company called Riber in Italy under various brands. In Ireland they were the Thor 850XD, in the UK Coleston 850XD and then eventually Ariston. | ||
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Post# 779238 , Reply# 4 8/25/2014 at 02:37 (3,525 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Colston 850XD
Great washer dryers, very heavy and solid, big induction motors, a warm air vented dryer, the fan unit was very powerful, the metal bars at the lower front where pulled up to set down wheels for easy moving - a well thought out machine for its day!!
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Post# 779239 , Reply# 5 8/25/2014 at 02:53 (3,525 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 779252 , Reply# 6 8/25/2014 at 05:38 (3,525 days old) by robliverpool (england Liverpool) | ||
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I don't know how much they cost. I got the machine because my friends mum had just got a new kitchen and her husband wouldn't pay for a new washer as they had had it for 15years and never broken so she pulled the door seal off in the end so it flooded the kitchen so she could get a new one lol. Very very heavy machine. The dryer was good. On the back of the machine it had a vent with a small lint filter to clean
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| Post# 780068 , Reply# 7 8/29/2014 at 07:21 (3,521 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys) | ||
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| Post# 780440 , Reply# 8 8/31/2014 at 17:48 (3,519 days old) by iej (.... ) | ||
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| Post# 780441 , Reply# 9 8/31/2014 at 17:49 (3,519 days old) by iej (.... ) | ||
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| Post# 780585 , Reply# 10 9/1/2014 at 08:36 (3,518 days old) by hotpoint9534 (UK) | ||
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My grandparents had the washer only version of this Colston. It seems to have been quite rare as I've only seen examples of the washer dryer since. Anyone else seen one? Tom | ||
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Post# 780601 , Reply# 11 9/1/2014 at 09:44 (3,518 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 780612 , Reply# 13 9/1/2014 at 10:29 (3,518 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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and here is the slightly younger machine, manufactured after Ariston absorbed Colston and machines received dual branding. This machine was picked up from Blackpool about four years ago and has yet to be tested .... 
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| Post# 780614 , Reply# 14 9/1/2014 at 10:33 (3,518 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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these machines were rear venting through grill so, unless she had a further vent at the back of her worksurface, I bet her back wall looked lovely ... 
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Post# 780618 , Reply# 15 9/1/2014 at 10:46 (3,518 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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