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| Post# 151886 9/1/2006 at 11:47 (6,447 days old) by robm (Buxted) | ||
Dear all I have been routing around for clips and catalogues advertising WMs in the UK for ages. I have attached an article from about 1985ish. I've been trying to get hold of an old catalogue from the 70-80s but they are now so expensive on ebay. Do any of you have any pics or scans you could share. Many thanks Rob 
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| Post# 151887 , Reply# 1 9/1/2006 at 11:49 (6,447 days old) by robm (Buxted) | ||
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| Post# 151888 , Reply# 2 9/1/2006 at 11:49 (6,447 days old) by robm (Buxted) | ||
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| Post# 151889 , Reply# 3 9/1/2006 at 11:50 (6,447 days old) by robm (Buxted) | ||
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| Post# 151890 , Reply# 4 9/1/2006 at 11:52 (6,447 days old) by robm (Buxted) | ||
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| Post# 151891 , Reply# 5 9/1/2006 at 11:53 (6,447 days old) by robm (Buxted) | ||
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| Post# 151892 , Reply# 6 9/1/2006 at 11:54 (6,447 days old) by robm (Buxted) | ||
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| Post# 151893 , Reply# 7 9/1/2006 at 11:55 (6,447 days old) by robm (Buxted) | ||
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Post# 151895 , Reply# 8 9/1/2006 at 12:05 (6,447 days old) by foraloysius  (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 151985 , Reply# 10 9/2/2006 at 02:50 (6,446 days old) by robm (Buxted) | ||
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Makes in the UK
Thanks for your comments. That particular Hotpoint toploader was made for a number of years well into the 90s. Alas it is made no longer. I'm not an expert on makes but here goes - Hotpoint, Ariston and Indesit are all now made by Merloni. If you look at the new machines they look generally similar, just with different doors and fascias etc.. The same is true for Zanussi, AEG and Electrolux. I have not seen Electrolux for sometime now. If you look carefully you can see that Electrolux and Zanussi are essentially the same in the above photos, even then. Candy and Hoover have now merged and are a shadow of their former selves. Creda did seem to merge with Hotpoint for a while but again I have not seen them for sometime Servis are nothing like the machine above (I'm afraid I don't know much about them) Bosch are still going but I don't think are made in Germany, whereas Miele still is. Phillips is now made by Whirlpool and Asea changed to Asko and is now branded as Maytag. Apologies and comments welcome if I have got this all wrong. Rob | ||
| Post# 152000 , Reply# 12 9/2/2006 at 05:51 (6,446 days old) by sheerlookhomes (U.K.) | ||
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MEMORIES! Hi Rob, thanks for sharing ALL those images - talk about memories!! Denis | ||
| Post# 152004 , Reply# 13 9/2/2006 at 06:45 (6,446 days old) by hoovermatic (UK) | ||
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One of the most amazing things about those ads are the prices!!! No wonder people were slow to upgrade to automatics!! | ||
| Post# 152011 , Reply# 14 9/2/2006 at 07:39 (6,446 days old) by lavamat_jon (UK) | ||
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Coppertone Electrolux machines... ...I didn't realise that colour was available this side of the pond too! Jon | ||
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Post# 152066 , Reply# 15 9/2/2006 at 16:25 (6,445 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Brands
Rob, There used to be two Merloni companies. One is now the Indesit company (former known as Merloni Elettrodomestici) that owns Indesit, Ariston, Creda and Hotpoint. The other Merloni company called Antonio Merloni owns Servis as it's called in the UK. In other countries these machines are sold under different names, like Edy in the Netherlands, EBD in Germany, Ardo in Italy, etc. etc. Antonio Merloni also owns Asko. Asko machines are sold in the UK under the Maytag label (interesting to see how long that will last) and as Cylinda in Skandinavia. In the above photos you might see a similarity between Electrolux and Zanussi but they were really different machines still. AEG was much later taken over by Electrolux, a while after AEG had sold it's appliance branch to Daimler Benz. Electrolux is actually the biggest company in Europe. They own a lot of brands, AEG, Zanker, Zanussi, Zoppas, Elektro-Helios, Electrolux (ofcourse) Marynen, Zanker and others. The Philips label doesn't exist anymore, Whirlpool wasn't allowed to keep carrying the Philips label after they had completely taken over Philips' white goods branch in 1991. The double name Philips-Whirlpool was only used from 1989-1991, the two years for which the joint venture between both companies lasted. Whirlpool also owns Bauknecht. The more expensive line of Bosch washers are still made in Germany. However, there are rumours Bosch also has plans to close down it's German factory. I guess they were inspired by AEG. Bosch white goods are manufactured by the BSH group (Bosch und Siemens Haushaltsgeräte). This group owns Bosch, Siemens, Constructa, Neff, Gaggenau, Thermador and a few less known labels. Not all Miele products are made in Germany. Their toploaders, washer-dryer combo's, their built-in washers and dryers and their Little Giants are manufactured in the Czech Republic. More comments welcome, I haven't covered it all by far, but that is quite difficult, there are many brands on the European market. Louis | ||
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Post# 152067 , Reply# 16 9/2/2006 at 16:28 (6,445 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Coppertone
As a matter of fact coppertone was very popular in the late seventies and early eighties. Almost every brand needed to have a coppertone model in it's line, otherwise it would cost them a part of their market share. There were some other colors as well, but coppertone was by far the most popular color for appliances for a while.
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| Post# 152099 , Reply# 17 9/3/2006 at 03:40 (6,445 days old) by robm (Buxted) | ||
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Absolutely Brilliant
Louis Thank you so much for that information. It's great to speak to someone who knows what his talking about. I had a look at your photos on your link and they are fantastic too. I am going to try and do the same and have started an album on yahoo. Re-prices. It's amazing to think that 20 years on the prices are virtually the same. Rob | ||
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Post# 152101 , Reply# 18 9/3/2006 at 04:07 (6,445 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Thank you Rob, but I think there is a lot more than I wrote down. There is a lot that I don't know! I don't know if you have started yet, but there are better albums than Yahoo. Yahoo doesn't show the pictures full size. One of my favourite albums is Webshots, but there are others. For Webshots you have to download a little programme on your computer. Here's the link to my webshots album. CLICK HERE TO GO TO foraloysius's LINK | ||
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Post# 152102 , Reply# 19 9/3/2006 at 04:09 (6,445 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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More Webshots | ||
| Post# 152103 , Reply# 20 9/3/2006 at 04:46 (6,445 days old) by lavamat_jon (UK) | ||
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Re-prices. It's amazing to think that 20 years on the pr Yep, but due to inflation even though the washers are the same price or cheaper; they certainly aren't up to the same quality as they were 20 years ago :-(. Jon | ||
| Post# 152239 , Reply# 21 9/4/2006 at 05:47 (6,444 days old) by robm (Buxted) | ||
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| Post# 152253 , Reply# 22 9/4/2006 at 08:18 (6,444 days old) by bingwsguy (Binghamton NY) | ||
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Rob and Louis, Thank You both for the information. The "Who's Who" and the pictures gave me a great education and it was interesting to see what was stylish 20 years ago. Thanks again, Joe | ||
| Post# 153313 , Reply# 23 9/9/2006 at 04:51 (6,439 days old) by washboy2005 (UK) | ||
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WOW..... I Love those washer's, that white ariston 1258CD I used that in my mums ex boyfriends house!!! Was an amazing machine, loved the dials :-D and all the fantastic noises | ||
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Post# 153316 , Reply# 24 9/9/2006 at 05:45 (6,439 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 153318 , Reply# 25 9/9/2006 at 05:50 (6,439 days old) by robm (Buxted) | ||
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Another one | ||
| Post# 153322 , Reply# 26 9/9/2006 at 06:38 (6,439 days old) by sudsman () | ||
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Louis Thanks for the postings I find it VERY interesting . I love to look at all the different machines all over the world. But ya'll (true texas) always have the neatest ones | ||
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Post# 155255 , Reply# 28 9/18/2006 at 02:35 (6,430 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Thank you Rob for that last picture. Apparently Electra labeled dryers from several brands, dryer A and B are Philips dryers. Thanks Lee, but I think American washers and dryers are pretty neat too, especially the older ones. Jason, you've got to set up a website with all that material. I would love to see some scans of those brochures!! | ||
| Post# 155355 , Reply# 29 9/18/2006 at 12:06 (6,430 days old) by robm (Buxted) | ||
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Yes I agree | ||
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