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Thread Number: 8501
My Photo Album RobM from London on this site |
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| Post# 160426 10/15/2006 at 04:15 (6,396 days old) by robm (Buxted) | ||
I have kindly been given a photo collection slot on this site. Go to Photo Collection on the front page and I'm at the bottom of the list. A far as I can see I am the first British guy on the list (forgive me if I'm wrong). Being British nearly all of my pics are of Frontloaders. I have tried to show how makes have evolved. Some of my pics are from old magazines. I have also tried to give info on each picture with an approxiate date of manufacture. Please let me know if I have anything wrong. I hope, if you have time you enjoy these, they are for your enjoyment. I will keep adding to them. Everyone else (particularly for my own personal enjoyment, you Brits) keep sending your photos in. Many thanks Rob PS I have not and will not add any photos that others have sent me, unless they wanted me to do so. CLICK HERE TO GO TO robm's LINK | ||
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| Post# 160427 , Reply# 1 10/15/2006 at 04:52 (6,395 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom) | ||
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Post# 160429 , Reply# 2 10/15/2006 at 05:40 (6,395 days old) by foraloysius  (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 160470 , Reply# 3 10/15/2006 at 12:41 (6,395 days old) by agiflow () | ||
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Those older Hoovers are very nice looking machines and look pretty well built also. Thanks for the pics. | ||
| Post# 160477 , Reply# 4 10/15/2006 at 13:28 (6,395 days old) by lavamat_jon (UK) | ||
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Great photos. 2 washers in they that I've had - the horrible WM64 excuse for a washer we had between 1998 and 2003, and the Hoover A3110 right at the end, 1982-1996. I'm sure if mum wanted to keep it it might still be running today! Jon | ||
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Post# 160482 , Reply# 5 10/15/2006 at 15:00 (6,395 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Photos
Hi Rob Some nice looking machines there, love those purple Hotpoints What is the "Oldest" washer you have ever used?? Wringer or Twinny?? Cheers, Mike p.s. Heres the link to my album CLICK HERE TO GO TO chestermikeuk's LINK | ||
| Post# 160503 , Reply# 7 10/15/2006 at 18:40 (6,395 days old) by stratus () | ||
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wicked pics i think i forgot to blink! both those photo albums are wicked, expecially loved yours rob, i'm such a fan of 1980-1994 uk front loaders! hehe Brandon | ||
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Post# 160545 , Reply# 8 10/15/2006 at 23:27 (6,395 days old) by arrrooohhh (Sydney Australia) |
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Thanks for that! I loved the pictures. | ||
| Post# 160577 , Reply# 9 10/16/2006 at 06:41 (6,394 days old) by robm (Buxted) | ||
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Thanks and msg to Mike
Thanks for everyone's compliments. I hope to add more and more over time. Anything over 36 will be new. Mike, great pics, is that you posing with the detergents? It's nice to put a face to a name, maybe I should include a pic of me. I'm surprised that your collection isn't on here. I used the contact us tab to ask if mine could be included. Mind you, you may not want it there. Actually the 2 earliest machines I have used are in your collection. My nan had the Hoover 1963 separate washer and spinner. She also had an old mangle in the garden. My mother's first machine was that Servis twin tub. I think my nan may still have the spin dryer but the twin tub is long gone. The earliest automatic, I think was an old Indesit with the controls on the top and a lift up powder tray. Rob | ||
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Post# 160598 , Reply# 10 10/16/2006 at 08:53 (6,394 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Spinners!!!
Hi Rob Those "Hoover Twosome`s" where just the biz in the 60`s everyone had then near us, including my nan...but whoever used their "Bridging" strips to form a twinny??? I have asked loads of people and nobody ever did...LOL The man in the pic with spinners n powder is Jon (Jetcone) on the club here from Boston, he had a visit last year, so we plugged a few machines in... Heres a pic of me and my "Aunty Pat" on a family visit, she was using the twinnie she used to have... Herr Webmaster is in the process of doing me a link, will be up shortly!!! Cheers, Mike 
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Post# 160630 , Reply# 12 10/16/2006 at 12:51 (6,394 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Electrons | ||
| Post# 160670 , Reply# 14 10/16/2006 at 16:00 (6,394 days old) by carlstock () | ||
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Thank You! :-) Thank you very, very much, Rob! :-) I am still looking through them as I speak. Wonderful. Regards, Carl | ||
| Post# 160887 , Reply# 16 10/17/2006 at 11:51 (6,393 days old) by robm (Buxted) | ||
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Thanks to all, remember Mike has some great pics too
Thanks for everyone's comments. Mike also has an excellent photo collection which is on the Photo Collection list. I really wish I had a time machine sometimes and could go back and look at all those machines for real. I'm always on the look out for bits and pieces. Mike - I have just spoken to my Nan and she said they had the strip that kept the Hoover twinnys together. Unfortunately, it's now long gone. Thanks for your pic, it's always nice to put a face to a name. You look a friendly fella. Here is a pic of me. I think I look resonably sane. Anyone else what to show us what is behind the name? Rob 
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| Post# 160892 , Reply# 17 10/17/2006 at 12:14 (6,393 days old) by lavamat_jon (UK) | ||
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Rob - thanks again for the great pics. Many great childhood memories! I have a myspace profile... plenty of pictures there lol :-) Jon CLICK HERE TO GO TO lavamat_jon's LINK | ||
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Post# 160893 , Reply# 18 10/17/2006 at 12:21 (6,393 days old) by ricky5050 (Durham Britain) |
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Nice collections
Hi Rob the photos remind me of many a trip to currys or Neeb as a child, oh to have a time machine. The Hoover washer from 1973/4 is my mams first auto , i can remember helping her repair it , and that you could open the door when it was full of water in a rinse hold position ( I flooded the kitchen many times and got wrong!) Hi Mike you collection is even bigger i would love a root round some of those machines. Does the sloping front Keymatic work and what about the colston dishwasher is it any good at cleaning? I am so bored having visited all my local tips , stopping at skips and nearly crashing my car to follow a scrap mans wagon on the hunt for something old to play with now the dark nights are coming in. Where are all the early Hoover Twin tubs?? Attached below is my photo Rob, in front of one or two of the Hoovers in my office room ( or should that be my computer in my Hoover room ?) Cheers Richard 
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| Post# 160910 , Reply# 19 10/17/2006 at 14:00 (6,393 days old) by l86810 (Southend, UK) | ||
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| Post# 161305 , Reply# 20 10/19/2006 at 10:36 (6,391 days old) by robm (Buxted) | ||
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Album updated
I have added a further 46 pics to my album. I have also organised it a bit, grouping makes together and showing them change over the years. They include the 1978 Liberator dishwasher, Hoover small appliances, some more modern pics and some more pics of my own machines. I hope you enjoy! Rob CLICK HERE TO GO TO robm's LINK | ||
| Post# 161313 , Reply# 21 10/19/2006 at 11:06 (6,391 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK) | ||
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| Post# 161347 , Reply# 22 10/19/2006 at 14:54 (6,391 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom) | ||
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| Post# 161358 , Reply# 23 10/19/2006 at 16:00 (6,391 days old) by dascot (Scotland) | ||
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I see I clearly wasn't the only person who used to go wandering around the electrical appliances department in Allders in Croydon :-) | ||
| Post# 161396 , Reply# 24 10/19/2006 at 18:57 (6,391 days old) by washboy2005 (UK) | ||
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Ohhh pic number 16 the firstwasher dyer the zanussi, i owned one of those was a piece of $h!t lasted 3 years and was more economical to replace rather than repair, did work reasonably well when it wasnt broken down LOL Rant Over Take Care Dan | ||
| Post# 161399 , Reply# 25 10/19/2006 at 19:11 (6,391 days old) by washboy2005 (UK) | ||
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and the hoover quattro in pic 43 has teh same drum as my current hoover washer dryer :-P and Sobss at pic 55, i rlly miss my late 90's indesit!! still going today, I want it back lol another random fit of mine Great pics, thank you for sharing!! :-D | ||
| Post# 161644 , Reply# 26 10/21/2006 at 04:12 (6,390 days old) by robm (Buxted) | ||
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Thanks again
Thanks again for your comment. Thanks for your pics Richard and Seamus, it's always good to see who you are talking to. Darren - My friend from school had that Electrolux. Inside it was identical to a Zanussi. Sounded and washed the same. It had a very quiet induction motor the only problem was it did rattle a bit on spin, the stability could have been better. I loved the look though. Washboy - Those late 80's Indesits were good basic machines for the price. Shrieked a bit on spin but had large drums and were easy to use. Dascot - So you used to live in Croydon? (South London suburb to those of you who may not know). It does have a good washer dept still fortunately. Your comment has given me an idea for a thread. Thanks all Rob | ||
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