Thread Number: 97682  /  Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
UK Members Tell Me About Forco Launderettes
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Post# 1226119   3/8/2025 at 02:53 by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        

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Watching old episodes of "The Last Of Summer Wine" and the lads were sitting in launderette. Looked up name (from sign outside) and it was "Forco. Quick internet search shows there still are Forco Launderettes in UK

What sort of washers are these?

www.lancs.live/whats-on/w...

www.livpost.co.uk/life-on-lark-l...

See 18:56

www.dailymotion.com/video...





Post# 1226323 , Reply# 1   3/11/2025 at 12:33 by pro104 (brooksville florida)        
What kind of washers are these?

Those are 1st generation Wascomats

Post# 1226329 , Reply# 2   3/11/2025 at 14:16 by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        

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Thank you!

Wascator/Wascomat seemed to dominate early coin laundries. Nowadays it seems Speed Queen has eaten their lunch.




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