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Any one collects or uses old BIG electric apliances?
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05-10-2018, 12:48 PM
DavGoodlin
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There's a small shop near me that sells and repairs electrical appliances, something increasingly rare on the high street in the UK. In their shop they have a Hoover "Keymatic" washing machine.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...nes_museum.JPG
These machines were found in trendy homes in the 1970s and looked like no other washing machine before or since. The programme was selected by inserting a "keyplate"
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cheste...7601120083935/
The keyplate mechanism was not reliable. A gimmick really.
I understand that in the UK, you "hoover up" the floor, rather than vacuum
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