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just to follow on from "steeljack's" thread about old stuff in the cupboard
what is the oldest working appliance you have ?
my brother is going to shoot me for this,:D
he has a new world 75 gas cooker circa 1940 and its still in good working order and is used all the time.
by the way if you find any info on this cooker it would be nice to know ta
we once went round a museum in Manchester and they have newer models in there hehe

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well they do say if its working use it ...they don't make these things to last these day's.


(or as the saying goes...if its working don't meddle with it )

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What happened to the picture Mick?

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still there i just re-named it

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I can just about remember our grandmother cooking on this cooker so its getting on a bit she died in 1963

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Is that cooker one they fitted when they built the house? lol I think David must live off take away because it still looks like new!!.

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i think it is i cant remember any other cooker there and he does use it everyday.
he does not get takeaways that often

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My iron is only 10.years old but it will outlive your cooker and so will lesses hoover

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and my mop, bucket, dusters and furniture polish!

Why don't they make toilets out of brown porcelain then I wouldn't have to clean it every two years?
:sick:

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You got a mop now?

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Yes, I bought it when I moved house, not much chance of it ever being used it didn't come with instructions!
:idunno:

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Ah right someone that doesn't want naming just P.M'd me, it seems you attach one end to a 'woman' and it works itself.

;)

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You got it wrong less that's a broomstick

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Is it any coincidence that a thread about old appliances is mainly about Less ? :rolleyes:

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It can't be about Less, appliances are useful :p:rolleyes::D:D

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you are not wrong there neil.....

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Iv'e got a 51year old cooker that still can't cook right.OUCH.

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Ambulance on the way:D Will let you know how many bones I broke later:p

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If they have meat on them stick them in a broth :D

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Yea will do that and force feed him with it;)

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Sounds more like it's an old boiler than a cooker.

:hidewall:

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Thin Ice is what you teo are on!!!:eek:

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Built like one as well Less, if she could cook like she can use a pc she'd do,:rolleyes:

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Anybody fancy roast chicken for tea?:p Sounds like im indoors doesn't like my cooking;)

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You leave my cooker alone Mick; It works just as well as a new one!

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So does ours but I suspect it's more operator error :p

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Just been in my drawer where I keep my guarantees, my telly was bought 7/7/86 and my washing machines twelve month guarantee ran out a while ago. My dear old mother bought it on 11/4/80:D

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I have a food processor which was got free with petrol coupons in 1990 - and I have used it at least once a week for 17 years

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Well I am surprised, it's only recently that any of us can't get a decent Dentist, what caused your teeth to drop out such a long time ago?

:eek:

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I bake my own biscuits,pies and cakes using it :p - I have only lost teeth through old age when I turned 60 (4 yrs ago)- whats your excuse? :p

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I'm a sucker for biscuits, crumbs, what more can I slurp?

(though I must admit a food pro-whatsit that can bake cakes and biscuits fantastic!).

:rolleyes:

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For a man who cant use a mop I am not suprised that you dont know what a food processor does -MIX & CHOP
Want nominating for a Kim and Aggie clean up/disinfestation?

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I think she supplies you with rubber gloves for free and calls back after 2 weeks to make sure you have used them ;)

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Could a mod take this away please (double post).

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Well that's more than I would know, yet again I'll concede to the voice of experience!

By the way I am untidy but at least it's organised, everything has a place and a place for everything, (whens blue box day?).
http://www.lizplummer.com/blog/wp-co...os2/untidy.jpg

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Your lucky she isnt here to see what you put. Otherwise i think you would be eating your teas for the next few weeks through a straw!!!! :D

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I dont have any really old applianes, perhaps the oldest is my hairdryer but thats only about 14 years.

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My oldest "appliance" is a hand rotary-whisk that was bought as a wedding present - 45 years ago. I also still have the mixing bowl that came with it and a long-handled soft brush from the same source. They are all used regularly. I have 2 double blankets that were also wedding presents. They have lost their satin borders but are now used as matress covers in the Winter and are still in good condition. My filter coffee machine was bought when we moved here, in 1976, and it still works - when I can be bothered.

My first tumble-dryer was a little Jackson that we bought in 1967. We bought a new one 23 years later and gave the old one to my son who had it for another 6 years!

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Things these days aren't built to last, can't see us having this conversation in twenty years about things on sale now!!

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I'll agree with you Bernadette , but i will still have my cooker.

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I've been thinking about this. Yes the steam has been coming out my ears! lol Anyway the tv is about 10 yr old, the washing machine and dryer are both about 15 yr old, microwave about 8 yr old, alarm clock is roundabout 26 yrs old and still works, the strimmer about 4 months old, kettle is a baby 5 yr old. The lawnmower is 3 yr old - but the old lawnmower is about 27 yr old. My dad bought it when flymo's where 'new' and it still works. I think though there is an older lawnmower in the garage tho - a push one - no electrics and it was murder when the grass was long.

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Does your Mick know yet?:)

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;)Wasn't saying that at tea time

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Things only seem to last 6 to 8 years max these days....

does my dad count ( he's an old ****** and does my garden ) :-)

very good he is to at it :-)

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I had a 37 yr old appliance doing my garden this year only mowed the grass though - didnt have the time to do the weeding!!!

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Hope you got new shoes though.... I think most people use the stuff with a sponge on now a days...) used to love cleaning my shoes on a Sunday night ready for school.... and if I did my dads I got paid.....:D

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That has reminded me that tucked away in a cupboard I've got 2 polishing brushes each stamped with the number 4243921. That was my husband's RAF number - the brushes were issued to him when he joined up in 1958.

I've also got an army blanket (last used as the late dog's blanket) that was issued to my eldest brother when he started his National Service in 1951. Heaven knows how old it is as it wasn't new when he got it. :D

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General Electric clothes dryer, circa 1968, General Electric microwave oven, circa 1980 and a Roper gas stove, circa 1979. All in good working order.

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I got given a pocket clothes brush when i was about 9 by a neighbour who worked for Quicks at Bury and he'd been retired god knows how many years by then he died in 1986 in his 80's and ive still got it now.

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Oh, yes, and I forgot to mention our Lawnboy mower, circa 1978.

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I have a plain white chamberpot which was wedding present to my mum and dad from fellow mill workers in mid 1930s. It was a common practice to give a chamberpot which was gift wrapped containg 2 black puddings and a stick of thick liquorice ;)