When appliances were built to last!

[Gavin John Hyde]

Have been at a house today to do a quote to install an alarm system as an old lady is moving in with her daughter and will in due course be selling the house to another relative. so want it secure when empty.
She moved into this house in 1974 when she and her husband came over from India. They bought a cooker in 1974 from Argos and the thing still works.. so I googled it and she paid the princely some £59.95. I found a old catalogue from back then with the model in.
https://issuu.com/retromash/docs/argos-no02-1974 page 88-89 item 2
I cant think of any modern cooker that will last over 40 years! they are built to be replaced and disposed of nowadays. The lady said she likes her cooker, it works, never had an issue with it and why replace it? she has brought up 4 children cooking all the time on this thing and it still works and looked quite clean and tidy as she is very house proud.
looking at these old argos books has made me nostalgic though, its funny how a lot of the things i had as a kid have come back around.... its funny looking at some of the old tools from back then...

 

[Strima]

I had a cock for years that I bought as a kid via Green Shield stamps and I believe Argos.

The mind boggles...

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

I had a cock for years that I bought as a kid via Green Shield stamps and I believe Argos.

Where do you begin?
This day and age of trans people im sure there are a lot of people who would like to buy a cock from the argos book.
But i worry for you @SWD as if its from argos id ask your gp to refer you to a specialist as its likely to stop working when you least need it to break and leave you a bit dissapointed with what you got not matching the description.

 

[Squid]

Sausage fingers on a Friday night and a few beers so calm down guys as you yokels get so overly excited for no reason at all ;o))))

 

[Toneyz]

I was born in 78 cheeky!

Check out the tool ---- from p168.

I hope it hasn't got a young Pete999 posing with it!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[M-Ty]

Did the Kenwood Chef have any RIFA golden-yellow epoxy-cased suppression capacitors in it? They are notorious for failing stinkily after a few decades!

 

[Pete999]

my dad bought a LEC fridge in 1958 . was still working perfectly when scrapped due to kitchen refit in 1990. so was his Hotpoint Empress washing machine with electric mangle. also bought in 1958.

Wasn't she in Neighbors Miss Mangle I mean?

 

[LeeH]

I hope it hasn't got a young Pete999 posing with it!!!!!!!!!!!

Think it was, posing with nothing but a leather tool belt and retro drill.

 

[Andy-1960]

Did the Kenwood Chef have any RIFA golden-yellow epoxy-cased suppression capacitors in it? They are notorious for failing stinkily after a few decades!

I’ve just replaced them (this week!) in the one we have at home, you’re quite right, twenty years old and bang!

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

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I hope it hasn't got a young Pete999 posing with it!!!!!!!!!!!

Not sure but check out the retro fred perry tracksuits in the sports section... The haircuts though!!! A few pages before the boat with outboard motor!!

 

[Midwest]

Isn't it funny; you could compare it with a 2018 Argos catalogue, and apart from the missing mobile phones & ipads, it would be selling the same ----.

I had to buy loads of those silver foil rear screen heaters (last 5 mins), and my brother had ones of those fibre glass aerials on his car; you could take pedestrians eyes out going round corners.

 

[pirate]

When my folks moved into the house I was brought up in, in 1956, they bought a Frigidaire fridge, the curvy topped American style with 3 inch thick walls...when they retired they sold the house and left the fridge there...I see the guy who bought the house occasionally and yep...it's doing service still as a beer fridge in his workshop!
Also, I still have my dad's electric drill, a Bridges model, and it too is still going strong. I bought this B&D drill in 1984, and use it lots...ok, I have recent cordless stuff, but for hard graft this one is my go-to.

 

[LeeH]

^^^What’s that T shaped tool with the funny end for?

 

[pirate]

Really?
It's a chuck key...none of your key-less nonsense in those days!

 

[LeeH]

It's a chuck key...none of your key-less nonsense in those days

 

[polo1]

Wow, nostalgia city! Couldn't resist having a look through that....ah, the memories.