Denise preferred our old 'Hotpoint Twintub', and we only went 'auto' when it finally expired and they were no longer sold. We then got a Hoover, with a big square plastic plate; you 'programmed' it by poking the plate into a slot, remember those? That Hotpoint conical agitator remained the same design for 40-odd years, because it worked. Maytag?- I believe that name has been mentioned recently in US posts? The Hotpoint mangle had been superceded by a spin-drier alongside, and there was a perforated 'fluff filter' thingy that could be fitted over the paddle, plus a pump for emptying / circulating. Good machine, the casing wound up as a garden incinerator for quite a few years.
Alan
PS. Mike, that's a powered mangle with a worm & wheel drive. It would have dragged your whole arm in!
[This message has been edited by Alan Belson (edited 11-30-2005).]
