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They're both the same length, maybe 2.5cm max, probably shorter.

Ah, O.K. I couldn't make out that it still had the original rubber binding on the end; I thought that might just have been taped. It looks as though he may have just shortened the green a little then?

You're dead right about these old kettles versus the new ones. It's not long ago that I finally retired an old Russell-Hobbs kettle which had been in just about continuous use for almost 40 years, albeit with a couple of replacement elements (it had finally started to leak at the seams). These days you're lucky if the cheap plastic "jug kettle" for £9.95 lasts a month past the 1-year warranty, and you can forget about replacing the element, because it can't be done. [Linked Image]

Any chance of pic of the actual kettle, by the way?

Here's a 1966 ad for British kettles:

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[This message has been edited by pauluk (edited 05-16-2006).]