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Old Ad for Modern living
#191966 8th Jan 2008 4:54pm
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Found this in an old 'Wirral Urban district Residents Guide'
Undated but seems to be about 1960.
Loads of Ads for shops in Irby Pensby Heswall and Gayton
Washing machine can Wash Rinse and dry a big load in 8 mins.
My brand new Hotpoint one takes Nearly 45 Mins ! Now thats progress

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8 mins!!!

Interesting, Thanks for posting smile

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bloody hell were do you get one of them machines from ours takes ages lol

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my nan still has a twin tub in full working order and honest a god it washes clothes faster than modern day ones..

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