WikiWirral Share a Little Learn a Lot about your Wirral
Forums Calendar Active Threads
Forum Statistics
Forums65
Topics76,526
Posts1,034,283
Members14,979
Most Online121,890
Sep 24th, 2025
Who's Online Now
7 members (1 invisible), 19,425 guests, and 803 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters
sunnyside 45,164
MattLFC 22,315
Mark 21,269
granny 17,811
_Ste_ 16,347
Newest Members
Gmurphy1892, Brendajones, sjw1978, sbrennan, Slapshot21
14,979 Registered Users
New General Forums
New Wirral History
39 Beresford 63 to 65 Bentinck Street
by derekdwc - 3rd Jul 2014 8:34pm
Tranmere Water Tower
by homeraway - 17th Dec 2012 11:24am
Wallasey bus accident 1950s
by nightwalker - 5th Nov 2010 12:37pm
141 Royal Hotel (Dolphin Hotel )
by Mark - 29th Dec 2008 3:09pm
Top Posters(30 Days)
bert1 2
Topic Replies
Tranmere Water Tower
by Gmurphy1892 - 19th Mar 2026 6:34pm
Wallasey bus accident 1950s
by bert1 - 19th Mar 2026 3:52pm
Reliable Recomended Builder Required
by Reno2 - 18th Mar 2026 7:38pm
141 Royal Hotel (Dolphin Hotel )
by diggingdeeper - 10th Mar 2026 12:42pm
History of Ness (NOT the gardens!).
by gregory66 - 1st Mar 2026 8:57am
39 Beresford 63 to 65 Bentinck Street
by bert1 - 25th Feb 2026 9:07am
March
M T W T F S S
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31
Top Likes Received (30 Days)
None yet
Top Likes Received
bert1 29
Mark 4
casper 4
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Old Ad for Modern living
#191966 8th Jan 2008 3:54pm
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 338
wirral
Colgo Offline OP
Old Hand
OP Offline
Colgo
Old Hand
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 338
wirral
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

Attached Images
electricity.JPG (108.88 KB, 83 downloads)
Google Ads
Re: Old Ad for Modern living
Colgo #192051 8th Jan 2008 5:33pm
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 12,369
Likes: 2
Birkenhead
BMW Joe Offline
Wiki Master
Offline
BMW Joe
Wiki Master
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 12,369
Likes: 2
Birkenhead
8 mins!!!

Interesting, Thanks for posting smile

Autowirral.co.uk - The Northwest's Biggest forum of Motoring Enthusiasts.
Cruisewirral.com - The Northwest's Biggest forum of Modified Car Enthusiasts.
Re: Old Ad for Modern living
BMW Joe #192064 8th Jan 2008 6:22pm
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 2,126
wirral bromborough
fordsteve Offline
Forum Addict
Offline
fordsteve
Forum Addict
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 2,126
wirral bromborough
bloody hell were do you get one of them machines from ours takes ages lol

[Linked Image]
Re: Old Ad for Modern living
fordsteve #192078 8th Jan 2008 6:34pm
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 2,990
Birkenhead, United Kingdom
SoundLad Offline
Are you SoNutz?
Forum Master
Offline
SoundLad
Are you SoNutz?
Forum Master
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 2,990
Birkenhead, United Kingdom
my nan still has a twin tub in full working order and honest a god it washes clothes faster than modern day ones..

Lee Mills

Moderated by  Mod 

Link Copied to Clipboard
Random Wirral Images

Click to View Topic.
Newest Topics
Reliable Recomended Builder Required
by Reno2 - 18th Mar 2026 7:38pm
39 Beresford 63 to 65 Bentinck Street
by derekdwc - 3rd Jul 2014 8:34pm
Tranmere Water Tower
by homeraway - 17th Dec 2012 11:24am
Wallasey bus accident 1950s
by nightwalker - 5th Nov 2010 12:37pm
For Sale & Free
Member Spotlight
KevinFinity
KevinFinity
Wirral
Posts: 2,369
Joined: April 2009
Today's Birthdays
There are no members with birthdays on this day.
New Wirral Info
Reliable Recomended Builder Required
by Reno2 - 18th Mar 2026 7:38pm
History of Ness (NOT the gardens!).
by johnnie - 7th Mar 2010 11:59pm
News : New Topics
New Enthusiast Forums
Popular Topics(Views)
10,798,226 CW Chat room thread
5,942,676 WIKI WALK CHAT
4,663,297 Spotted!
Privacy Policy · Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Forums
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5