White Goods World Record?

[mistergixer]

I was born in 1975, my brother in 1972.

At some point between the years(they are uncertain of exact dates), my parents purchased a Hotpoint tumble dryer.

I inherited that tumble dryer about 10 years ago after my em & pee decided to upgrade.

Today, that tumble dryer made the sad, final trip to the local tip after (at least) 35 years of faithful service.

During its life, it has never, ever required a replacement part, and the only reason i junked it was because the motor/frame bracket had given up the ghost and made the drum belt slip.

By modern, disposable consumer goods standards, surely this must be some sort of world record? Are there any BCFers who have 'family heirloom' white goods with a better record?
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We have a microwave which is older than I am, (25) but we're not sure how old it really is.

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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

We have one of those old school spin dryers that get bought out if the machine machine breaks. It's older than me and I'm 21, so I guess it must be about 25 years old. Still going strong.
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[steveh]

weve got a tumble dryer that my mums had since about 5 years before i was born (im 22)

squeels abit now and then, thats about it!

"they dont make em like thay used too" and all that.


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[mooserx]

My old doris has a twintub washer that was inherited from my grandparents about 6 years before I was born in 76 and I dont know how long the grandparents had it before, and its still working.
https://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q299/macboy91si/Maytag%20A50/P1010002.jpg
like this but cream with brown lids, she still uses it and has to use a "boiling stick" to stir the clothes when they are being washed.

What do i win?

[Dragonfly]

Was the tumble dryer 70s brown or beige?

We had a microwave once that lasted maybe 20 years, it was a toshiba , cd player from the 80s that still works and a techniques stereo that I cant believe works thats older than me. They dont make stuff like they used to anyway.
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[ms51ves3]

An ancient 600w microwave can be seen in this picture.

https://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a376/ms51ves3/57187696.jpg

It's older than me (18) and possibly my sister (22). Once saw a newspaper article with a guy next to the exact same microwave claiming it was one of the first every microwaves to come out and it was over 40 years old

[chris-red]

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https://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/stories/the_rise_of_consumerism/02.ST.03/img/IM.0389_zp.jpg

My mum still uses one of these beasts weekly, It's older than me at 34.
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I thought she was younger... pics!
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Hi

We have a Panasonic TV around that still works from the days when Panasonic badged their stuff National (presume because plenty of people wouldn't by anything from something that sounded like a Japanese company). Think it is from about 1974 but not sure.

[Jayy]

Not a piece of machinary but my mums friend had a dog that was 18 years old. Not 18 dog years, actually 18 years. That's a fucking long time for a dog, I've never heard of anyones dog living that long since. To be fair, before it died, it was fucked up with it being so old, cold hardly see and had arthritis.

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[Tonka]

I bought this little gem when I first set up home in 1989 from a car boot sale for 50p. I still use it now when making cakes and my favourite chocolate Angel Delight - om nom nom!!

https://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr344/Tonkatoo_2008/th_DSC01112.jpg

My Mum is debating a new washing machine (bought in 1987) as hers has stopped heating the water. It still works ok and I guess it's pretty eco friendly washing on cold - brrrrrrilliant!!

She's been told by a repair man that it isn't economical to repair and to buy a new one. I think he probably wanted to add 'stingy old cow' but he didn't!!
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[Jayy]

She's deffo out of your league!

[chris-red]

With a beard like that, never!
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