Re: Bendix Washing machine
My parents had a Bendix automatic machine which I suppose dated from the late Fifties. Before moving to Wales my father owned an electrical shop in Cheadle and doubtless got a good deal on it.
The machine was cream in colour but I don't remember much else about it. When it finally died in the late Sixties he stripped it for parts. He welded the front and back drum parts together to make a flying saucer shape, mounted it on the original shaft, sprayed it gold, painted numbers on it and made a giant roulette wheel for me! Trouble was the bearing was so good it took several minutes to land on the number by which time my friends had given up waiting.
Replacing it with another automatic was difficult so they bought a twin-tub - a Rolls....
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