Old appliances still going strong!

Queenie

I was going to boast about our 15yo tumble dryer - but it sounds like it's still a baby compared to the above!

Mind you, I line dry as much as possible cos I don't like adding to my electric bill

Lucie_2

We've got a 13 year old fridge freezer that's still going strong. It might not sound a lot, but it's been in storage twice & survived about 5 house moves, so it's doing pretty well.
We've also got a sweeping brush (inherited from the MiL) that's older than my husband, so it must be at least 40 & a TV from my aunt & uncle that's got to be 20+ years old.

As for clothes, I have a grey hooded sweat top that I bought in Debenhams in Leeds in about 1993 which I still wear regularly. My favourite socks - shocking pink nike slouchy aerobics style (horrendously un-trendy in these days of trainer liners) are from around the same era.
As for clothes

filigree_2

My microwave is 16 years old, it's only a class B and doesn't have glowing numerals but it works just fine. At the time it was the cheapest available and it still cost £100, a week's wages at the time! I could get something far fancier for half the price today but who needs fancy? Give me reliable any day.

My crimpers date from the early 80's (along with my fashion sense, clearly) and my pixie boots and biker jacket are 15 years old.

When we moved in to this flat in 1992 we inherited the elderly gas cooker, it was so old it had one of those ignition thingies on a wire. It never worked but then I remember my Mum and Gran both complained that the ignition never worked, you needed matches. Goodness knows how old it was, but it worked perfectly. We only got rid of it to make room for the new kitchen.

It's not exactly an appliance, but I've got the carving tray (metal tray with spikes to hold the meat) that my Mum used when we were kids. My Dad is still using the tupperware dishes she bought well over 30 years ago.

At times in the past I've been more affluent and I've chucked out perfectly good items and bought new ones, mostly for the pleasure of retail therapy, not out of need. These days I'm much more strict with myself and wait till things are genuinely too battered or broken for further use. My Wally Trolley is at least 12 years old and I'm desperate for the ugly old thing to break down and give me an excuse to buy something snazzier!

MATH

15yr old VAX machine used daily as a general vac and monthly for wet cleaning.

20yr old Toshiba Microwave, it was second hand when I bought it!

40yr old Kenwood Chef - you just can't kill um

MATH

Filigree, as the soft rumble of ya wally trolly announces your arival as you totter down the road in ya pixie boots and bikers jackets with ya 80's crimp blowing in the breeze, how do the local men folk keep their eyes and hands off ya?

I can ask this cos I wasn't decorating the living room yesterday in an old RELAX T shirt and a pair of Mrs MATH's leggings that had bust at the crotch - oh no not me

Ticklemouse

I have my mum's ironing board that was her 21st birthday pressie from her sister - she's 69 in a couple of months! It has the asbestos iron rest, but it's all covered up now.

I gave my sister my Sharp microwave cos I was upgrading to a combi. It was 17 years old when I gave it her 4 years ago and she's just sold it on with all her kitchen as she's had a new one fitted. My new Sharp microwave - the lcd display went after 2 years and will undoubtedly cost more to replace than to buy a new machine, but I know what it says so I'll keep it (Mind you - bulb in it went tonight!)

I had a Carlton washine machine bought in 1986 - fab machine and sold it for £100 in 1993 when I moved. Was still going strong.

Had a hairdrier bought for my 13th - had it over 20 years before I upgraded, but was still going strong.

Got my (1981) Uni sweatshirt still - for sentimental/decorating purposes only.

toozie_2

A second hand wooden high chair, which my mum bought to use with me 44 years ago, it turns into a 'sort of car thingy on wheels'. I have used it with both my daughters, now 14 and 16, and lent it to 3 friends to use with their babies.
It's now back in the attic ready for a grandchild (in a long long time, I hope!)

student100

Mmm. My Grandad's got lots of very old things, perhaps unsurprisingly - although not an awful lot in the way of appliances. I bet you could find a few packets of dried food lurking in a cupboard somewhere that are maybe ten years past their best - but he'd never throw them away if you pointed that out! :rolleyes:

SnowyOwl_2

My mother still has her Nilfisk vacuum cleaner...it was given to her for her wedding some 42 years ago... Don't know where she gets bags from but knowing her she is probably still using the original one anyway.

She's got a microwave that must be about 22 years old, and I think she's still using her food mixer (Kenwood) which was also a wedding present. She wears my school cardigan which she knitted herself around the house...I left school 20 years ago...

She tried to save money by keeping little bits of soap to press together to make a new bar (it was a slimey mess) and does other silly things which save about a penny. Don't understand her as she spoils it all by buying expensive clothes or jewellery which never see the light of day. Does my head in!

toozie_2

After reading the above, thought I'd have to mention one thing my Mum does. If she receives an Xmas/birthday present with shinny wrapping paper, she carefully peels off the cellotape, and sticks it on to a plastic board for re-using (probably on my Xmas pressie!) Beat that Snowy!!

Toozie