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Came across parts of a Daily Mirror dated April 1963 while up in the inlaws loft over the weekend, amongst other snippets I came across there was an advert for the Hoover twin tub model 65 with the slogan “Let`s get the best it`s got to be Hoover ” with a price tag of 65 guineas. The average wage back then was a mere 9 guineas, so it`s about seven weeks wages 😯 . How the sums have changed 😕
Don
Re: Hoover for 65 guineas
I have a pic here of one of our display windows from 1964 – the Hoover twin tub was then 69 gns and the Hoover Keymatic (remember that?) was a princely 95 gns reduced from 105.
The ‘Spinarinse’ was £27 15s or, to you sir, £3 down and 6s a week .
Their other slogans from the time were ‘Theres a good reason for choosing Hoover – now!’ (catchy) 😉 and the Keymatic was ‘Quite the last word in washing machines’
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