John Bloom dies

[iadom]

Only the older ones amongst us will remember this chap, when Rolls Razors Ltd went bust the service for his machines was taken over by Hotpoint at the time.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John…_(businessman)

Not sure if you will be able to read this link, might be subscriber only.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/

The Hotpoint twin tub of the time was modified into the twin six, the timer, stat, spin outlet, work top etc all removed to undercut the Rolls Rapide which along with Hoover doing something similar helped to push Rolls Razor and Bloom into bankruptcy.

[electrofix]

remember rolls twin tub, one motor under the washer with a big V belt to turn the spinner

Dave

[iadom]

Is it an illuminating read?

[Martin114]

as far as i can remember it is very interesting

[iadom]

Years ago I was under the impression his cheapo machines came from Italy, never knew they came from Holland originally.

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