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tobermory
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I had an alarm clock from 1998 that i recently found no longer worked.

Now i don't seem to have anything older than a printer  i bought in 2007 , though haven't checked that for a while .Everything else seems to be 2012 or later .
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Report onlooker • August 24, 2017 1:40 AM BST
All the Light switches and Plug sockets in my house.
Report tobermory • August 24, 2017 2:20 AM BST
I had more portable things in mind .
Report Ramruma • August 24, 2017 6:45 AM BST
Yesterday I came across an old pocket calculator from about 40 years ago which still works. Not sure why I kept it though.
Report northanlite • August 24, 2017 8:02 AM BST
My old man has an electrolux tumble drier still in frequent use that was a wedding present. At one time it did three heat settings
but only does very hot now but will get pretty much anything dry in half an hour, the timer still works too.
My folks were married in 1959.
Report Lady Faye Verrit • August 24, 2017 8:16 AM BST
I have a Travel Iron, in it's box, which is possibly as early as 1930s (certainly no later than 1950).
Report The Leopard • August 24, 2017 8:45 AM BST

Aug 24, 2017 -- 2:02AM, northanlite wrote:


My old man has an electrolux tumble drier still in frequent use that was a wedding present. At one time it did three heat settings but only does very hot now but will get pretty much anything dry in half an hour, the timer still works too. My folks were married in 1959.


That must be a fire hazard....get rid of it as soon as possible !

Report northanlite • August 24, 2017 11:56 AM BST
that's what i told them 20 years ago. still going strong tho
Report Facts • August 24, 2017 12:21 PM BST

Ramruma    24 Aug 17 06:45 
Yesterday I came across an old pocket calculator from about 40 years ago which still works. Not sure why I kept it though.


How old were the batteries ?
Report wit-ham • August 24, 2017 12:44 PM BST
Still using an old Matsui microwave at least 35 years old
Report Ibrahima Sonko • August 24, 2017 12:53 PM BST
Turntables, bought in 1988.
Report Ramruma • August 24, 2017 1:07 PM BST
@Facts -- no batteries; it is a Casio fx-451 which has a solar cell. The web says it was from 1985 so it is not, as I'd thought, the one I used for A-levels, but is still 32 years old.

http://www.calculator.org/pages/calculator.aspx?model=fx-451&make=Casio

Here is a picture of the 451M which was the same but with battery back-up
http://www.calculator.org/pages/calculator.aspx?model=fx-451M&make=Casio
Report Barry Conway • August 24, 2017 1:32 PM BST
My parents have a huge chest-style freezer. It came with the house they bought in 1982!
Report Ken Masters • August 24, 2017 1:36 PM BST
Tell us more about your mum's huge chest...
Report Barry Conway • August 24, 2017 1:44 PM BST
Sometimes a large buildup of ice forms around the edges that my Dad has to chip of with a wooden spoon and a hammer.
Report Lady Faye Verrit • August 24, 2017 1:56 PM BST
I have a Pioneer SX-650 Tuner Amp

A Sony Direct Drive Turntable

An Aiwa Cassette Player

and an 8 track Cartridge Player

All bought in '78 to replace everything after being burgled
Report tobermory • August 24, 2017 11:00 PM BST
Some candidates for Antique Roadshow here
Report The Leopard • August 24, 2017 11:13 PM BST

Aug 24, 2017 -- 7:56AM, Lady Faye Verrit wrote:


I have a Pioneer SX-650 Tuner AmpA Sony Direct Drive Turntable An Aiwa Cassette Playerand an 8 track Cartridge PlayerAll bought in '78 to replace everything after being burgled


I'm begining to doubt you are female ?

Report The Leopard • August 24, 2017 11:14 PM BST
Can we have confirmation from Betfair Towers ?
Report woodmanchester • August 24, 2017 11:22 PM BST
Sega Master System
Report The Leopard • August 24, 2017 11:24 PM BST
I have a Time Machine from 1754.....but I shouldn't be telling you that !
Report woodmanchester • August 24, 2017 11:30 PM BST
I got the original Tardis! Laugh
Report The Leopard • August 24, 2017 11:39 PM BST
Are you sure it's not a turdis ?
Report woodmanchester • August 25, 2017 12:46 AM BST
Toilet humour needs to be flushed, imo! Laugh
Report The Leopard • August 25, 2017 1:08 AM BST
Anyway......my time machine is playing up........i can't get beyond 2024 !
Report woodmanchester • August 25, 2017 1:12 AM BST
That's coz there's nothing left after Trumps threats!
Report The Leopard • August 25, 2017 1:13 AM BST
So we have to take him out now ?
Report woodmanchester • August 25, 2017 1:14 AM BST
Not high on my agenda for a dinner-date
Report The Leopard • August 25, 2017 1:17 AM BST
....I meant.....with extreme prejudice !
Report Facts • August 25, 2017 3:08 AM BST
Ramruma

Still not electric.
Report The Leopard • August 25, 2017 12:55 PM BST
Electricity involved so could be described as "electrical"....surely !
Report Crisp77 • August 25, 2017 1:03 PM BST
I've got an old Goblin Teasmade.
Report woodmanchester • August 25, 2017 2:56 PM BST
Hey, less of the teasmaid!
Report jamesdean • August 25, 2017 3:20 PM BST
Tomy Tronic. Red space invaders one. Still play it from time to time
Report Pokermonster • August 25, 2017 4:29 PM BST
I have a Casio calculator from 1976, a seventh birthday present which has been used every day (the clock and alarm function) for over forty-one years.
Report bongo • August 25, 2017 10:22 PM BST
Do any chit-chatters sit at a computer featuring both an A: and a B: drive?
There's always one. As they say when you go on a coach holiday and there's someone late back from the khazi stop.
Report Mc Moonbeam • August 25, 2017 11:16 PM BST
Nintendo Game & Watches

Atari ST

also got an Astro Wars Cool
Report Capt__F • August 25, 2017 11:23 PM BST
sporting life settler

1980

still works



them out wong
Report tictacman1 • August 25, 2017 11:33 PM BST
Vintage double flip Toaster from 50s in garage....does 2 lovely grades of toasting.....Burnt or charcoal Cry
Report doantwin2easy • August 25, 2017 11:34 PM BST
I have a hostess trolley from 1984. If it malfunctions, I just serve the food flambe.
Report Owmybrainhurtz • August 26, 2017 9:37 PM BST
I have a lightbulb that I bought in 1972 that's still going strong!
Report Life-Lucky • August 29, 2017 7:24 AM BST
"Sanyo 6 Transistor Cordless" radio, lovely old thing from the Sixties, about a foot long, nice sound. Bought it in an antique/junk shop in Long Sutton near Spalding about 10 years ago for £12
Report Culvin • August 29, 2017 12:35 PM BST
Hair styling/drying type thing from around mid 70's.[   This image is no longer available.   ]
Report Percy Filth • August 29, 2017 7:08 PM BST
A black and decker drill, I inherited when my dad died in 1981, he'd already had it a few years
Report Barry Conway • August 29, 2017 7:55 PM BST
Did I dream this or did Jimmy Greaves invent that hairdryer?
Report Mc Moonbeam • August 29, 2017 8:00 PM BST
Hair styling/drying type thing from around mid 70's.

Yes but what do you Actally use it for Culvin MischiefPlainLaugh
Report FOYLESWAR • August 30, 2017 3:29 PM BST
had  an old 1930s eec fan in the shed, old wiring , big  heavy and full of dust ,tentivly plugged it in and flicked the switch expecting it to either not work or fuse the plug sockets ,works as good as new !
Report FOYLESWAR • August 30, 2017 3:34 PM BST
have ^
Report Lady Faye Verrit • September 2, 2017 12:39 PM BST
Just remembered, I have a soldering iron which I used to make a transistor radio, in the late 50s.....
Report donny osmond • September 2, 2017 12:57 PM BST
i have a phillips black and white tv/medium wave radio/casette tape thing i got in the late 70s
all function but tv signal has gone, casettes are up in
the loft and there isnt a huge amount on medium wave radio

it will likely last another 40 years if i dont throw it out first
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