On Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:57:43 +0000, MM wrote:

The tap section is square-ish. Mind you, I DO recall my mother's
Bendix washing machine from about 1970 and she connected it to the
taps via hoses that had little chains on the ends that one hooked
around each tap. Maybe something like that exists still, but I haven't
found it on Google.

I've just seen this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rolson-Indoo...bxgy_diy_img_y

Could work...

MM