On 19/11/17 22:50, Max Demian wrote:
On 19/11/2017 21:16, Brian Reay wrote:
On 19/11/17 20:12, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
As subject.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-42043754

Sadly, the story isn't quite as it seems- the appliances haven't been
in constant use, they've been stored as 'spares' for some time.

However, still interesting. We had a 'Baby Belling' in our student
flat when we were first married- we lived in one of the few halls of
residence with places for married students.

Would that be the original with a solid hotplate or one of the
newfangled ones with boiling rings, simmerstats and thermostat for the
oven?


Good question. As I recall, it had two round solid rings on top.
However, I could be confusing them with those on my mother's cooker.
Either way, I'm sure there were two.

The oven had a temperature control with a thermostat. It took ages to do
even a simple roast. We used to cook a chicken in a pressure cooker and
then 'brown it' in the oven. We used a pressure cooker for years, until
we got an induction hob which was incompatible with it.

This was '76 or so, although I'm not sure how new the Baby Belling was
when we moved into the Hall of Residence. The section the married flats
were in didn't seem that old, certainly under 10 years, probably about 5.