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New Owners for Swan Teasmades (and Goblin Vacuum Cleaners)
RKW (Retail Knows Why) has acquired Swan Products, the small domestic appliances and housewares brand which owns Swan teasmades.
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Snacking Okatu
Teasmades have recently been featured in Gordon Wallace's amazing science blog, Snacking Okatu.
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A Wikipedia Mystery
From time to time I visit Wikipedia and check whether the information on the Teasmade page there is current...
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Kennel Teasmade
I am delighted to introduce Kennel Teasmade, breeders of the most gorgeous English Setter show dogs, in Uppsala, Sweden.
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Hawkins Silver Lining Magazines
I have a growing collection of Silver Lining magazines, produced between 1949 and 1955 to advertise Hawkins’ range of products.
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The Teasmade Trademark
Goblin BVC first registered the ‘teasmade’ trademark in 1947, although there was a near miss when the Chairman proposed the name Cheerywake.
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Endeavour - Inspector Morse and the Teasmade
A teasmade appeared in Endeavour, a prequel to the popular long-running series Inspector Morse.
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Queen - I want to break free
In the music video for Queen’s single ‘I Want To Break Free’, Brian May is awakened by a teasmade.
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John Gannam - Tea in Bed
John Gannam was an illustrator and painter who often painted people in bed, sometimes with a cup of tea in their hands.
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A Teasmade made the Cut
I was thrilled to spot on Instagram that Davina McCall and Michael Douglas were reviewing the Swan Teasmade for their podcast Making the Cut. This lovely chatty podcast is hosted on the newish Entale app, which is a classy little platform for both Apple and Android. You’ll find the
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War of the Worlds
A three-episode mini-series adaptation of the H G Wells novel, created by by Mammoth Screen, was first aired in the UK on 17th November 2019. It was set in the Edwardian period, and starred Eleanor Tomlinson as Amy (she’s best known as Demelza in Poldark), and Rupert
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The Secret Life of the Home at the Science Museum
The Secret Life of the Home gallery at the Science Museum opened in the autumn of 1995. The gallery includes a display of tea and coffee making machines. My Teasmade book tells the story of the design of the gallery, the acquisition of its teasmades, and the opening of the