Teasmade Blog
In November 2019 Argos launched a digital archive website called ‘Book of Dreams’ containing all their old catalogues back to 1974. Apparently the site had 1.8 million visits in the first 48 hours. I was really looking forward to rooting through it for teasmades, but sadly the domain address
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Email: writetosheridan@gmail.com All Sheridan's other contact details and social media links are listed on LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/sheridanparsons Hello! My name is Sheridan. My interest in teasmades began in 2000. I wanted to start an unusual collection and I settled on teasmades when I was
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Doug joined the ranks of the teasmaniacs in February 2002 and has always done his best to answer any questions. Doug is an expert on technical matters and Goblin production, and specialises in collecting Goblins. If you require technical advice from Doug, please check the manuals or the workshop sections
Workshop
These tips on caring for your vintage Goblin Teasmade are provided by our enthusuiastic teasmaniac, Doug. The Goblin Teasmade was designed and made in an era when things were built to last. Hence it is not unusual to find these appliances lasting for 15 to 20 years or more without
Workshop
How to obtain spares for vintage teasmades.
Workshop
The basic operation of a Teasmade is a sealed kettle with a tube passing from the bottom of the kettle out into the tea pot...
Teasmade Blog
In the closing moments of the 1981 film The Time Bandits, when Sean Connery makes his now legendary appearance as the fireman, a teasmade features as a vital item of salvage recovered from the burning family home. It is a bit out of frame so full details cannot be ascertained,
Teasmade Blog
On 8th September 2018 an article by Bethan Bell appeared on the BBC News website. The article explained that Professor Deborah Sugg Ryan of the University of Portsmouth, who is well known for her appearances as an on-screen expert, inluding the BBC television series A House Through Time, had
Brands and Manufacturers
View all Automatic Utilities models Automatic Utilities Ltd was George Absolom‘s first known company. Sadly Companies House retains no details of this company. On May 2nd 1932 George submitted an application for a patent on his invention, an electric automatic tea maker, soon to be marketed as the Teesmade.
Brands and Manufacturers
View all Automatic Water Boiler models The Automatic Water Boiler Company appear to have been the first company to commercially market a teasmade. The Automatic Water Boiler Company was headed by gun maker Frank Clarke. It seems Frank’s living was made as a marketing guru in the Gadget Shop
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View all Bombay Radio models The Bombay Radio Company was based at 73-75 Marine Lines, opposite Marine Lines Station, Queen’s Road, Bombay, India. It was incorporated on 2 December 1926 and was controlled by Abdulla Fazelbhoy and Sons. In January 1928 Wireless World confirms that they were the
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View all Goblin Teasmade models The British Vacuum Cleaner and Engineering Company was founded in 1902 by consulting engineer Hubert Cecil Booth (1871-1955). Hubert Cecil Booth F.C.G.I., M.I.C.E., (1871-1955) was born in Gloucester, England. At the age of 18 he moved to
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