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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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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 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
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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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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,
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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
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Goblin Teasmade numbering - an analysis of the model numbering system used on Goblin teasmades.
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Here’s a very unsympathetic critique of teasmades from the outspoken Paul Henry, who was born in England, but worked as a radio and TV presenter in Australia and New Zealand. He has clearly never used a teasmade as he has absolutely no idea what the alarm sounds like! I
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I am excited beyond measure to announce that the teasmade has its own anthem, thanks to Alex Horne and The Horne Section. Recording sourced from the BBC. No copyright infringement intended. Inclusion on this website by permission of Alex Horne himself!
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By the Second World War BVC had used several illustrations of goblins on their literature. In 1937 the leaping red goblin was in regular use. Goblin registered the red goblin device, leaping and standing, as a trademark on 17th September 1940. The initial registration ran for 14 years, was renewed
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Thanks to Yukie who sent me this scan of an English language text book, featuring the Swan DO1-P1. The book was written by Hugh Cortazzi, former British Ambassador to Japan.
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Sheridan was interviewed by food blogger Emma Rose Tulley in February 2013. Q.1) Bio in 140 characters… Impossible! (Actually, that is probably quite a good description of me!) I have an eclectic mind and a huge Teasmade collection. I get passionate about stuff, love my husband, family history, and
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