I think the last time I saw one of these was in my parents flat in Earlsfield before they moved… this was in 1996 💀💀

by RIPNINAFLOWERS

45 comments

  1. Genuinely thought this was a close up of a mini toy set cooker in a doll house

  3. That’s in pretty good nick. I have had far worse…well dirtier anyway.

    Le Creuset stovetop kettle too. Very middle class.

    Edit: just enlarged the photo, eye level gas grills make the best bacon. He’s blessed.

  4. I think I remember having one like that in my first place in the 90s.

    I moved into a flat in 1997 and the washing machine was a twin tub

  5. My mom had one of these in the 90s. The oven flame used to look like an angry face and scared me a little

  6. How did that pass a gas safety check? I wouldn’t use it without a carbon monoxide detector and an open window.

  7. That’s a nostalgia hit. Those eye-level grills were perfect for keeping an eye on cheese toasties.

  8. Reminds me a bit of the appliance Wallace and Gromit met on the Moon.

  13. Looks good to me. I’d love to have that grill/slamander.

  15. Original mid century modern kitchen appliance that, very chic

  17. I’d have your mate ask for a copy of the landlord’s annual gas safety cert. Be surprised if not one of those hobs is letting by a little gas.

  20. I honestly think my parents had this one! Brings back loads of memories.

  23. I have a newer stove in my apartment that I guarantee is worse

  24. That kettle really adds the finishing touch 🤌

  28. Reminds me of that machine on the moon episode of Wallace and gromit , I don’t know why !

  29. Dude. Thats not the cooker. Thats the entire kitchen right there.

  30. Kettle is worth more than the stove 🤣🤣🤣

  32. Nowt wrong with that. What kind of post airy fairy namby pamby health and safety pad are you living in?

  33. Had something similar growing up. Everything grilled I’ve had since then has been inferior. I miss burning all the hair from the tops of my hands on that grill as it lit with a whoosh

  35. Thats really good imo, if its probably never going to break.

  38. Used to do house clearances with my dad in the 80’s and 90’s, the amount of these type of cookers that got thrown up the tip is record breaking.

    The amount of rotten rubber gas hoses that had to get disconnected and the tap capped brings back some memories.

    However, when a clean one came along, it was a guaranteed sale up the Brighton market on a Sunday, people always needed a cooker.

    They were great at doing bacon sarnies on though, you can’t beat a good gas cooker.

    That pull down flap on the bottom was always the greasiest part, sometimes it’s just an empty space, sometimes it was a storage drawer for baking / roasting / cake trays.

  39. Look at Mr Bialetti Moka Pot there, being all fancy pants with his freshly brewed coffee hiding the smell of the gas leaks.

  41. Quality item. That’ll still be there after the bomb drops.

  42. Those eye level grills have never been beaten for toasting.

  43. Did your mate recently move into the late 1970s too?

    I love it actually – very retro!

  44. My parents had one like that when I was a wee boy back in the 90s.

    Back in 2012 I came across the exact same cooker from my childhood when I was in the flat of a friend’s friend and it was probably because I was quite drunk at the time but I completely lost my mind at it.

    I (drunkenly) just couldn’t believe that as a 23 year old, I was seeing the cooker that I remembered from my childhood. I even asked my friend to take a photo of me standing next to it, which I still have on an external hard drive somewhere.

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