If you were to suggest to a Briton that there is anything more important than his morning cup of tea he would probably insist that it was caught and shot immediately. We take our Tea very seriously, which is why back in the days when Britain was preceded by Great it was very popular to have your Maid wake you with a cup in the morning. Following the post-war communist revolution in Britain it became impossible to find serving staff that knew their place, so they all had to be replaced by machines. From the 1950’s to the 1970’s decent people throughout the commonwealth were raised from their slumber with a delicious pot of fresh tea and all was well in the world but alas it was not to last. The fine companies who made these crucial machines were all bought out by Johnnie Foreigner who, in a frankly blatant attempt to deprive Britons of the elixir which provides us with our superhuman powers, ceased production and probably turned instead to making something ungodly like coffee machines. So what is a civilised man to do?
The answer is simple, continue to use the British made machine from the 1960’s. It’s probably got more life left in it than a new piece of Chinese made crap anyway!
The machine in question is a Goblin D25C from the 1960’s. The original corded flex was severely perished and I thought it prudent to replace it with a modern corded flex but the original electric clock works perfectly. Not surprising really because the build quality is stellar. The switches suggest that somewhere there is Lancaster bomber that can’t open it’s bomb bay doors. The entire clock mechanism is made of high quality Brass. I dismantled it, cleaned the gears and bearings. Then reassembled it with a drop of oil on each bearing surface. Good for another 50 years then!
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