The Sunderland fridge which was still going strong after 46 years

She had such a cool fridge that it was still going strong after 45 years in operation.

She bought it in 1936

The neat little number made it in to the Sunderland Echo headlines in 1981.

Margery was hoping to get into the record books.

She wrote to Frigidaire Marketing in Leeds and told them about her long lasting kitchen wear. She enclosed the 1936 brochure that came with the fridge for them to look after.

‘I feel it could comfortably do its 50 years service’

Margery said in her letter that: “Though noisy, the fridge is still working absolutely perfectly and my electric bill was not as heavy as I anticipated it would be, so that I feel it could comfortably do its 50 years service.”

Frigidaire were so impressed with her letter that they decided to present her with a brand new fridge in exchange for her old one.

Off to the museum

The old model’ was due to be used for wear tests and museum purposes.

We want to know if you had a device which lasted even longer than Margery’s epic fridge.

Maybe you had a cooker which worked after 50 years, a kettle which was still boiling after decades of use or a toaster which still did the job.

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