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Seventy five year old fridge still going strong

A seventy five year old fridge is still keeping food cold, making it one of the oldest working household appliances in the country.

It was the era of the Great Depression, a decade of austerity when household finances were stretched.

So when the Kinghorn family bought a brand new refrigerator in 1936 they hoped it would prove a good investment.

They would never have imagined that three quarters of a century later, with the nation again facing tough economic times, the fridge would still be working as well as ever.

The Frigidaire - a 1935 model - is now a contender for the title of the oldest continuously-working refrigerator in the country.

It has never needed repairs apart from the occasional replacement part.It takes pride of place in the kitchen of Rosemary Kinghorn, who inherited the appliance when her mother-in-law, the original owner, died in 1957.

The 79-year-old said it had not had any maintenance for over 30 years, when her husband last replaced one of the parts.“My family keep telling me that I should get a new, modern one but I think ‘why should I’?” she said.

“This one is still going strong. It still keeps the food cold.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .