1953 Empire Aristocrat #AP 185979
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Darren Woolvin (Daz)
Created: 12-18-2025 at 01:19PM
Last Edit: 03-14-2026 at 07:51AM
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Got it fairly cheap but it did have a lot wrong with it and the platen knob fell off when i sent it to be repaired. Platen was also very hard so i had that replaced as well. its a nice machine to type on now as everything works on it. According to the shop decal it was sold just down the road from the West Bromwich factory in Birmingham.
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Hunter: Darren Woolvin (Daz)
Darren Woolvin's Typewriter Galleries [ My Collection ] [ My Sightings ]
Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 380
I picked up a couple of typewriters for display and use for the public at events where a police station is set up. The few i have are all Imperial Good Companions. Learnt to type on a manual typewriter, then on an electric one while in comprehensive but have completly forgotten how to touch type. Although pecking at the keys is more in keeping with a station.
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