AGA_Stories
 

Owner: Marjorie and Ernest Shenton
Model: Cream 2-door
Vintage: 1954
Location: Staffordshire
Snapshot: Ernest and Marjorie’s AGA has been in continual daily use since it was installed in 1954. The couple even have the original enquiry response typed letters and guarantee forms from 1954, with a royal stamp at the top of the page and original slogan “Churchill said Give us the Tools. The Housewife said Give me an AGA.” The couple have looked after the AGA so well that even the original toaster is still in use. Ernest says the AGA has been out only once and it was not necessarily a good experience for him. “Some years ago, during a very hot summer, my wife and daughter went on holiday, leaving me and our German Shepherd in charge of the house. The Memsahib thought it would be an ideal opportunity to let it down, and clean the top. The planned barbecue was foiled by an unkind wind from the Cheshire Gap so Plan B was invoked. Camping Gaz grill was dug out. Not enough gas. By now Plan C was to be thoroughly brassed-off; not in the mood for the pub so I settled for a ploughman’s supper with Cotes du Rhone and German Shepherd decided he would have flat biscuits and canine chunks with Chateau la Pompe!”
Finest Hour: The AGA is part of the family and they can’t imagine cooking on anything else. “There’s nothing we would rather have,” says Ernest.