George Twyford ( Betty Twyford's Husband )

ELECTRIC AGAS - EXCITING NEWS

2011-06-18T12:01:00.000-07:00

WELL...WITH THE HELP OF OUR TEAM WE HAVE DONE IT AGAIN AT
AGA TWYFORD

HERE ARE THE DETAILS - CALL US ON 01568-611124 FOR MORE INFORMATION

OR VISIT THE WEBSITE @ WWW.TWYFORD-COOKERS.COM

OR TEXT Aga to 60777 TO SEE THE MOBILE WEBSITE

AGA Twyford PROUDLY ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH OF THEIR AGA APPROVED
13 AMP ELECTRIC RENOVATED AGA COOKERS

AGA Rangemaster Ltd. IN CONJUNCTION WITH AGA Twyford ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH OF THEIR 13 AMP ELECTRIC RENOVATED AGA COOKERS INCORPORATING A NEW 13 AMP MANUALLY CONTROLLED SYSTEM

NOT ONLY CAN WE SUPPLY HIGH QUALITY APPROVED RENOVATED 13 AMP AGA COOKERS, BUT WE CAN ALSO CARRY OUT AN ON SITE CHANGE TO ALTER YOUR OWN OIL OR GAS AGA COOKER TO RUN ON 13 AMP ELECTRIC AT A HIGHLY FAVOURABLE PRICE

FROM JUNE 6TH. THE FIRST 20 CUSTOMERS WHO PURCHASE A 13 AMP ELECTRIC RENOVATED AGA COOKER FROM US WILL RECEIVE £500 WORTH OF AGA COOKWARE OR ACCESSORIES

ALSO: FROM JUNE 6th. THE FIRST 20 CUSTOMERS WHO PURCHASE AN ONSITE CONVERSION TO 13 AMP ELECTRIC WILL RECEIVE £250WORTH OF AGA COOKWARE OR ACCESSORIES

YES….THE PICTURE LOOKS LIKE ANY OTHER GAS OR OIL AGA COOKER BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE !

IT IS A FULLY RENOVATED AGA RE-ENGINEERED BY THE AGA Twyford FACTORY
USING THE AGA APPROVED 13 AMP ELECTRIC SYSTEM DESIGNED BY AGA WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF AGA Twyford.

WE CAN SUPPLY YOU WITH THE MODEL YOU NEED, OR IF YOU HAVE A SUITABLE DONOR AGA WE CAN ALTER IT TO RUN ON 13 AMP ELECTRIC.

PURCHASE PRICES INCLUDE V.A.T., DELIVERY, AND FITTING ON YOUR PRE-PREPARED SITE ( MAINLAND U.K.) FOR OTHER LOCATIONS PLEASE REQUEST A QUOTE:

2 OVEN IN ANY STANDARD AGA COLOUR……£ 5900.00

4 OVEN IN ANY STANDARD AGA COLOUR……£ 6995.00

( 3 OVENS OCCASIONALLY AVAILABLE @ £6,600 – PLEASE ASK FOR DETAILS )

PRICES FOR ON SITE CONVERSION OF YOUR OWN AGA INCLUDING VAT, DELIVERY OF PARTS, ON SITE STRIP DOWN AND REBUILD OF YOUR AGA ON A PRE-PREPARED SITE
( MAINLAND ENGLAND & WALES ). FOR OTHER LOCATIONS PLEASE REQUEST A QUOTE:-

2 OVEN PURPOSE BUILT AGA COOKER CHANGE FROM OIL OR GAS TO
13 AMP ELECTRIC…..£2595.00

4 OVEN PURPOSE BUILT AGA COOKER CHANGE FROM OIL OR GAS TO
13 AMP ELECTRIC…..£3095.00

13 AMP ELECTRIC RENOVATED AGAS ( THE FACTS )

• AGA Twyford has recognized the increasing demand for AGA cookers running on 13 Amp electric systems and now provide very high quality AGA APPROVED renovated 13 amp electric Deluxe AGA cookers in 2, 4, ( and occasionally 3 oven ) sizes. The excellent features include:

• An well engineered electric system designed by AGA Rangemaster Ltd on behalf of AGA Twyford and manufactured to the highest specifications possible.

• Cooker performs like any other Oil or Gas AGA cooker, but with added controllability.

• Simple installation by our AGA trained engineers using only a 13 amp fused spur for the power source.

• A choice of oven venting by extraction to outside or via your existing chimney via a small 28mm copper pipe, thus keeping disruption in the kitchen to a minimum.

• Easy to use operation with a simple manual controller offering multi-positional setting.

• Delivery and installation by our AGA trained engineers is included in the price.

• 5 year maintenance cycle…i.e. NO annual servicing costs.

• 5 year guarantee ( I year parts and labour, 4 years parts ). Serviceable parts excluded.

• Running costs very comparable with other fuel types.

• Available with integrated or free standing Modules.

GEORGE'S BIRTHDAY

2010-04-25T08:21:00.000-07:00

Well dear readers, it is here again. Yes...my birthday. Yes that's me at 19 above with 4 years before the mast already done! I am well known for not getting excited about my birthday. I love other people having birthdays, but I'm sorry, I just cannot accept getting older. I feel the same as I did 40 years ago. I know that the "right" thing to do is gracefully accept the passing of time, but you know....to heck with that. I still want to sail the Atlantic single handed ( Betty's not too keen on that one ) I know that I can do it. I have the knowledge from years at sea, and the get up and go to carry it through. At the moment our business is still very demanding and Betty is a hard taskmaster. We are promoting Betty's products on every medium we can think of. The latest is stab into Facebook where you learn more about us by clicking this link:
FACEBOOK

So if you want make a gently aging man very happy, and move him just a bit closer to his dream of semi-retirement, please look at and preferably purchase some of our wonderful new products. I promise that I will monitor any of your customer concerns
even whilst passing the Lizard Point in a strong southwesterly. God bless you all and please remember this old French sailors proverb if you happen to be talking with my dearest Betty and accidentally let slip to her my transatlantic plans:

No matter how treacherous is the sea, a woman will always be more so!

BETTY'S NEW CATALOGUE

2009-10-22T05:41:00.000-07:00

Dear Readers,
What a nasty wet day it is today! Still, it does mean those cosy evenings by the Aga and the Aga woodstove are back. Betty asked me if I would give her new catalogue a mention on my blog, and in anticipation of a slap up supper tonight, I thought it would be prudent to acceed to her request. She has sent out quite a few in the mail, but as that practice might be a bit cutailed for a while, I would like to tell you that all the products are gradually making it onto our new website at www.twyford-cookers.com. The catalogue contains details of our Aga and range cooker cleaning materials ( pictured above ), laundry accessories, drying racks and Shelia Maids, garden bits and pieces, kitchenware, etc.etc. It is all super stuff and really well priced. Ideal for that special Christmas present. I have also put one of my fantastic log stores and equipment for carrying logs and kindling into the catalogue, so please...do have a look. As always, I thank you for your support.

AGA TWYFORD ADVANCES

2009-10-15T02:36:00.000-07:00

Hello Again Dear Readers,
Betty thought I should bring you up to date on some of our latest best selling products and also on the advances made by our competition. I am glad to advise that we have seen a great surge in the sales of our super duper 13 amp Electric Agas. They are so easy to install, no complicated flue work, and we even include delivery and basic fitting on your ready site in the price! Naturally we only supply these Agas as they were i.e. NO CONVERSIONS from other types. The electronics is all supplied brand new from Aga, the enamelling is done at Aga ( no one else can do that! ). Betty herself has a 3 oven, and believe me if it wasn't 100 percent perfect, I would be researching a supplier for reycyclable dog houses for her latest catalogue. The controllability is great ( Betty likes taking control ), and the running costs are very moderate and compare favourably with other fuel types. In short...we luv um! Now, some of our competitiors are working on supplying their own versions of renovated/converted electric Agas, and we say jolly good luck with their systems. One of them sent me his latest photo of the control panel ( pictured above ). Heavens chaps!...I thought the idea of an Aga was to keep it simple!!

THE ALL NEW WEBSITE

2009-10-14T08:40:00.001-07:00

Well I wanted to say a big thank you to all who helped put our new website together. It was a long and sometimes frustrating experience but I hope you all agree it was worth the effort. It is packed full of all the information you ever wanted to know about Aga cookers and all the other products made by Aga. Of course dear Betty and her products are not forgotten and in fact they are selling like hot cakes. Our internal computer expert Adin has been a major player in making sure that the website came up to scratch and in appreciation of his efforts we have put his photo at the top of this blog...my goodness it's no wonder all the girls love him! What a splendid fellow he is.

On The Road to Morocco

2009-07-16T06:36:00.000-07:00

Today I thought I would go back in time a bit to last summer when I whisked Betty off to Marrakech on a week’s holiday. It was a spur of the moment thing and so my usual careful planning went out of the window. Thus, I did not realise that Morocco would be 40 degrees in the shade in June. The flight was painless enough, and we were met by a driver who took us on a long dusty and exotic drive out into the desert to the Jnane Tamsna hotel. On arrival, the sight of a large and dazzlingly blue swimming pool was too good to ignore. One could I deduced, easily observe that it had been carefully constructed at a level depth of 4 feet throughout for convenience and thus, happily confident, I plunged straight in. Well dear readers when I tell you that all good sailors cannot swim (including Lord Nelson), and I also tell you that I spent a large part of my early life as a ships captain; you will begin perhaps to arrive at my first challenge of the trip. I sank to the bottom of what turned out to be a pool constructed using the stunningly clever technique of optical illusion viz. dear readers, 4 feet actually turned out to be 12 feet. Betty’s next short story would have been entitled “Death in Marrakech” had it not been for a bit of panicky grabbing of the poolside edge.

Jnane Tamsna despite its pool designer who must be a close relative of Eisenstein the famous illusionist, was an absolutely stunning place. A fantastic organic garden set in the middle of a desert oasis. Betty was delighted by the beautiful gardens and exotic desert flowers. A large part of the grounds are planted with vegetables used to supply the kitchen and the ground is divided up into small square plots each irrigated on a rotational basis by miles of shallow water ditches. The meals were simple and organic and served out on a terrace by the swimming pool. We breakfasted early before the sun became too strong and dined at sundown as the wails of the prayer caller at the great mosque miles away in the old city wafted across the parched sand. I was already thinking about the logistics of curling a towel around my head, changing my name to Lawrence, and booking the next day’s camel ride into the Atlas mountains.
The hotel, although having all the appearance of being built in the 1940’s is I am assured a modern replica built over the years from 1985 onwards. It was very hard to believe this as the atmosphere is definitely from a previous colonial era.

Anyway, I digress. To get the crux of this story, it was in this wonderful place that Betty decided that not only should we start our own vegetable plot at home, but that we should sell a very special range of gardening accessories; wonderful baskets, watering cans, herb pots, apple stores, etc.etc. all in wonderful retro designs and colours. This idea was put into practice on her return home and now you can see many of the initial stock items on the website at http://www.twyford-cookers.com/cookware

So just to close, if you feel like a restful trip to a desert oasis, and fell in love with Lawrence of Arabia try the amazing Jnane Tamsna whose stunning website is at http://www.jnanetamsna.com/ I don’t think you will be disappointed. But, just a small caution……. beware of mirages, especially in the vicinity of water !

Dulcet Tones

2009-07-15T03:44:00.000-07:00

Dear readers, it started on Monday morning as I was about to leave for work. The telephone rang (which is unusual in our house at 7.00am in the morning ). Usually at that time of day one can expect either financially challenged or suddenly pregnant children, but no, this time it was a call from an old friend of my late mothers -Dulcie Tennant. Mother always used to refer to her affectionately as Dulcet Tones.

When I tell you that my dear mother Iris died in 1980 at the age of 70 you will appreciate that her old school friend Dulcie is now around 99 and since she is now partially deaf, conversation proceeded, or perhaps preceded is the correct term, at a rather pedestrian rate. Dulcie however, despite her advanced age has many up to date ideas and has managed to stay in the forefront of technology. Her greatest love is her old period cottage, and above all her most treasured possession….her 1941 cream traditional solid fuel Aga.

“ Lugging this wretched coal about is really getting me down dear “ she said using an almost exact impression of Michael Winner. “ Is it possible you could switch it over to some other fuel dear”. “Well Auntie Dulcie” I shouted back ( in the interests of not having to repeat things at least three times ), “It would definitely be better for you to change it over to oil or gas. Less work for you, how about the colour ?”.” I suppose you want to keep it traditional cream ?” “Aubergine dear” she skwarked, its all the rage, I saw it on your web thingy at http://www.twyford-cookers.com/ can you change it to Aubergine ? “

“Well of course I can” I said, instantly realising that this job was going to be overseen like a military operation with Dulcet Tones as the five star general. I was already thinking I’d probably made a rod for my own back as now 5 minutes late I lurched on to the station platform at 8.35 to get the 8.30 for Paddington. Still, what is life without a challenge I thought as I was forced to leap onto the train which was now almost halfway out of the station. “Dulcet Tones” I whispered as my knee banged the edge of the open carriage door.

Betty's Big Game Hunt

2009-07-14T03:51:00.000-07:00

Early last Sunday morning I awoke to find Betty staring intently out of our first floor bedroom window in a particularly agitated state. Enquiring as to the cause of her concern she announced that she had just observed a large wild animal slinking across our orchard. In true manly style I queried the exact colour, size and movement of the alleged beast and was assured that this was no dog, deer, or large domestic feline. No...Betty was adamant that this was similar to a lion. Low to the ground, a light sandy colour, moving in a very stealthy manner and finally lurking behind a tree before stretching up the trunk using its front paws and rising to a full height of about 5 feet ! To say that I was a little sceptic dear readers would be somewhat of an understatement. However in many years of married life I have learnt at least one thing about my dear Betty, and that is that if she says she saw something unbelievable then it MUST be investigated by yours truly in the best Inspector Morse like fashion possible. Rushing out into the garden ( dressing first I know you will be relieved to know ) I made a detailed search of the predators last location. Whilst finding no sign of animal tracks, I was very surprised to come across the last little portion of a Walls ice cream cone behind a tree and further beyond that a little metal disc on which was inscribed the name DORIS, the number 1877 and the title " Herefordshire Wildlife Ranger". Now I know dear friends that one of Betty's best friends is called Doris and works for "the council" so putting two and two together I called Doris up to see if she knew something about this strange affair. Indeed she did. Apparently Betty has seen the "beast" ( not Doris I hasten to explain ) several times, and had asked Doris to try and track it down. Doris being a bit of a practical joke fanatic decided to investigate but also to play the part of the "beast" by donning a animal face mask. For my scrapbook, I asked Doris to come over and pose for photos which she kindly did. Alas, the story of Betty and the real beast remains unsolved, but knowing Betty as I do I am sure I will be investigating further.

Signal Failure & Golfing Incident at Ruislip

2009-07-10T04:24:00.000-07:00

As I half suspected it might be, this mornings journey in to work was indecently interrupted by signal failure just short of the Ruislip station platform. Peering out of my carriage I was treated to the picture of two golfers at Ruislip Golf Club teeing off. I was, I have to admit, rather chuffed when one of them sliced his shot and the ball whizzed towards me hitting the side of the carriage with a resounding thump. Serve them right I thought for having the indecency to play golf on a workday. After half an hour I decided to take the bull by the horns and disembark at Ruislip, walking up the last bit of the line to the main platform ( station staff glaring at me )and then catching a bus to work. Once I arrived at the office Beatrice produced a wonderful cup of coffee from my private stash of Blue Mountain Blend and I have now settled down to the usual round of calls and meetings. Betty called to say that she is having morning coffee with Amanda who has a new baby, so the Rasberry Sponge will take a bit of a pounding before I get home. Betty is thinking of coming up to town this afternoon as she wants to meet her new catalogue designer for Betty Twyford's new range of products. She has got the first items up on the website at http://www.twyford-cookers.com/ and they do look wonderful. Oh well, back to work now !

Comment On My Dearest Betty's First Blog

2009-07-09T03:35:00.000-07:00

Coming home from the City on the 5.20 to Gerrards Cross, I was musing over my dear wife's latest venture into the world of "blogging" at www.bettytwyford.blogspot.com and "twittering" as "bettytwyford" at http://www.twitter.com/bettytwyford . She is truly a marvel to me. Not only am I constantly treated to the magnificent delights of her Aga cooking when I return home at night, but now I can read about her exploits on my laptop whilst travelling. I can tell you dear readers that the Walnut & Coffee Cake stands in a class of its own ! No more knickerbocker glory in the directors diningroom for me. From now on a regular space is reserved in my briefcase for a tupperware container holding the divine fruits of my darling Betty's labours in the dessert department. She now tells me that she is plunging into the sale of Garden, Laundry and Household products on her site at http://www.twyford-cookers.com/ , I can barely restrain my excitement.