Boots is a major British retailer who sell toiletries, cosmetics and the like. They also once sold items such as records (i got my first LPs from them!) More importantly they sold Boots branded typewriters throughout the 1960s to 1980s as well. The typewriters were built by established typewriter manufacturers and given a Boots badge. There are two Boots typewriters in the collection, one is an Erika made Model 42 from the late 1960s and the later Seiko built PT800.
This is a standard Seiko typewriter of the late 1970s. Externally the typewriter is in very good condition, it is nice and clean and has had a new ribbon fitted recently though there are some problems with operation. At times it can be very stiff and the carriage hardly moves, at other times it moves all too quickly and fast! These problems may be can be ironed out with a bit of typing hopefully.
Having visited a Boots store recently i can sadly report that they no longer sell typewriters which is a shame.
