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Post# 206196   11/8/2012 at 15:40 (4,158 days old) by hooversrus2012 ()        

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Post# 206197 , Reply# 1   11/8/2012 at 15:45 (4,158 days old) by hooversrus2012 ()        
vintage vacuum cleaners

heres some more

Post# 206199 , Reply# 2   11/8/2012 at 15:47 (4,158 days old) by hooversrus2012 ()        
heres more

hoover turbo power

Post# 206202 , Reply# 3   11/8/2012 at 16:00 (4,158 days old) by hooversrus2012 ()        
heres some more

upright hoover cleaners

Post# 206203 , Reply# 4   11/8/2012 at 16:20 (4,158 days old) by hooversrus2012 ()        
heres more

vintage cleaners

Post# 206231 , Reply# 5   11/8/2012 at 21:58 (4,157 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)        

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Cool - do you have anything on the old Goblins?

Post# 206317 , Reply# 6   11/9/2012 at 18:19 (4,156 days old) by pshoover ()        

May I have one of each please? ;)

Post# 206352 , Reply# 7   11/10/2012 at 10:39 (4,156 days old) by hooversrus2012 ()        

if u go on ebay uk look at the cataloges that our i fount them

Post# 206354 , Reply# 8   11/10/2012 at 11:16 (4,156 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK)        
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I NEED an Electrolux 345!!!! i already have the hose/wand/tools i just need the machine!!
nice pics btw.


Post# 206361 , Reply# 9   11/10/2012 at 12:39 (4,156 days old) by hooversrus2012 ()        

thks it was u that won them then

Post# 206367 , Reply# 10   11/10/2012 at 14:29 (4,156 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK)        

no i didnt win them i got them with my electrolux 185 when i got it!

Post# 206369 , Reply# 11   11/10/2012 at 14:48 (4,156 days old) by hooversrus2012 ()        

o right ok theres a 330 on ebay


Post# 206419 , Reply# 12   11/11/2012 at 02:40 (4,155 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
the hotpoint light n easy

a long time ago i uesed to have the green hotpoint light n easy i did a swap with someone on here for a hoover junior delux or starlight cant quite remember now, if anyone on here has one they would like to part with please let me know, as i cant remeber what happned to mine

hey simon do you remember doin the swap


Post# 206420 , Reply# 13   11/11/2012 at 02:44 (4,155 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
more pics

are there any more pages that you have that you can put on here

Post# 206422 , Reply# 14   11/11/2012 at 04:20 (4,155 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
goblin

found this in the same place

Post# 206423 , Reply# 15   11/11/2012 at 04:21 (4,155 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
more goblin

another

Post# 206424 , Reply# 16   11/11/2012 at 04:24 (4,155 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
oldies

but goodies

Post# 206425 , Reply# 17   11/11/2012 at 04:24 (4,155 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
more

loving it

Post# 206426 , Reply# 18   11/11/2012 at 04:26 (4,155 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
oh my

havent seen one of these for time

Post# 206427 , Reply# 19   11/11/2012 at 04:28 (4,155 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
variation

on a theme

Post# 206428 , Reply# 20   11/11/2012 at 04:31 (4,155 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
the flymo

god i remember these orange things same as the electrolux lol (they are the same company )

Post# 206429 , Reply# 21   11/11/2012 at 04:33 (4,155 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
moulinex

the knock offs lol

Post# 206430 , Reply# 22   11/11/2012 at 04:37 (4,155 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
hotpoint

i had the later model of the goblin wet and dry the grey xpc model

Post# 206431 , Reply# 23   11/11/2012 at 04:44 (4,155 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
more moulinex

why dont they make things like this now

Post# 206432 , Reply# 24   11/11/2012 at 04:46 (4,155 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
i love it

i so want one of the light n easy uprights

Post# 206433 , Reply# 25   11/11/2012 at 04:47 (4,155 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
dyson

the original (almost)

Post# 206434 , Reply# 26   11/11/2012 at 04:48 (4,155 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
hoover

spirit

Post# 206435 , Reply# 27   11/11/2012 at 04:49 (4,155 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
panasonic

cylinder

Post# 206436 , Reply# 28   11/11/2012 at 04:51 (4,155 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
goblin

no 8 is the one i used to have

Post# 206437 , Reply# 29   11/11/2012 at 04:54 (4,155 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
washing machine

i know its off topic but i used to have the new wave thats pictured here i loved it when it worked which was not very often lol

Post# 206440 , Reply# 30   11/11/2012 at 07:13 (4,155 days old) by hooversrus2012 ()        
vintage vacuum s

you found them then i got more


Post# 206441 , Reply# 31   11/11/2012 at 07:16 (4,155 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK)        

wow i love looking in old catalogues. the oldest one i have is from 2006 lol. you can still see a big price difference from the 2006 catalogue to 2012 catalogues!!
great pics!!!


Post# 206444 , Reply# 32   11/11/2012 at 08:37 (4,155 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England)        
Newwave

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I had a Newwave 1100 AC172, great machine!

Post# 206453 , Reply# 33   11/11/2012 at 11:02 (4,155 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)        

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Thanks - that filled in a bit of the information about the Goblins I was looking for. (Incidentally the GEC Cleaner on the same page was made by Byloc)

Post# 206455 , Reply# 34   11/11/2012 at 11:34 (4,155 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)        

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A few rarities here - Regina Housekeeper, Goblin Commander and Commander XPC


Post# 206456 , Reply# 35   11/11/2012 at 11:35 (4,155 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)        

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some Goblin Aquavac and Light & Easy


Post# 206457 , Reply# 36   11/11/2012 at 11:36 (4,155 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)        

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502S, Philips Softbag and Goblin Housemaid


Post# 206458 , Reply# 37   11/11/2012 at 11:41 (4,155 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)        

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David, what catalogue and year is the DA001 pic from? I recently got one of those Delonghi Combi uprights that had never been switched on - fantastic vacuum! 


Post# 206493 , Reply# 38   11/11/2012 at 19:01 (4,154 days old) by singingrainbow (Texas)        

I find it so interesting looking at vacuums from other countries! I noticed on the above dysons that the logo was different, does that mean that they were earlier runs of the dc02 and 01?

Thanks for posting!

Scott


Post# 206542 , Reply# 39   11/12/2012 at 03:25 (4,154 days old) by vintagerepairer (England)        
Dyson logo

That was the font which Dyson used on their UK cleaners from 1992 until 1996. It was then changed to the soft lowercase font which is still in use today. But the tools supplied with Dyson cleaners still featured the older logo stamped into the plastic, for a good deal of time after the printed logos were changed.

Post# 206546 , Reply# 40   11/12/2012 at 04:02 (4,154 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)        

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Hurrah for these old photos! Good to see the Goblin Rio Reflex: the lower model without variable suction (Rio 1000) was one of the first cylinders I ever bought. Never saw a "Stylelectric," upright before though - who made those??

Post# 206548 , Reply# 41   11/12/2012 at 04:14 (4,154 days old) by vintagerepairer (England)        

The stylectric was a cleaner which carried many names, including Spinney, and as you will see in the second picture, Vortice. I think it was a pseudo Hoover Senior. I never saw a single example in all my years, I only saw pictures.

Post# 206573 , Reply# 42   11/12/2012 at 10:47 (4,154 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK)        

i still have one of the DC01's with the old logo. still works!! apart from discoloration there was absolutely no damage to it until it fell over a few months back and one of the wheel arches snapped off!

Post# 206576 , Reply# 43   11/12/2012 at 11:37 (4,154 days old) by paulc (Edinburgh)        
Stylectric.....

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is it not an updated version of a vacuum that was sold under the spinney name in the 70's? I know someone posted pictures of the version they had just aquired, I can't for the life of me remember who it was or what the cleaner was called. It was pale blue.

Post# 206577 , Reply# 44   11/12/2012 at 11:42 (4,154 days old) by paulc (Edinburgh)        
Found it!

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It's Vacbear's Colston upright, I must say the Stylectric is quite similar in my eyes.






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Post# 206578 , Reply# 45   11/12/2012 at 11:43 (4,154 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)        
stylelectric

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I would need a closer look when I get home from holiday but I think Benny is right about the Stylelectric
I posted about a slightly earlier version a few months back only in this case it was called Colston 301
As Benny says very like a Senior/Convertable and manufactured in Italy. Never saw that variation of a Light and Easy before either too
Al


Post# 206603 , Reply# 46   11/12/2012 at 19:02 (4,153 days old) by vintagerepairer (England)        

Vacbear, by 'light & easy' do you mean the ex-Hotpoint cleaner? These carried on for a good deal of years, well into the 1990, by which time they had foot operated on/off switches, and a round handle identical to that of the electric carpet sweepers. By this time they also had two plastic hooks attached to the handle to store the mains lead instead of a pocket on the dust bag. A version exisits with a large bow on the front cover, the bow being the logo of the Empire Stores catalouge.

The thing about these cheap cleaners was that they never seemed to come in for repair, so I saw so very few of them. One could be forgiven for thinking they obviously didn't break down, but I suspect the truth is they did not last for long and were never all that good when new, so when they did go wrong people may not have wanted to throw good money after bad. If one considers also these cleaners could be purchased on weekly terms, I would hazard a guess that the consumer may not even have noticed the repayments to any notable extent, thus cushioning the blow when the cleaner broke down.

I saw many Goblin and Moulinex cleaners come for repair. It struck me that these cleaners retailed for a price where the consumer would consider a repair.


Post# 206604 , Reply# 47   11/12/2012 at 19:09 (4,153 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)        

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Ah, thanks - I knew Spinney had done the smaller ones, but not that one. Still, the Stylelectic looks super cool.

Post# 206716 , Reply# 48   11/14/2012 at 16:08 (4,152 days old) by luxman107 (USA )        

Absolutely awesome photos of these old machines

Post# 207049 , Reply# 49   11/18/2012 at 17:21 (4,147 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
some more

i found these

Post# 207050 , Reply# 50   11/18/2012 at 17:22 (4,147 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
and this

just another with a cordless vacuum

Post# 207052 , Reply# 51   11/18/2012 at 17:32 (4,147 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
the colour

i love the colour of this vacuum

Post# 207054 , Reply# 52   11/18/2012 at 17:39 (4,147 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
selex

id never heard of selex

Post# 207055 , Reply# 53   11/18/2012 at 17:42 (4,147 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
lmao

couldnt resist this

Post# 207059 , Reply# 54   11/18/2012 at 17:57 (4,147 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
dyson

ball barrow

Post# 207085 , Reply# 55   11/19/2012 at 00:14 (4,147 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
1988

cylinders

Post# 207086 , Reply# 56   11/19/2012 at 00:15 (4,147 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
1988

wet n dry

Post# 207087 , Reply# 57   11/19/2012 at 00:27 (4,147 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
hoover turbopower (freedom)

the junior (sprite)

Post# 207088 , Reply# 58   11/19/2012 at 00:30 (4,147 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
multi system

the later version of the multi system with carry handle on the hood and a smaller shampoo head

Post# 207089 , Reply# 59   11/19/2012 at 00:35 (4,147 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
argos

a selection from 1991

Post# 207090 , Reply# 60   11/19/2012 at 00:42 (4,147 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
lmao

couldnt resist this one either so couldnt get away with saying that now

Post# 207092 , Reply# 61   11/19/2012 at 01:48 (4,147 days old) by hooversrus2012 ()        
argos

more lux vacs

Post# 207148 , Reply# 62   11/19/2012 at 15:10 (4,147 days old) by luxman107 (USA )        

Awesome !!!!

Post# 207151 , Reply# 63   11/19/2012 at 17:31 (4,146 days old) by Streakers (Columbus Ohio)        
Keep them coming!

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Love these scans!

Post# 269199 , Reply# 64   2/24/2014 at 12:10 (3,685 days old) by adrian ()        
Thanks

Wow, This is a walk down memory lane and finding it extremely nostolgic.

Some of these cleaners were brands and models I grew up with, however also noticed that the models that was available to us in South-Africa was limited compared to what was available at the time.

The marketing knowledge of wattage, accesories ect, very interesting.

Thanks yet again


Post# 273125 , Reply# 65   3/23/2014 at 13:53 (3,658 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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I was just searching for something online and came accross this thread, I notice that in reply 20 the spinney wet& dry vacuum was sold here as a Electrolux Aqualux, It came with huge 50 mm diameter pipes, The tank was later changed to a plastic tank for better sound insulation  


Post# 363695 , Reply# 66   12/16/2016 at 08:35 (2,659 days old) by boxer_rules (Switzerland)        
Vintage sales brochure from 1980 - fust.ch in Switzerland

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I add this Swiss vintage sales brochure from 1980 in this thread. It's from fust.ch, they celebrate it's 50 anniversary. Electrolux, Volta, Miele, Hoover, Rotel and Nilfisk - good old quality products! I love the Nilfisk text - they say: "it's a pity if you buy a Nilfisk, because then you don't need a new machine in the next 20 years" LOL

Fust.ch >


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Post# 363735 , Reply# 67   12/17/2016 at 02:57 (2,658 days old) by Real1shep (Walla Walla, WA)        

The Sears Mini-Bike....absolutely delicious memories. I read the pajama part twice....at first, I thought I read 'gray' then realized yes, it was 'gay'. No, you couldn't use anything close to that phrasing today...lol!

 

Mini-Bikes were death traps for sure, but only because we were always trying to make them go faster. We put a huge B&S motor in one once and didn't even have the throttle worked out yet.....just some rope we were pulling with one hand. Got out in the neighborhood and were passing cars with it and that's with two of us riding on it at once.

 

Kevin


Post# 363764 , Reply# 68   12/17/2016 at 18:49 (2,657 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)        
There was a time when gay meant something else.

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Long before the slang term 'gay' meant happy, excited, merry, keenly alive and exuberant, also bright and colorful.

And I'm old enough to remember it.


Post# 363782 , Reply# 69   12/18/2016 at 06:00 (2,657 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan)        
Yes, like Zorro,

the gay blade, etc., etc.
I think the word gay was adopted by the gay community because it was taboo for so long it was considered by the rest of society to be an unhappy thing. One word is also easier than saying which side is ones bread buttered on, or they are light in the loafers, etc., etc.
Until the 1950's in England, being gay was still a capital crime. After Stonewall in 1969, it really stuck.
The French used to say if someone was different they were gauche'. It's very similar if you think about it.
Life has become better for many of societies fewer numbers, and oppressed. Today is Steve Biko's birthday for example.
The Netherlands was the first country to legalize gay marriage, followed by England, then Ireland, believe it or not, the nation of the former republican army that bombed places in London.
It really has gotten better in spite of there are still a small number of "Brit's out of Ireland" proponents even in the USA of Irish heritage.
They overcame "the troubles" of the 60's, 70's, and 80's, and it wasn't even racial.
People fight until they are sick and tired of fighting I suppose, but peace is worth fighting for, as are civil, and equal rights.
Equality isn't identical sameness. Not of race, not of creed, orientation, or ethnicity.
The more we learn, the more our minds expand.
Everyone on earth has the same brain matter. It takes some deep soul searching to use it .


Post# 363804 , Reply# 70   12/18/2016 at 12:24 (2,657 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)        
They overcame "the troubles" of the 60's, 70'

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"The troubles" really only refers to Northern Ireland, where same-sex marriage is still not legal. As much as the conflict in Northern Ireland has died down, it is still very much a split and segregated country, especially around Belfast.

My maternal grandparents are Belfast-born catholic loyalists. My grandma still lives in a very large catholic area in Belfast and I visit fairly regularly.


Post# 420147 , Reply# 71   2/18/2020 at 05:30 (1,500 days old) by Rdwdcp (UK)        
Cool

I would love to see an Argos book with an Electrolux Velocity in

Post# 420267 , Reply# 72   2/20/2020 at 09:43 (1,498 days old) by Jo (Dallas,TX)        

Interesting most canister don’t have power nozzles. Makes me wonder if the power nozzle concept was not popular outside of the US? With so much wall to wall carpet in the US during the 60s through 90s and still quite popular for bedrooms here in the US to this day...a power nozzle for a canister is almost a necessity for the vacuum to be successful. Plus it eliminates the need to have an upright for carpets. Also, if one has pets that are allowed on furniture, a mini power nozzle is a very useful needed tool these days. I know that in the era of some of these ads, they weren’t in existence yet, but here in the US they started coming out in the mid to late 80s.Perhaps overseas, people just are used to straight suction cleaners much more, particularly for canisters?

Post# 420357 , Reply# 73   2/21/2020 at 10:15 (1,497 days old) by Rdwdcp (UK)        

Hi just wondering if any of you know an Argos book with the Electrolux Velocity in if so please tell me or if you have any velocity pictures please send, thanks

Ryan


Post# 420367 , Reply# 74   2/21/2020 at 15:20 (1,497 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)        

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@Jo: Power nozzles were around well before the '80s. Manufacturers like Electrolux and Lewyt began offering power nozzles in the '60s, maybe late '50s.

Post# 420373 , Reply# 75   2/21/2020 at 19:44 (1,496 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY)        

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Aerus Electrolux introduced their first power nozzle in the late 1950s. I believe the AF was the first Electrolux to use it. I might be wrong though.

Post# 420855 , Reply# 76   3/1/2020 at 02:09 (1,488 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)        

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Thanks for posting these scans - the UK had a lot of amazing vacuum styles. Interesting they came out with that Whirlwind friction vacuum that was in the 1960's?

Post# 421392 , Reply# 77   3/10/2020 at 14:44 (1,479 days old) by Rdwdcp (UK)        

Anyone?


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