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Thread Number: 7233
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Post# 79802 9/3/2009 at 07:46 (5,338 days old) by chestermikeuk  (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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Heres a few pics from our meet-up over the bank holiday weekend, having done Hoover 100th last year we wanted to concentrate on Electrolux & others, I had such a good time doing & enjoying that I only took a few pics, BUt others took loads so I`m sure they will post later!! What we tried to get together was a "Wall of UK Lux" from 1920`s up to 80`s, Alistair (Vacbear58) diligently worked through the timeline placing all the vacs in chronological order and also withing the 3 areas of budget, middle and de-luxe!!! 
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Post# 79804 , Reply# 1 9/3/2009 at 07:50 (5,338 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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Arriving | ||
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Post# 79805 , Reply# 2 9/3/2009 at 07:51 (5,338 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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Lux Z90 | ||
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Post# 79806 , Reply# 3 9/3/2009 at 08:06 (5,338 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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Electrolux Z90 | ||
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Post# 79807 , Reply# 4 9/3/2009 at 08:10 (5,338 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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Parnall 1010 | ||
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Post# 79810 , Reply# 5 9/3/2009 at 08:18 (5,338 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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Oy..!!! Stop Peaking | ||
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Post# 79811 , Reply# 6 9/3/2009 at 08:21 (5,338 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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Hotpoint UK Collection
We where trying to pull together all members Hotpoint machines for a timeline, Al (vacbear58) gladly brought with him his hotpoint cylinder, also Rob, Paul & myself managed to get the infamous Hotpoint Swallow that has been doing the rounds recently!!! here we have Hotpoint models form the 1930`s through to the 70`s
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Post# 79813 , Reply# 7 9/3/2009 at 08:23 (5,338 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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Hotpoints | ||
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Post# 79815 , Reply# 8 9/3/2009 at 08:26 (5,338 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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Pics | ||
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Post# 79816 , Reply# 9 9/3/2009 at 08:28 (5,338 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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Ohh all that work!!! | ||
| Post# 79817 , Reply# 10 9/3/2009 at 08:30 (5,338 days old) by ohio_tuec () | ||
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Hotpoints I love first two Hotpoints on the left! The bags have a very similar design to the Premiers of the same era here in the states. | ||
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Post# 79818 , Reply# 11 9/3/2009 at 08:31 (5,338 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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Get the Milk poured... | ||
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Post# 79819 , Reply# 12 9/3/2009 at 08:33 (5,338 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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Time For Tea... | ||
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Post# 79820 , Reply# 13 9/3/2009 at 08:36 (5,338 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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All Those White Cloths to Clean | ||
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Post# 79821 , Reply# 14 9/3/2009 at 08:39 (5,338 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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Back to Work...!!! | ||
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Post# 79822 , Reply# 15 9/3/2009 at 08:44 (5,338 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Nice gathering! | ||
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Post# 79823 , Reply# 16 9/3/2009 at 08:48 (5,338 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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All done
Ready for dinner and more vactalk!!! thanks to Alistair for making delicious dinners, cakes & biscuits, you`ll see more pics later...over to you guys!!! left to right Jack (VintageHoover), Alistair (Vacbear58), Moi (ChesterMikeUK), Paul (MatchboxPaul), Mathew (Keymatic3203), Seamus (SeamusUK), Richard (RichUKBristol), Matt (Bendixdeluxe) 
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| Post# 79839 , Reply# 17 9/3/2009 at 10:48 (5,338 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
It was a great weekend | ||
| Post# 79841 , Reply# 18 9/3/2009 at 10:57 (5,338 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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The wall of Lux | ||
| Post# 79843 , Reply# 19 9/3/2009 at 11:07 (5,338 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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There were some Hoovers too
With a couple of Hotpoints and a Goblin Wizard at the back and a Vactric Junior nudging in from the right. I had an interesting discussion with Jack about the design of the Hoover cannisters. I had thought that since the UK equivalent of the model 40 came over here, the model development would have been done in the UK, but he tells me (and if anyone knows, Jack knows) that the design was done in the US, which makes me wonder why UK Hoovers were so different from US Hoovers. Following from an earlier thread, the burgandy and silver model at the front (417) was contemporary with US model 55, the olive green and white model (419) was approximatly 1964, and the blue model at the back (507) approximatly 1968. The red one at the front is a late model Freedom which came out around 1973 Al 
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| Post# 79846 , Reply# 21 9/3/2009 at 11:15 (5,338 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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1960s Hotpoints
The upright is Mike's the cannister (the Masterclean) is mine. I have only seen one other of these and that was in around 1970. It sounds very like an Electrolux when when switched on. The floor tool is a replacement. For a machine which was around, in one form or another for YEARS the upright is also very rare. This is a late 1960s version. There are no cable clips for the flex (cord) which gives the handle a very streamlined appearence but a pouch on teh back of the bag. You dont really see it in the pictures but the flex was colour co-ordinated with the hood Al 
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| Post# 79847 , Reply# 22 9/3/2009 at 11:20 (5,338 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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There were a couple of "Germans" as well | ||
| Post# 79848 , Reply# 23 9/3/2009 at 11:23 (5,338 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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The evolution of a model | ||
| Post# 79850 , Reply# 24 9/3/2009 at 11:24 (5,338 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Top view | ||
| Post# 79851 , Reply# 25 9/3/2009 at 11:26 (5,338 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Evolution of another model | ||
| Post# 79852 , Reply# 26 9/3/2009 at 11:30 (5,338 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Mixing it up | ||
| Post# 79853 , Reply# 27 9/3/2009 at 11:31 (5,338 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Hand mixers | ||
| Post# 79854 , Reply# 28 9/3/2009 at 11:33 (5,338 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Give happiness give Hoover | ||
| Post# 79855 , Reply# 29 9/3/2009 at 11:36 (5,338 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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And finally ... | ||
| Post# 79859 , Reply# 32 9/3/2009 at 11:54 (5,338 days old) by vintagehoover () | ||
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Henry Dreyfuss' patent - again, North Canton, Ohio. I'm sure you'll recognise the cleaner! 
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| Post# 79874 , Reply# 34 9/3/2009 at 16:02 (5,338 days old) by z30soulbrother (West Midlands, UK) | ||
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hi Mike yes id like to come too.... i love your collection ...talking of differences in the lux cylinders in an earlier thread i never noticed until now the extra metal bits on the z30 handle which the 55 and 62 dont have? ..... Si | ||
| Post# 79894 , Reply# 35 9/3/2009 at 17:18 (5,338 days old) by crevicetool (GA ) | ||
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Mini-meets are GREAT! Looks like you guys had a wonderful time! It's nice for us too to be able to put faces with our friends in the UK!!! BTW where is the UK, I've never been there. In Colorado? Rick | ||
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Post# 79901 , Reply# 36 9/3/2009 at 17:54 (5,338 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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Lol | ||
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Post# 79920 , Reply# 37 9/3/2009 at 20:19 (5,338 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs) |
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Count me in too!
I haven't been over the pond for a while and the itch to travel is getting to me. My passport has expired, but I'll fix that. Now Mike, you guys won't tie me to a tree and leave me in the forest, will you? Give plenty of advance warning and I am sure you will have a contingent of us Americans at your doorstep. I'll pick up Terry and Rick and off we'll go! Everything looks great! Fred | ||
| Post# 79925 , Reply# 38 9/3/2009 at 21:00 (5,338 days old) by luxg () | ||
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Oh Fred, couldn't you, Rick, and I have a great time!! Just let me know when and I'll be ready!!! Terry | ||
| Post# 80114 , Reply# 40 9/5/2009 at 09:21 (5,336 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
Funny... | ||
| Post# 80125 , Reply# 41 9/5/2009 at 12:54 (5,336 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
Looks like you had a great time: Hmmm- I love a challenge: Re: The wall of Lux We managed to get and example of every UK postwar Lux (branded as Lux I mean) from 1945 to 1985 or maybe a little bit longer. Another cream cake to the person who can list the missing models. If its only from 45 to 85 that you want the major one that I see missing arethe models 48, 60, 310, 312, 96, and 355. Of the older ones you could have used the 6, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18 and 24 as well LOL - so have I missed any???? Doug PS - Love the display. Its really nice to see them all together. | ||
| Post# 80138 , Reply# 42 9/5/2009 at 16:56 (5,336 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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And Doug almost wins the cream cake
There is actually one more and that is the 117, similar to the little blue 116. But these models are very rare (as is the 30) as I guess most of the production was exported to earn foreign currency after WW2. But I still think you deserve the cake, now you have to come to a future meet to be presented with it ...... Al | ||
| Post# 80184 , Reply# 43 9/6/2009 at 00:44 (5,336 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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LOL Al: Carefull - I may take you up on that sometime. The 117 was one that I wasnt certain of as I've never even seen a picture of it (nor the 15 come to think of it). It was fun figuring out which models you had pictured there then trying to think of the missing ones as you actually had a couple I havnt seen before in the line up. Do you know anything about the early commercial Electroluxes? I have a model 33 but no parts for it and have a possibility of getting a 73. I'd like to find out what actually came with them. Doug | ||
| Post# 80221 , Reply# 44 9/6/2009 at 18:35 (5,335 days old) by z30soulbrother (West Midlands, UK) | ||
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beautiful house what a beautiful house this is. Is it your place Mike? it looks fantastic, Arts and crafts style, would love to see more of it as am interested in this kind of archetecture.... Si | ||
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Post# 80265 , Reply# 45 9/7/2009 at 10:53 (5,334 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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vacs
Fred: lol, oh yes we have plenty of trees here, no deserts thankfully!!! actuall said person who made that comment is at the "Burning Man" in the desert so go figure!!!...LOl Simon: and yes only just noticed the differences on the handle of the Z30, great that one of us is noticing stuff!! please contact me on my profile email, yours keeps bouncing back!! Chris: any pics from your mini-meet?? Doug: how could you resist an offer like that and with cake!! we nearly got there, its the most lux`s we have had together in one go, so we`ll go for gold next time, actually Al I think we`ll do Goblin & vactric next time!! | ||
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Post# 80267 , Reply# 46 9/7/2009 at 10:57 (5,334 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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Talking of Goblin | ||
| Post# 80271 , Reply# 47 9/7/2009 at 11:18 (5,334 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Never mind the Goblins
We might just manage on the Vactrics but not so sure on the Goblins. HOWEVER, seeing that Lux 160 of Neil's just creeping into the picture above, do you have any more of this rarely spotted beauty? There are plenty of 170s around but this is the first 160 I have seen, and I need to go to Tara King (Avengers - Thingmyjig) to see a 152. We have the challenge next time of the Lux uprights too :) Never stops does it :) As I write this I cannot believe it is a week since we all broke up from the meet. The time just flew by, always the sign of a good time Al | ||
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Post# 80274 , Reply# 48 9/7/2009 at 11:32 (5,334 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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Lux 160 | ||
| Post# 80286 , Reply# 49 9/7/2009 at 13:30 (5,334 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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This weekend .... | ||
| Post# 80296 , Reply# 50 9/7/2009 at 14:40 (5,334 days old) by vintagehoover () | ||
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Baking? Does that mean more carrot cake?! I'm there!! :D | ||
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Post# 80297 , Reply# 51 9/7/2009 at 14:40 (5,334 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs) |
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Mike | ||
| Post# 80298 , Reply# 52 9/7/2009 at 15:25 (5,334 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Did someone say Desserts? | ||
| Post# 80378 , Reply# 53 9/8/2009 at 10:23 (5,333 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 80382 , Reply# 55 9/8/2009 at 11:20 (5,333 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Hmmm, international meets
Doug I am more than sure that you are not the only person on that position, which makes me think "Webcams". Our meetings so far have been pretty free format, beause there is always so much to discuss, but with a little thought we could possibly arrange "presentations" via web cam which would allow others from overseas to interact (although possibly with delays). There are others with more knowledge than I, but in these days of web conferencing it cant be that difficult Al | ||
| Post# 80391 , Reply# 57 9/8/2009 at 15:46 (5,333 days old) by crevicetool (GA ) | ||
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I'm afraid this thread has gone on long enough! I just can't let it get to 57 replies. No matter how fun and interesting it is! Rick | ||
| Post# 80392 , Reply# 58 9/8/2009 at 15:47 (5,333 days old) by crevicetool (GA ) | ||
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darn | ||
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