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Post# 150140   9/3/2011 at 03:22 (4,591 days old) by shinymac (USA)        

Hi All,

I have often checked out this site, but never actually got round to joining it.But now I have !

I am based in UK (Cumbria), and have had a lot of pleasure from owning softbag upright vacs over the years. I am 53 years old by the way. I absolutely crave the older uprights, with large inflating cloth bags, and that lovely beater bar sound.
I own a small collection of unrefurbished uprights. I dont like to clean them up when I buy them or find them. Some even have the original housewife's dirt in the bag ! I would love to communicate with other UK based vac collectors and enthusiasts, particularly with a view to swapping vacs. I dont suppose I could be THAT lucky, but I would dearly love to chat to a FEMALE VACUUM CLEANER COLLECTOR IN THE UK ! Does such a person exist ? I doubt it ! Lol.

Currently the one vac I would love to find has completely eluded me for many years...its a Hoover U7069 or U7071 Commercial upright which is I think actually still maufactured, but was more common around 10 years ago. It has a peculiar "suede" feel to its orange dustbag. IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE U7069/71 vacs that work in the UK and would like to swap it or sell it...please email me !

My email address is derekkkx@btopenworld.com

Thanks

Shinymac



Post# 150143 , Reply# 1   9/3/2011 at 04:01 (4,591 days old) by SuctionSelector (Leeds, England)        
Hey there Shinymac!

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Welcome!

I have only been here for about a month as well!

Hope you enjoy it!

Jacob


Post# 150146 , Reply# 2   9/3/2011 at 05:48 (4,590 days old) by James (Ware, Hertfordshire, UK)        

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Welcome to the forum,
Not sure if there are any female collectors in the UK, not as far as I know anyhow.
Enjoy your stay here :)


Post# 150148 , Reply# 3   9/3/2011 at 06:50 (4,590 days old) by twocvbloke ()        

There are female collectors, they just don't realise they have a collection, cos they usually stuff them in a cupboard, in the cellar or in the garage when they stop picking up properly through no maintenance... :P

Though I'm not sure why you like keeping the "original dirt" in your vacs, that's a sure fire way for them to absorb damp and start rotting away... :\


Post# 150149 , Reply# 4   9/3/2011 at 07:02 (4,590 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire)        

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Not sure I would personally want to swap vacs for something enitrely inappropriate!



Post# 150684 , Reply# 5   9/7/2011 at 00:31 (4,587 days old) by cjh1618 ()        

I'm a female collector but I'm in the US. :)

Post# 150750 , Reply# 6   9/7/2011 at 14:01 (4,586 days old) by garlee (england)        

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Welcome to the site .Am a collector of Hoover Junior soft bag uprights from the 1334 onwards. Have got 2 Hoover 1334A's ,a Hoover 1334E ,a Hoover 1102 ,a Hoover 1036 and a Hoover 1104 .Am looking for a 1334 with the original red cloth bag bag and the red furniture protector if i am lucky enough to find one !


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