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Thread Number: 17255
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| Post# 185411 6/13/2012 at 15:43 (4,333 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
Hi all. I have been given several vacs by a good friend Of mine.
He gave me the hard bagged Goblin housemaid a few months ago but it was missing the bumper. He has since found the correct bumper The soft bagged Goblin housemaid and the Hotpoint light and easy was made up of several of the same model. It took some time but I think it was worth it:o) There getting very hard to find.I've fitted NOS burshrolls in all three vacs. I was also given a Moulinex Master but I've not even started it yet... Hope you like them. James:o) 
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| Post# 185412 , Reply# 1 6/13/2012 at 15:45 (4,333 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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| Post# 185413 , Reply# 2 6/13/2012 at 15:46 (4,333 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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| Post# 185415 , Reply# 3 6/13/2012 at 15:47 (4,333 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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| Post# 185416 , Reply# 4 6/13/2012 at 15:50 (4,333 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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| Post# 185580 , Reply# 6 6/15/2012 at 06:48 (4,331 days old) by ryry_87 (Earth) | ||
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Love the Housemaids, such a 70's looking vacuum. They don't actually perform that badly. One of my holy grail vacuums is the Commander hard bag in red though, want one of those so bad! | ||
| Post# 185600 , Reply# 7 6/15/2012 at 10:54 (4,331 days old) by paulc (Edinburgh) | ||
James, thanks for posting these pics. My mum had the Hotpoint ( complete with tools ), she bought it in 1968 but only lasted 6 or so years. The height right control broke so the cleaner became a pain to use as you had to tip it forward to make the nozzle contact the floor. Was replaced with an Electrolux 160.
I love the styling of the Goblin Housemaid. My mum's cousin had one but I never got to play with it. | ||
| Post# 185608 , Reply# 8 6/15/2012 at 12:22 (4,331 days old) by borusa (Edinburgh) | ||
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| Post# 185611 , Reply# 9 6/15/2012 at 12:28 (4,331 days old) by paulc (Edinburgh) | ||
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Oh my! | ||
| Post# 185639 , Reply# 10 6/15/2012 at 15:37 (4,331 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
One of my holy grail vacuums is the Commander hard bag in re | ||
| Post# 185647 , Reply# 12 6/15/2012 at 15:56 (4,331 days old) by paulc (Edinburgh) | ||
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vintagerepairer
I have never seen a Morphy Richards badged Hotpoint, as I said to Borusa, I have only ever seen them under Hotpoint and Spinney Light and Easy. I do however remember seeing a maroon Hotpoint with ,I think a grey bag, in a catalouge. When I read Borusa's comment about a possible Morphy Richard's/Hotpoint the maroon Hotpoint sprang to mind. I have no idea what catalouge it would have been in or what year, maybe I may be mistaken but it is a very vivid picture I have in my head. Sorry I can't be more specific.
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| Post# 185648 , Reply# 13 6/15/2012 at 16:04 (4,331 days old) by vintagerepairer (England) | ||
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Sorry I did not see Borusa's comment until you refereed to it just now. As I say, it is quite possible as they were the same company. | ||
| Post# 185650 , Reply# 14 6/15/2012 at 16:23 (4,331 days old) by paulc (Edinburgh) | ||
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No worries,
I just wish my memory was a bit better!!! I was given my Mum's Hotpoint as a "toy" but my Dad cut the power cord off as my parents were worried I would try and take the cleaner apart whilst plugged in. I don't know if I mentioned this before but the man who ran our local vac shop had a scar on his arm he got when he was two, he had cut through the power cord of his mum's vacuum whilst she was cleaning, the live cord had ran down his arm causing burns. He was very very lucky not to be killed.
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| Post# 185651 , Reply# 15 6/15/2012 at 16:27 (4,331 days old) by vintagerepairer (England) | ||
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I am intrigued by you saying your mother had an Electrolux 160 after 6 years of the 1968 Hotpoint as the 160 would have finished by then and replaced by the 170. Was it bought from new? | ||
| Post# 185654 , Reply# 16 6/15/2012 at 16:39 (4,331 days old) by paulc (Edinburgh) | ||
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The 160
was a recon, sorry I should have made that clear, I seem to remember it arriving assembled in a big plastic bag, Grandma bought herself and my mum one from the local vacuum repair man, no tools though. I used to love going to his shop and seeing the display he had of reconditioned vacuums. Lots of 1224's, most with the norweb/manweb logo, a few seniors, 1334's and a couple of Electrolux 500's along with 160's mostly the white variety but he did have a couple with the chocolate coloured bases.
As the 160 had no tools my mum bought a moulinex hand held cleaner to do the stairs and furniture. | ||
| Post# 185656 , Reply# 17 6/15/2012 at 16:43 (4,331 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
Light and Easy
At some point the Hotpoint became the Parry Light and Easy - light blue with a grey bag I thimk - I presume Hotpoint sold the moulds and production rights to another company after they brought out their all new and completely Swallow range - and there are not many of those around I can tell you! At a later stage it became just Light and Easy with, I think, a butterfly decal on the front cover - i can only recall the light blue/grey combo, but it may well have been in other colours as well.
In fact the L&E beagn life in 1960s with two colour schemes - pink (a la Hoover) and Torquoise although I dont think the base had the darker colour. All these L&E cleaners are quite rare for some reason for they were certainly around for a long time in one form and another and there is not doubt they were light! | ||
| Post# 185658 , Reply# 19 6/15/2012 at 16:50 (4,331 days old) by paulc (Edinburgh) | ||
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Vacbear | ||
| Post# 185660 , Reply# 20 6/15/2012 at 16:52 (4,331 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Paul | ||
| Post# 185661 , Reply# 21 6/15/2012 at 16:55 (4,331 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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| Post# 185663 , Reply# 22 6/15/2012 at 16:57 (4,331 days old) by paulc (Edinburgh) | ||
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Oh WOW!!!
Lucky you! I really wish I had the space to collect. I just have to rely on my foggy memory and other peoples pics, of which I am very thankful for. I did have loads of brochures and catalogues from the 70's when I was a child but was made to give them up as I should've "grown out of this phase" according to my dad.
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| Post# 185674 , Reply# 24 6/15/2012 at 17:29 (4,331 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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What Which thought about them | ||
| Post# 185677 , Reply# 25 6/15/2012 at 17:36 (4,330 days old) by paulc (Edinburgh) | ||
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Ah........ | ||
| Post# 185684 , Reply# 26 6/15/2012 at 17:53 (4,330 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Its confusing | ||
| Post# 185797 , Reply# 27 6/16/2012 at 04:33 (4,330 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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Hi
Hi Alistair, Thanks for posting the Which report on the Goblins.
I agree with you and find the Goblin Housemaids clean quite well. I'm not saying there the best vac that was out at the time but they clean fine. Esp with a NOS brush roller in it. Same for the Goblin Commanders. I would say the Commanders clean better than the Housemaids as they are more powerfuland have a different fan from the earlier Housemaids. Hi Paul. It's a shame you got rid of your brochures etc. It would of been nice to of seen them. I bet you felt like slapping you dad for comments like you should've "grown out of this phase" My dad and quite a few other family memebers was never keen on my liking vacs. I've never tried the Moulinex stick vacs. Generally stick vacs arn't my thing. James:o) | ||
| Post# 185806 , Reply# 28 6/16/2012 at 05:52 (4,330 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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| Post# 185811 , Reply# 29 6/16/2012 at 07:02 (4,330 days old) by borusa (Edinburgh) | ||
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The one at my aunties would have been in the mid to late seventies and was the same design as the one in the picture at the start. Like Paul I had a load of brochures and a scrap book remember there two hotpoint light n easy colours the blue and green one and a yellow and cream bag one.
Has anyone uploaded any videos either of the housemaid or Hotpoint in use? Would also love to see the Hotpoint Swallow - never seen one in real life ! | ||
| Post# 185823 , Reply# 30 6/16/2012 at 10:02 (4,330 days old) by paulc (Edinburgh) | ||
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Borusa
I am sure Chestermike has a Hotpoint Swallow. Truly beautiful machines, I remember seeing one in person when I was little and was awe struck, although I was not allowed to touch it :-( .
I have not seen any video's of the Hotpoint or Housemaid's in use. I seem to remember the Hotpoint's were a bit on the noisy side but performed well, in fact I am sure that is why my Mum bought one as it got a favorable review in Which? along with the Hotpoint Supermatic twin tub she bought at the same time. | ||
| Post# 186265 , Reply# 31 6/19/2012 at 14:51 (4,327 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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New pic | ||
| Post# 186266 , Reply# 32 6/19/2012 at 14:52 (4,327 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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Oh! | ||
| Post# 186415 , Reply# 33 6/20/2012 at 03:01 (4,326 days old) by vintagerepairer (England) | ||
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Excellent. Your hardbag and softbag Housemaids need to switch positions as the softbag you have there is older than the blue hardbag, possibly even from the 1980's. I know later models were equipped with a lower case font on the name Goblin. | ||
| Post# 186591 , Reply# 34 6/21/2012 at 06:10 (4,325 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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Umm.
yes lol:o) I assume you ment the soft bag model in the picture is newer than the blue hard bag model but I wasn't lining them up strictly oldest to newest just the Housemaids were 1st and designed in the 70s followed by the Commanders designed in the 80s then Laser from the 90s. I believe the blue Housemaid was from around 1977/78ish and the brown Housemaid from around 1980/82ish. I think I have a scanned page of a catalogue somewhere of the Goblin housemaid and a Electrolux 502s and soft bagged philips upright. I do actully have a blue soft bagged housemaid as well but it's in poor shape.
James:o) | ||
| Post# 186659 , Reply# 36 6/21/2012 at 14:28 (4,325 days old) by ryry_87 (Earth) | ||
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Soooooooo jealous of that red Commander, if you could look up 1985 the dictionary it would have a picture of Grace Jones and a red Goblin Commander lol | ||
| Post# 186672 , Reply# 37 6/21/2012 at 16:36 (4,325 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
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| Post# 186675 , Reply# 38 6/21/2012 at 16:55 (4,325 days old) by vintagerepairer (England) | ||
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Looks like it is, young Jamie. Have you seen one before? | ||
| Post# 186680 , Reply# 39 6/21/2012 at 17:19 (4,325 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
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| Post# 186683 , Reply# 40 6/21/2012 at 17:21 (4,325 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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Hi
Hi Benny, Yeah many of the parts are similar in the Housemaid and commander.
The spares I need to repair the blue soft bagged Housemaid are mainly cosmetic like a blue bumper, Bag clip retainer etc. The other spares I need like the motor and metal fan I can take from the spare brown soft bag Housemaid that's also in poor condition. Commander and Housemaid spares are very hard to come by now. I managed to get hold of a few NOS brush rolls and a few other odd parts but nothing much more. The HM and C had the same roller. I've spoke to quite a few other vac shop owners with me being in the trade but most of them binned there spare Housemaid and Commanders parts years ago as they just stopped seeing them come in for repairs. One of my suppliers use to be a Goblin agent and had loads of HM/C spares as he use to get 100s in for repair under guarantee. Again he binned most of the spares when the vacs stopped coming in. I missed the last lot he binned a year or so back by a few months:o( You never know I might get the spare blue parts I need if I'm lucky. Ryan when I 1st read what you said about 1985 I had images of Grace Jones using a red Goblin Commander as some kind of advert lol. James:o) | ||
| Post# 186684 , Reply# 41 6/21/2012 at 17:22 (4,325 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
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| Post# 186723 , Reply# 44 6/22/2012 at 05:01 (4,324 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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Hi,
Hi Benny, Yep I understand what you mean about the Housemaid and other vacs where the width is quite a bit longer than the depth.Although I still only use one hand lol.
As Iv'e said before the build quality was not brilliant. I think what sold them is that they was cheap and the soft bag models are quite light. The cleaning proformance isn't bad at all.Wasn't the best on the market but it was decent. The hose suction on the commander is decent as it don't use a pan converter as it has it's own suction port.I don't know what the hose suction is like on the Housemaids as I don't have the hose with pan converter to try that out. Over all I do like the Goblin Housemaids and Commanders. I wouldn't mind the Electra version of the soft bagged Housemaid. It was a yellowish kind of colour. My step dad had one when he meet my mum in the late 80s. I've never seen one since then. James:o) | ||
| Post# 186724 , Reply# 45 6/22/2012 at 05:10 (4,324 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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| Post# 189538 , Reply# 47 7/11/2012 at 14:32 (4,305 days old) by ryry_87 (Earth) | ||
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for those who haven't seen them... heres my latest vids First up, the Commander... CLICK HERE TO GO TO ryry_87's LINK | ||
| Post# 189539 , Reply# 48 7/11/2012 at 14:32 (4,305 days old) by ryry_87 (Earth) | ||
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And the Housemaid… CLICK HERE TO GO TO ryry_87's LINK | ||
| Post# 189607 , Reply# 49 7/12/2012 at 04:41 (4,304 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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Great.... | ||
| Post# 189608 , Reply# 50 7/12/2012 at 05:10 (4,304 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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Mr. Brown... | ||
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