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Post# 241514   7/22/2013 at 14:44 (3,930 days old) by numatic99 ()        

Hi, I'm on my holiday in a self catering cottage and thought I'd share a pic of the hoover, and hoovers I've seen. Yesterday, Sunday, I went to the owners of the self catering cottage's parents house for afternoon tea after Church. They have a nice green Electrolux Chic Z1435. And in the cottage, we've got a DC04i. I will photograph that later. Also, the owners of the cottage have a DC07 in Red (I think it is at least!)

If you want, please add pics of hoovers you've used on holidays.

Cheers

Chris.


Post# 241515 , Reply# 1   7/22/2013 at 14:47 (3,930 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)        

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Thanks for sharing, Chris. That's a nice old Lux. Here it is in the 96 Argos catalogue

Post# 241516 , Reply# 2   7/22/2013 at 14:53 (3,930 days old) by Ultimatevacman ( Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK)        

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Last time I went on holiday, they had a commercial Numatic, but everyone knows what they look like, so I'm not going to post a picture :P

Joe


Post# 241630 , Reply# 3   7/23/2013 at 03:06 (3,930 days old) by beko1987 (Stokenchurch, United Kingdom)        

I bought an identical chic from the carboot on Sunday! Don't see one for years and suddenly 2 identical ones!

In our recent holiday home we had a Tesco Value bagged cylinder, which I psoted pictures of. This was rubbish so I was glad to find the Panasonic in a skip opposite the caravan.

I remember years ago we went down to Wells on sea and the vac was a bagged purepower, which was blocked and awful until I bought a screwdriver and sorted it out!


Post# 241632 , Reply# 4   7/23/2013 at 03:19 (3,930 days old) by hi-loswitch98 ()        
I don't have pictures but...

When we used to go caravanning we had an Electrolux Minimite Superlite.
I saw several Henry's several times when I stayed in the Merton Hotel (Jersey)
I used a Tesco Bagless Vac in our log cabin.
There was a Panasonic Cylinder (1990's) in our villa which the following year was replaced by a Volta model (made by Electrolux).


Post# 241714 , Reply# 5   7/23/2013 at 14:07 (3,929 days old) by parwaz786 ( )        

Im the Black Diamond Hotel in Blackpool, there was a HENRY

Post# 241717 , Reply# 6   7/23/2013 at 14:25 (3,929 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)        
Im the Black Diamond Hotel in Blackpool, there was a HENRY

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there's a Henry in nearly every single shop, hotel and cafe in Europe

Post# 242221 , Reply# 7   7/26/2013 at 14:50 (3,926 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
I've been meaning to ask:

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What exactly is a 'carboot'?

Post# 242222 , Reply# 8   7/26/2013 at 14:55 (3,926 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire)        

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carboot aka flea market



Post# 242225 , Reply# 9   7/26/2013 at 15:44 (3,926 days old) by hi-loswitch98 ()        

Well gottahaveahoove, it's the UK equivalent to your 'Garage Sales' or yard sales in the US. Except we don't sell outt of our car boots!

Post# 242261 , Reply# 10   7/26/2013 at 18:25 (3,926 days old) by thekirbylover (Warrington, cheshire )        

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this is a carboot sale

Post# 242314 , Reply# 11   7/26/2013 at 22:23 (3,926 days old) by madabouthoovers ()        

The Americans don't know what a car BOOT is - their word for that is a Trunk.

In the UK, people think its a great idea to fill the trunk of their car with old tat that they don't want any more and drive to a field near their homes usually in the pouring rain and set out the contents of the trunk on a table next to the car in the muddy field. Then, people drive to the muddy field on a rainy day and walk round the muddy field buying the goods on the tables that people have brought to the muddy field in the trunks of their cars.
The British call this an enjoyable way to spend a Sunday morning.


Post# 242321 , Reply# 12   7/26/2013 at 23:31 (3,926 days old) by myles_v (Fredericksburg, VA)        

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I hadn't known "boot" was the word used for trunk in Europe, until reading the many threads that mention carboot sales on this site I thought it was only an Australian word.

 

We call carboot sales here "group yard sales" which are typically held at churches where I live. Flea markets here are similar, but the only one I ever go to has some sort of covering/roof sort of thing with a building. The Milton, WV flea market has a building along with a covered part where people drive their cars up and sell stuff from. They had a large fire a couple years ago and they had to rebuild most of the building part and it is very nice now (nicer than before, actually). They had a vacuum store in it at one time and I bought an Oreck handheld/canister from it once. 


Post# 242346 , Reply# 13   7/27/2013 at 04:32 (3,926 days old) by madabouthoovers ()        

We have indoor boot sales too, but the outdoor type are usually more popular but not as regularly held. The sale will go ahead despite the weather in an indoor sale, but sometimes the outdoor type may be cancelled if the weather is really bad and the field is too waterlogged. The British are used to the rain and will usually come to an outdoor sale armed with umbrellas and wellington boots in order to secure the best bargains.

Post# 242347 , Reply# 14   7/27/2013 at 04:48 (3,926 days old) by beko1987 (Stokenchurch, United Kingdom)        

There' several round here scheduled for tomorrow, will be great if it doesnt rain!

Post# 242528 , Reply# 15   7/28/2013 at 03:06 (3,925 days old) by parwaz786 ( )        

LOL @ how Steve described carboot sales! Lol, I hope to go just now and pick.up a Dyson. A DC07 if I am lucky. I want the allergy or best of all. The low reach:)

Post# 242548 , Reply# 16   7/28/2013 at 06:41 (3,924 days old) by beko1987 (Stokenchurch, United Kingdom)        

I got a toy lux 500 so far, and got given a dc07 animal, but not from the carboot. Got one more to go to in 20 mins


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