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Here's a video I made today. It isn't comprehensive as I'm missing some of the cylinder cleaners, but gives you a good idea of how the Hoover UK range looked 25-odd years ago!

You might want to get the tools to match - unused too! http://cgi.ebay.com/hoover-innovation-vacuum-cleaner-accessorie-tools-NEW_W0QQitemZ170130366753QQihZ007QQcategoryZ42146QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Just a thought... ...could it be an Anniversary special? Correct me if I'm wrong, but the 800 came out in 1933, didn't it? Hoover's 25th anniversary! I've seen 60th anniversary and 90th anniversary Hoover cleaners with unique colour schemes (although both on Ebay Germany, oddly enough), and in...

Lovely! Did it not need any polishing up or anything? It looks well nice. At least the bag is genuine Hoover, and not some horrible 'The Vacuum Cleaner' type number... The square O's on the bag indicate it was replaced some time after 1967, so the cleaner was nearly 40 years old when it was...

Yes, I was thinking that it can't do a great job either. The Goblin Triumph was one of the high-end models in its time though, with a whopping 235 watts of power! Still, at least he's not using one of those pneumatic brooms, or a hand cranked thingy.. <br Having said that, I have been suprised...

Nice to see this online! I think I know what's up with the so-called 1334E too... Also, the 417 and 427 aren't going to pick up much dirt the way they're set up in the photo of all the machines together!

Lovely! The original 65/652 was one of the prettiest, with all the nice little details that were lost on the later versions. The first picture you posted is now my desktop wallpaper, I liked it so much! I have a spare early type hose for it somewhere too, if you don't have it. The hoods on...

I believe the theory over the allegedly improved suction on top-fill uprights works thus: On a bottom-fill machine, the dust already in the bag is disturbed whenever the cleaner is switched on - this means that small particles already in the bag are redistributed, and therefore clog the pores of...

Thank you Tom! It is interesting that many of the outsourced USA goods were different appliances to the European market. I don't think we had the upholstery machine, skillets or the toothbrush. I've got several unusual UK items - toaster, electric shaver and (soon) the TOL electric drill...

Very nice to see this! Anyone know what the thing on the green table with the white circles on it is? By the hairdryers. I take it the two items in front of it are electric toothbrushes? I think all the overseas line were UK market goods. I had heard mentions of Hoover electric cookers and gas...

funnily enough, there's a 616 on ebay at the moment. Looks in nice enough condition, but not my type of cleaner. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Electrolux-Electronic-616-Upright-Vacuum-Cleaner_W0QQitemZ250106662680QQihZ015QQcategoryZ20617QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Thanks guys, Jack, that was how my grunnie was to me, especially when I was a kid. In fact I used to cry when my mum came to take me home, not the other way around! She was very ill though. Alzheimer's for the last ten years or so, followed by diabetes and they discovered a large cancerous...

Thanks guys It's nice to hear some kind words. I'm at a bit of a low ebb at the moment as my grandma passed away on sunday after a long illness, so i'm not at my best right now. Si

Very nice ... the copper & taupe one particularly. Interesting that the first U4XXX was a special line. Hoover in Europe did something similar with the 6525E series, which were built alongside the later full hood U4002/14 models. They had the later European handle bail, and were available in...

Don't the two wires that go from the motor to the handle bail unplug? That's all I can spot as I have never enountered one of these cleaners in the plastic before. The brushrolls are still available in the UK - if you google 'Hoover U5096' (our most popular Innovation AKA Turbomaster), several...

Thousands of vacuums? That must be a bloody big basement! Is there a disused underground railway in St. louis?

Japanese vacuums There's a great ad for a 1971 National vacuum on Youtube - if you haven't seen it yet, you haven't lived!

Ah Charles, Well, they might be pretty common in the States, but in the UK they're almost impossible to find! The 2106 was the first UK market Portable (out of just three versions), and the one that was on Ebay UK is the first 2106 I (and I suspect other UK collectors) have ever seen! A lot of...

Well found mate! You'll have to find the matching tools now though! Si

I've noticed that sometimes, if you search for, say, 'Hoover', some listings don't show up unless you do a title & description or an International search. I suspect this was one of them... On reflection, I feel more sorry for the seller than any of us! Si