Goblins, Goblins Goblins

[collector2]

An appropriate title for Halloween, although it feels more like Christmas here. Yesterday I recieved a shipment of Machines from Alistair in England that he has been collecting up for me for the past few months. 4 Goblins and an Electrolux graced the boxes. I'll start with the Goblins in this thread.

The first one (shown here)is the most exciting piece of the shipment (at least to me).

This is the first BVC vacuum cleaner to be put under the Goblin name. There is no other model name on the machine (although it was later dubbed the Turbinette) or model number which indicates it is a fairly early version of the model. From the information I have managed to amass it appears to have been made from 1921 to 1928. The storage box is original and, as it has only got storage spaces for 4 attachments, I have to assume that the floor brush was not included with this machine. Later in its production run it was decided to put the entire line of BVC cleaners under the Goblin name as it had gone over so well (This is probably when the Turbinette name appeared).

Note that the hose is actually flexible metal, similar to that found on the model V Electrolux.

 

[collector2]

A Close up of the name plate which shows only the name Goblin and A BVC product.

 

[collector2]

Next out of the box is a Goblin model 39 (from about 1951). With the exception of the accessory kit, which I added, this one was complete, even having the instruction booklet. I have only once seen the model 39 in blue before though. Most ar Brown, which matches the rest of the series (29 and 59) which were out at the time. Does anyone have any informaion about the blue machine? I rather suspect that it may have been a special run for a specific chain of stores. I do like the colour and large name plate.

 

[collector2]

Next up was another machine that I have been looking for for quite some time. This was the Goblin model 59. The top of the line machine from 1950 to 1955. I love the streamlined look of it. I again made a tool kit for this one and also had to borrow the small parts from another machine as they are missing (anyone have a spare dusting brush, small nozzle and crevice tool?)

An interesting feature of this model is that the back of the handle is also a step on switch.

 

[compactelectra]

Doug

Fabulous machines.  I assume these were made for the British market at the time.  I would be interested in seeing a close-up of the plugs.  I know that the standards changed over time.  Europe has the two-round prong standard and England has a unique three-prong plug setup now.  I would be interested in seeing the change over time.  I know the standards weren't always the same, which is why you would buy an appliance in England and buy the plug separately to match the service you had.

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http://users.telenet.be/worldstandards/electricity.htm

 

[collector2]

And last, but not least, comes the model 53. This was the basic (BOL) machine from 1955 to around 1958/9 (I am not certain of the end date). Aside from the hose being a replacement and the rug nozzle being missing (I had a spare) this machine was complete even down to the instruction booklet. I also added a tool kit for display purposes.

Now I need to find the other two machines from this era to complete this set.

Once again, many thanks to Al for these great additions to my collection. While they were sold in Canada, they are very hard to find here and the chances of me finding them here are very small.

 

[papasvacs]

What beauties...........

<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">You are so very fortunate!</span>


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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">I enjoyed seeing machines from the early fifties when I was a kid.</span>


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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Enjoy!</span>


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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Greg F.</span>

 

[collector2]

Hey Fred:

England had quite a number of different outlets (4 main styles and variation on each for different amperages). I have alot of them so I will make a thread here sometime about various plugs when I get around to photographing them. Most of the machines here have got the old 3 round pin plugs on them (some 5 amp some 15 amp and even a 2 amp one on the first goblin) There was also two pin versions of these three, a plug which was made like a light bulb base (very common till the 60's), A plug that had two flat blades in tandem with a round ground pin between them -o- (also 5 and 15 amp versions of that) and the, now standard, 3 flat pin plug. I'll add a picture of what I have below later on.

Doug

 

[compactelectra]

Indeed Doug

I think a new thread is in order.  Don't mean to hi-jack your thread. Interesting information about British electricity and how it evolved.  Seeing those round-pin plugs made me think about it.  Which also means you can't run those machines without a converter in Canada since you have the same standard as the US.  And those old machines have unique plug configurations which means converters would be hard to come by now.  A problem we don't have since the standard has been the same almost for always in the US.



http://www.electriciansforums.co.uk...ical-forum/41005-bit-socket-plug-history.html

 

[goadie12]

Wow Doug what a nice bunch of machines. I am still amazed how awesome those tool cadies look that you make out of cardboard they look like they came with the machines originally thanks. Zach

 

[collector2]

Hey Zach: Thanks. I like having the kits to display the parts better. They really arent that hard to make - just take time


Hey Fred: Started a new link in the off topic about the outlets