New Member from UK

[shinymac]

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 [email protected]

Thanks

Shinymac

 

[suctionselector]

Hey there Shinymac!

Welcome!

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

Hope you enjoy it!

Jacob

 

[james]

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

 

[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...

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... :&#92

 

[turbomaster1984]

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

 

[cjh1618]

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

 

[garlee]

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 !