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Hello Folks,

I would be very interested in attending a UK meet-up/convention as a journey outside of England is not possible due to the responsibility of an elderly parent.

Sadly I have no experience of organising such projects.

Regards, Walter. (Shropshire, West Midlands)
 
hi all.

i like guido's idea of having a meeting in the old hoover building at perivale. jack copp had an interview with carol thatcher there a few years back where he displayed a nice selection of cleaners.

plus the indoor space is large enough.

failing that there are umpteen hotels here in bournemouth for those who would like a weekend by the seaside.


gary.
 
Hi everyone,

Just to you know, I'm still receiving quotes from hotels for this. I have stuff coming in from Novotel Nottingham, Marriott's in Nottingham, Leicester, Derby and Manchester and Mercure hotels.

I *might* provisionally hold this and put tickets on sale. The great thing about group bookings is that you don't have to pay up front, you only have to pay a certain amount by a certain date, so I'm happy to put tickets on sale and see how we go. If we don't get enough turn out by a certain date, we can cancel at no cost and tickets can be refunded.

The problem with holding a meeting in the old Hoover building, would be

a. it could potentially cost a small fortune
b. there are no dining or accomodation facilities
c. it could be difficult for a lot of people to get to

Hope this makes sense. More info to follow.

Thanks,
Chris
 
Hoover building

What Chris has stated makes perfect sense, although the building is actually not hard to get too as it is fairly near Perivale tube station. However you can add to Chris's list:

d. it is an empty office block - there will be no insurance fire or injury insurance for such a meeting
e. the owners would not want to risk damage to a building they are trying to let (echo Chris's point above)
f. Whilst some parts of the building have been maintained to the original design it has been refurbished (and much of it re-built) and actually let to Gallaghers (cigarettes) in the past so much of it will look like an late 90s office block.

Its a nice idea, and a visit to the building (although not inside) is a possibility sometime, but to hold some sort of a meeting there is almost impossible, nice and all as the idea is.

Chris, thank you for your continued work on this, it will be very interesting to see what the other quotes are like

Al
 
Ok folks, I've had another quote -

Saturday 24th May 2014, 13:00 - 23:00
Novotel Nottingham East Midlands
3 course evening meal included. Tea, coffee and biscuits available throughout the day.
Rooms available at £85 B&B
Free parking
East access from Nottingham train station by taxi.
Central UK location
based on 25 guests, tickets would be £28. This includes the meal and free tea's and coffee's.
 
Al, I'm very keen for us all to do...something! Preferably something that involves a hell of a lot of vacuums. And tea. It's pretty fantastic for us all to have found eachother through cyberspace, it's such a shame for us not to all do something together.

The US convention is a success year in, year out. And it's no secret that we Brits love playing host to parties.

I know it may seem like I'm pushing this one, folks, but as I said I am keen to do something. And more support for this is creeping it's way out. The list has slowly increased from the original 8 up to 15 people in support of this. It's for this reason that I'm tempted just to confirm this with the hotel, put the tickets out there and see what happens.
 
im definatly up for it

Chris count me in i think its about time we all did something together, the UK collector numbers keep going up so its time we all met up, ive only met 2 people off here.

don't know if it helps but i live in eastbourne 20 mins away from Brighton, there are so many local hotels with conference facilities that offer very good packages for really good prices, my partner and i know a few hotel owners as well who have smaller hotels but could could possibly get us all discounts on some of the larger ones, and most of the hotels are on eastbournes glorious seafront

don't know if that's something that might of interest to you

fingers crossed we can all get together and pull this off

David
xx
 
Hi David,

Thanks for coming back to me and glad we can count you in!

Also many thanks for the offer of looking into Brighton and Eastbourne hotels. However, I think most memembers are hoping for a more central location - a sort of mid-point for everyone. I will bare it in mind and if we need to investigate this further, we can :).

Thanks,
Chris
 
FOR ME IT'S OK !!!!

Hi Chris and everyone !

The PERIVALE BUILDING idea was just a funny and romantic idea I had, even if I can understand difficulties can arise for a well done meeting which requires some basic services and safety, of course. Whatever you decide ... I WILL BE AT THE MEETING, wherever you decide to base it !!! Thanks again for your efforts in organizing this, we all care very much!

P.S. I will be happy to post in the next few hours some images of my latest arrivals : 2 x HOOVERS mod. 262 with complete ATTACHMENTS&CARDBOARD&INSTRUCTION BOOKLET ( one just restored by me ) + a couple of nice working "motor heads" looking for a "body" : HOOVER 612 and HOOVER bakelite FLOOR POLISHER !!!!!! STAY TUNED !!
 
Hi Guido,

Fantastic that you'll be joining us!! It will be great to meet some of our European friends!

Just to keep everyone up to date I am looking into the following:

Best Western Nottingham-Derby Hotel for either 24th May or 31st May 2014. Tickets will be, roughly, £25 - £30. This hotel is only 15 minutes from both Derby and Nottingham centre's and near East Midlands Airport.

Everyone is welcome to bring some of their machines - the more the merrier! Preferably, it would be nice for us to get a nice mix of vacuums from different era's and styles, but I'm sure we'd manage that between us.

We'd be starting at about noon on the Saturday morning. If anyone has any ideas for activities to do during the day, please post your suggestions. If anyone would like to do any presentations, speaches etc or run a game/quiz, again this is welcome.

Tea's and coffee's will be on tap. Evening meal will be included in the ticket price and I will make sure there is a vegetarian option.

More details to follow. I will create a new thread when plans are more concrete with details on how to get tickets.

Thanks,
Chris
 
excitable

even though its not confirmed yet im like an excitable puppy dog lmao
really looking forward to it.

Chris
my other half is the regional HR manager for sainsburys so deals with a lot of hotels around the country organizing meetings, conferences etc etc he has become friendly with quite a few people over the years who may also be able to do us a discount, ill have a word with him later and see if he can find out anything out, im not sure which hotel it is but there is one in Manchester that the company use a lot and dean knows the bloke and his wife that own it, so that could be an idea, its just on the outskirts of Manchester, ive been there with him its a beautiful setting.
let mew know if this might be any good

David
 
Nottingham Derby

Well congratulations Chris - I think that you have sorted out a cracking location there, nice and central with good links to roads North/South & East/West

Don't forget that Sat 24th May is the bank holiday weekend which could have an effect on the prices - not sure if it would be for good or ill.

And I think you will find that, at least those bringing cleaners, will need to be there before 12.00noon so that they can get them set up. And, in all seriousness, we should try and co-ordinate what is brought so that there is the biggest possible selection for all to see, rather than have every flavour of Turbopower there with the inevitable duplicates - and I am not having a go at Turbopowers either!

David
I do not mean to pour cold water over your idea, any suggestion is welcome - but there would have to be a major reduction in cost to outweigh the benefits of the location that Chris has found.

Al
 
Bank Holiday

Al, I think you're right about the bank holiday. This could also have an affect on people's availability. I'm enquiring about both the 24th May and 31st May.

I have managed to get us a reduced hotel rate of £59 B&B. The day will also include a meal of some sort, tea & coffee and we will have access to the hotel bar. We are also welcome to bring our own home-made cakes and snacks to add on, if we so desire.

My contact at Best Western has been an absolute GOD SEND!
 
Hiya, It is Josh. I will defo come and my mum will bring me. I'm very excited as I've never done any think like this! Let us know how to pay. I plan to bring my Dyson prototype / Cyclone and my Hoover Sensetronic Audio 300 / the talking one!!! Might change them by the time the event is on.
In America they do vacuum cleaner competitions to see which ones have the best suctions etc.
Well done for arranging this. I might even make a cake!!
Sos about your Grandad.
Thanks, Josh
 

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