uksausage
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a selection from 1991
a selection from 1991
vintage vacuum cleaners
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uksausage
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lmao
couldnt resist this one either so couldnt get away with saying that now
couldnt resist this one either so couldnt get away with saying that now
hooversrus2012
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argos
more lux vacs
more lux vacs
streakers
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Keep them coming!
Love these scans!
Love these scans!
Thanks
Wow, This is a walk down memory lane and finding it extremely nostolgic.
Some of these cleaners were brands and models I grew up with, however also noticed that the models that was available to us in South-Africa was limited compared to what was available at the time.
The marketing knowledge of wattage, accesories ect, very interesting.
Thanks yet again
Wow, This is a walk down memory lane and finding it extremely nostolgic.
Some of these cleaners were brands and models I grew up with, however also noticed that the models that was available to us in South-Africa was limited compared to what was available at the time.
The marketing knowledge of wattage, accesories ect, very interesting.
Thanks yet again
gsheen
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I was just searching for something online and came accross this thread, I notice that in reply 20 the spinney wet& dry vacuum was sold here as a Electrolux Aqualux, It came with huge 50 mm diameter pipes, The tank was later changed to a plastic tank for better sound insulation
boxer_rules
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Vintage sales brochure from 1980 - fust.ch in Switzerland
I add this Swiss vintage sales brochure from 1980 in this thread. It's from fust.ch, they celebrate it's 50 anniversary. Electrolux, Volta, Miele, Hoover, Rotel and Nilfisk - good old quality products! I love the Nilfisk text - they say: "it's a pity if you buy a Nilfisk, because then you don't need a new machine in the next 20 years" LOL
Fust.ch >
http://https//www.fust.ch/de/50-jahre-fust-_content---1--3325.html
I add this Swiss vintage sales brochure from 1980 in this thread. It's from fust.ch, they celebrate it's 50 anniversary. Electrolux, Volta, Miele, Hoover, Rotel and Nilfisk - good old quality products! I love the Nilfisk text - they say: "it's a pity if you buy a Nilfisk, because then you don't need a new machine in the next 20 years" LOL
Fust.ch >
http://https//www.fust.ch/de/50-jahre-fust-_content---1--3325.html
real1shep
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The Sears Mini-Bike....absolutely delicious memories. I read the pajama part twice....at first, I thought I read 'gray' then realized yes, it was 'gay'. No, you couldn't use anything close to that phrasing today...lol!
Mini-Bikes were death traps for sure, but only because we were always trying to make them go faster. We put a huge B&S motor in one once and didn't even have the throttle worked out yet.....just some rope we were pulling with one hand. Got out in the neighborhood and were passing cars with it and that's with two of us riding on it at once.
Kevin
Mini-Bikes were death traps for sure, but only because we were always trying to make them go faster. We put a huge B&S motor in one once and didn't even have the throttle worked out yet.....just some rope we were pulling with one hand. Got out in the neighborhood and were passing cars with it and that's with two of us riding on it at once.
Kevin
caligula
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There was a time when gay meant something else.
Long before the slang term 'gay' meant happy, excited, merry, keenly alive and exuberant, also bright and colorful.
And I'm old enough to remember it.
Long before the slang term 'gay' meant happy, excited, merry, keenly alive and exuberant, also bright and colorful.
And I'm old enough to remember it.
vacerator
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Yes, like Zorro,
the gay blade, etc., etc.
I think the word gay was adopted by the gay community because it was taboo for so long it was considered by the rest of society to be an unhappy thing. One word is also easier than saying which side is ones bread buttered on, or they are light in the loafers, etc., etc.
Until the 1950's in England, being gay was still a capital crime. After Stonewall in 1969, it really stuck.
The French used to say if someone was different they were gauche'. It's very similar if you think about it.
Life has become better for many of societies fewer numbers, and oppressed. Today is Steve Biko's birthday for example.
The Netherlands was the first country to legalize gay marriage, followed by England, then Ireland, believe it or not, the nation of the former republican army that bombed places in London.
It really has gotten better in spite of there are still a small number of "Brit's out of Ireland" proponents even in the USA of Irish heritage.
They overcame "the troubles" of the 60's, 70's, and 80's, and it wasn't even racial.
People fight until they are sick and tired of fighting I suppose, but peace is worth fighting for, as are civil, and equal rights.
Equality isn't identical sameness. Not of race, not of creed, orientation, or ethnicity.
The more we learn, the more our minds expand.
Everyone on earth has the same brain matter. It takes some deep soul searching to use it .
the gay blade, etc., etc.
I think the word gay was adopted by the gay community because it was taboo for so long it was considered by the rest of society to be an unhappy thing. One word is also easier than saying which side is ones bread buttered on, or they are light in the loafers, etc., etc.
Until the 1950's in England, being gay was still a capital crime. After Stonewall in 1969, it really stuck.
The French used to say if someone was different they were gauche'. It's very similar if you think about it.
Life has become better for many of societies fewer numbers, and oppressed. Today is Steve Biko's birthday for example.
The Netherlands was the first country to legalize gay marriage, followed by England, then Ireland, believe it or not, the nation of the former republican army that bombed places in London.
It really has gotten better in spite of there are still a small number of "Brit's out of Ireland" proponents even in the USA of Irish heritage.
They overcame "the troubles" of the 60's, 70's, and 80's, and it wasn't even racial.
People fight until they are sick and tired of fighting I suppose, but peace is worth fighting for, as are civil, and equal rights.
Equality isn't identical sameness. Not of race, not of creed, orientation, or ethnicity.
The more we learn, the more our minds expand.
Everyone on earth has the same brain matter. It takes some deep soul searching to use it .
turbo500
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They overcame "the troubles" of the 60's, 70'
"The troubles" really only refers to Northern Ireland, where same-sex marriage is still not legal. As much as the conflict in Northern Ireland has died down, it is still very much a split and segregated country, especially around Belfast.
My maternal grandparents are Belfast-born catholic loyalists. My grandma still lives in a very large catholic area in Belfast and I visit fairly regularly.
"The troubles" really only refers to Northern Ireland, where same-sex marriage is still not legal. As much as the conflict in Northern Ireland has died down, it is still very much a split and segregated country, especially around Belfast.
My maternal grandparents are Belfast-born catholic loyalists. My grandma still lives in a very large catholic area in Belfast and I visit fairly regularly.
Interesting most canister don’t have power nozzles. Makes me wonder if the power nozzle concept was not popular outside of the US? With so much wall to wall carpet in the US during the 60s through 90s and still quite popular for bedrooms here in the US to this day...a power nozzle for a canister is almost a necessity for the vacuum to be successful. Plus it eliminates the need to have an upright for carpets. Also, if one has pets that are allowed on furniture, a mini power nozzle is a very useful needed tool these days. I know that in the era of some of these ads, they weren’t in existence yet, but here in the US they started coming out in the mid to late 80s.Perhaps overseas, people just are used to straight suction cleaners much more, particularly for canisters?
human
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crazykirbydude
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Aerus Electrolux introduced their first power nozzle in the late 1950s. I believe the AF was the first Electrolux to use it. I might be wrong though.
huskyvacs
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Thanks for posting these scans - the UK had a lot of amazing vacuum styles. Interesting they came out with that Whirlwind friction vacuum that was in the 1960's?
