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Peter_L
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 Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 12:50 am Post subject: Hover. When the future of everything seemed to be Hover |
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OCC Members of a certain age will no doubt remember the "Hover" age.
This turned up today c/o BBC
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-39065077
In the mid 1970's I worked for the Yorkshire Water Authority, who where supplied FOC with a number of "Hover Lawn Mowers" by Flymo.
They did work fairly well on bankings, but the engine failure rate was high.
Did anyone have the "Hover Constellation" vacuum cleaner. ?
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JohnDale
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Hi Peter, never had the vac but did have a Flymo ' it's no bover with a hover '
is an advertising jingle I remember. I do remember the Hovertrain which was held up out of contact electrically/magnetically(opposing poles?) if I recall correctly,cheers,JD.
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Penman
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Hi
I remember seeing workers in Gloucestershire using Flymos on banks.
They stood at the top of the bank with a rope connecting them to the mower handle and they would swing the mower from side to side gradually letting it down the bank; then moving to the next section then swinging it side to side again as they brought it back up the bank.
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Bitumen Boy
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Location: Above the snow line in old Monmouthshire
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| Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Penman wrote: | Hi
I remember seeing workers in Gloucestershire using Flymos on banks.
They stood at the top of the bank with a rope connecting them to the mower handle and they would swing the mower from side to side gradually letting it down the bank; then moving to the next section then swinging it side to side again as they brought it back up the bank. |
I've done some of that. Undoubtedly a good way of dealing with awkward slopes but harder work than it looks! Probably very much verboten these days I would imagine...  |
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UmTumTiddly
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Location: Ringwood, New Forest.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 3:44 pm Post subject: Re: Hover. When the future of everything seemed to be Hover |
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| peterwpg wrote: | OCC Members of a certain age will no doubt remember the "Hover" age.
Did anyone have the "Hover Constellation" vacuum cleaner. ? |
Yes, I used to sell them in the early '60's. Actually named "Hoover Consellations" rather than "Hover Constellations" although they did hover! I remember the song accompanying the TV ads (to some jaunty marching tune) was "All the dust, all the dirt, Hoover picks up every bit, Hoover sweeps as beats as it cleans."
The 'insiders' words were less complimentary with..."All the dirt, all the s**t, Hoover pick up every bit, Hoover rips as it wears as it tears." |
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52classic
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Hoover Constellation strikes a chord. Grey and salmon pink weren't they?
Lovely idea to direct the induction air out through the base of the machine.
I wonder whether there are any still in use today!
I remember that jingle too, although I always associate that with the upright Hoover models which had a belt driven 'beater' in contact with the carpet.
Was anyone else caught out by the Hoover promotion that offered free air tickets with any purchase? |
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UmTumTiddly
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peter scott
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Back in the 1940s Prof. Eric Laithwaite of Imperial College London demonstrated the first linear induction motor for levitating trains. These are now in use in Japan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev
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Dipster
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I had both a Flymo and a Hoover that hovered. The Flymo was great except that the blade shroud that allowed the hover was plastic and did not take abuse from stones too well. Yes, my "lawn" was not exactly a golf course....
The hoover was Ok too. It worked well.
I know we actually sold the Flymo when we moved but cannot recall what happened to the Hoover! |
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Peter_L
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Location: New Brunswick. Canada.
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| peter scott wrote: | Back in the 1940s Prof. Eric Laithwaite of Imperial College London demonstrated the first linear induction motor for levitating trains. These are now in use in Japan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev
Peter |
Back in the day of TV's "Tomorrow's World" I remember demonstrations of Metal Trays being hurtled off of linear coils. |
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