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Well Guys & Gals, set your Sky + & your Tivo`s for a date with Adam Hart-Davies, in "Just Another Day" a 3 part programme about the Science & Technology of Everday Objects....based on his Book published last year....

ITV London contacted AW site early this year asking for appliance collectors to work with, I didnt respond at the time due to my dad being ill with 2 H/a`s & pneumonia, (he`s fine now) but they contacted me saying they had seen my photo albums and the producer was in Liverpool and could we meet, so he called and was like a "Kid in a Candy Store" so a few weeks later he brought a film crew along with Adam, and the result of that you will see on:

Thursday 27th September, (this thursday)
8.00pm on Sky History Channel, number 529

They picked a selection of Laundry machines form the 1950`s to 1990`s, and then filmed vacs from the 1920`s onwards...the team also wanted to build a simple model of an Upright Cleaner, based on the Hoover Model O, using a desk fan in reverse and other bits , It actually works...AND at the end of filming they gave it to me !!!

Heres a trailer clip for the programme:



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Who's the handsome man of lead actor quality? Mike, I hope some day I will be able to see this programme!!! Very proud of you even if I can't see it yet.
 
Mike this is just fantastic!!! I hope that we will be able to see it on the web at some point. It was so good to see you again in Omaha!!! Terry
 
WOW Mike!!!

Thats such amazing and fabulous news!

I cant wait to watch it. We only have freeview but thankfully the history channel is one of the channels you get so im going to be setting the recorder. Sounds a really interesting programme so am looking forward to seeing it. Will be great also to see some of your machines in action.

Nice one Mike!!

Mark
 
Hi Mike, congratulations! I remember you telling me about this on the way to Omaha. I sure do hope we can find a way for all of us on this side of the pond to see it! Maybe you can YouTube some of it for us after it aires?
 
Very Excited! :)

Mike! This is great! :) Well done! :)

I can’t wait! :) Sky+ is already set in both rooms in case of failure! hehe :) Come on, made-in-UK Thomson Sky+ boxes – don’t you dare fail me! hehe ;) (Yes, they really are made and engineered in the UK! :))

My Mum and Dad will love to see this, too. :) They’re not enthusiasts quite like me, but they are interested. :)

Take care. :)

Regards,

Carl :)
 
well its on now and I can't watch it - live with too many people and majority vote goes unfortunately.
Please, please someone post it to youtube. pretty please!

paul
p.s is there any archive footage at all? how much do you see of the keymatics?
 
I remembered +1

Went downstairs - room empty.

Settle down - get as far as the changeover to vacuum cleaners, having briefly seen the wonderful lightshow that is the programme change on the A3008 Keymatic and

'can we watch Mock the Week?'
......aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

What did I miss?

Paul
 
Wow! :)

The programme was great, Mike! :)

Well done! :) I really enjoyed that. :)

I had to have almost complete silence whilst watching (hehe ;)), but Dad knew almost all the appliances, both vacuum cleaners and laundry machine, as he used to work in retail and some repairs in the 1970s. :) He kept pointing them out! :)

Mum also remembered the dreaded ‘tangle’ in twin tubs, so she had to point that out, too! :)

A great programme – and not just for us enthusiasts! :) My parents, who have a greater interest than most parents (hehe :)), liked it as well. :)

Will say more later. :)

Regards,

Carl :)
 
Here's Mike's segment!

The Show was too long to post complete, so I've just uploaded Mike's washers and vacuums.

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Enjoy!

Si
 
Si, that was fantastic, thanks so much for putting this up for us to all see!! How long was the entire show?
 
Washers n Vacs!!

Hoovers!!
Simon, many thanks for posting the programme, I want to know what they did with the other 7hrs filming..LOl...I did ask but alas its on some cutting room floor, which was a pity because they did a great vid of all the lux cylinders, from the Z5 through to Z65...and the Hoover Keymatics as well as the Servis MK2 twinny...

That DeskFan MK1 was a hoot, and it actually works, albeit not like the suction or sound of todays machines..

I sat there watching and couldnt believe how I sounded, dont think it sounds like me at all..or does it?? ...I watched it with my family, who all come from a good old Northern town with the best rugby team..(Saints) theres nothing like family & friends for bringing you back down to earth with a bump..LOL..my three yr old niece was so upset, she couldnt work out "Why I was sitting next to her, and was on the telly at the same time"...

It was really enjoyable making it and seeing how it was all filmed and hung together, heres to making our own next time with more washers n vacs footage...

Cheers, Mike

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