We heard yesterday that our Hoover appliance friend Gary Tibbals (Electron1100) had died after having health issues with his heart for the past few years. While we knew this it was still a shock to hear, Gary had turned 60, (1960 - 2021) and loved all things Vintage Hoover hence his username here after his favourite washer set the Hoover Electron range from the 80`s. He also restored high end hi-fi , valve amps, turntables, reel to reel tape decks and had a soft spot for the esoteric Japanese equipment along with vintage model trains and Christmas lights. Our love & thoughts are with his partner Mal and family, not forgetting their loved guinea pigs.
Gary was passionate about saving old appliances, his early years working as an engineer and later life at a number of waste recycling service in Totnes , Devon. He`s been around the groups since the late 90`s on IRC Chat, the Yahoo UK Classic Appliances groups and since the start of AW here. He managed to save many of the machines that we now have in our collections from being re-cycled and that you will have seen through our full restorations. He also had time to answer questions about fixing appliances and repairs to anyone who asked and was the first to send his last part available out to people . You will also know he had a very dry sense of humour, although an Essex lad he spent early years in Germany with his family as his dad was in the Army. When you look back on many of the threads am sure like us you`ll find yourself laughing at his wit, cutting banter and telling it like it was, his catchphrase being - “Not One I`d Have Chosen” ha ha…
I pulled together a number of threads to show the fun & laughter we all had, and his beloved machines that are now distributed with us, and also to show Mal and Garys friends what we all achieved together. Please add your own comments, pictures and thoughts as well as a tribute to Gary . There are also over 2k of Garys threads on Automatic Washer grab a cuppa sometime and just search through them , I guarantee you`ll be laughing and tears in equal measure.
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Gary was passionate about saving old appliances, his early years working as an engineer and later life at a number of waste recycling service in Totnes , Devon. He`s been around the groups since the late 90`s on IRC Chat, the Yahoo UK Classic Appliances groups and since the start of AW here. He managed to save many of the machines that we now have in our collections from being re-cycled and that you will have seen through our full restorations. He also had time to answer questions about fixing appliances and repairs to anyone who asked and was the first to send his last part available out to people . You will also know he had a very dry sense of humour, although an Essex lad he spent early years in Germany with his family as his dad was in the Army. When you look back on many of the threads am sure like us you`ll find yourself laughing at his wit, cutting banter and telling it like it was, his catchphrase being - “Not One I`d Have Chosen” ha ha…
I pulled together a number of threads to show the fun & laughter we all had, and his beloved machines that are now distributed with us, and also to show Mal and Garys friends what we all achieved together. Please add your own comments, pictures and thoughts as well as a tribute to Gary . There are also over 2k of Garys threads on Automatic Washer grab a cuppa sometime and just search through them , I guarantee you`ll be laughing and tears in equal measure.
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ESSEX GOING BACK TO MY ROOTS
Yet another trip out in the car (638 mile round trip this time) Most of it going back to my home county luvlee sunee klasseee Essex :-) So what made me drive that far...........well a rather nice Hoover computer logic dryer was part of it, picked that up in Crawley, it is the matching model to...
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