Anyone see the last night of the proms? One piece included four vacuum /
floor cleaners. I thought the Henry perfomed well compared with the others

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On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:58:24 +0100, JTM wrote:

Anyone see the last night of the proms? One piece included four vacuum
/ floor cleaners. I thought the Henry perfomed well compared with the
others

Did it have Henry written on it? My wife said it had 'Numatic', but with
my sight I couldn't be sure (well, that and the booze).




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Anyone see the last night of the proms? One piece included four vacuum /
floor cleaners.

"A Grand Grand Overture" by Malcolm Arnold (I think)

I have it on a Hoffnung Record performed at the RFH in 1956

I thought the Henry perfomed well compared with the others


Henry wasn't even a twinkle in Numatic's eye

John


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geoff writes:
In message , JTM writes
Anyone see the last night of the proms? One piece included four vacuum /
floor cleaners.

"A Grand Grand Overture" by Malcolm Arnold (I think)

I have it on a Hoffnung Record performed at the RFH in 1956

Likewise (well, a CD of that same performance in my case).
The piano concerto is excellent too. Actually, that's just
made me listen to it...

I had intended to watch the Last Night, but forgot about
it until now.

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On 13 Sep 2009 20:03:49 GMT, Bob Eager wrote:

On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:58:24 +0100, JTM wrote:

Anyone see the last night of the proms? One piece included four vacuum
/ floor cleaners. I thought the Henry perfomed well compared with the
others

Did it have Henry written on it? My wife said it had 'Numatic', but with
my sight I couldn't be sure (well, that and the booze).

The 'Henry' didn't come in to shot, but that was my immediate impression.
There is another one of similar size but not that colour.
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On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:32:44 +0100, PeterC wrote:

On 13 Sep 2009 20:03:49 GMT, Bob Eager wrote:

On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:58:24 +0100, JTM wrote:

Anyone see the last night of the proms? One piece included four
vacuum / floor cleaners. I thought the Henry perfomed well compared
with the others

Did it have Henry written on it? My wife said it had 'Numatic', but
with my sight I couldn't be sure (well, that and the booze).

The 'Henry' didn't come in to shot, but that was my immediate
impression. There is another one of similar size but not that colour.

Well, Henrys come in lots of colours (not to mention Hettys in pink). I
wondered if it was either (a) an industrial model or (b) a subtlt product
placement 'special' direct from Numatic.

No (this is sad, isn't it?) I've just looked it up. It was probably a
NRV200-22, which is a commercial model...

"The 200 series has all the many features of the Henry design with full
professional Twinflo' power and performance; Hi-Lo operation; Tritex
filtration but with the addition of our extended commercial 12.5 metre
cable rewind and storage system."

And it has Numatic written on it...

http://www.numatic.co.uk/products4.aspx?id=29
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On 13 Sep 2009 23:51:27 GMT, Bob Eager wrote:

On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:32:44 +0100, PeterC wrote:

On 13 Sep 2009 20:03:49 GMT, Bob Eager wrote:

On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:58:24 +0100, JTM wrote:

Anyone see the last night of the proms? One piece included four
vacuum / floor cleaners. I thought the Henry perfomed well compared
with the others

Did it have Henry written on it? My wife said it had 'Numatic', but
with my sight I couldn't be sure (well, that and the booze).

The 'Henry' didn't come in to shot, but that was my immediate
impression. There is another one of similar size but not that colour.

Well, Henrys come in lots of colours (not to mention Hettys in pink). I
wondered if it was either (a) an industrial model or (b) a subtlt product
placement 'special' direct from Numatic.

No (this is sad, isn't it?) I've just looked it up. It was probably a
NRV200-22, which is a commercial model...

"The 200 series has all the many features of the Henry design with full
professional Twinflo' power and performance; Hi-Lo operation; Tritex
filtration but with the addition of our extended commercial 12.5 metre
cable rewind and storage system."

And it has Numatic written on it...

http://www.numatic.co.uk/products4.aspx?id=29

Ah, thanks. That has "...all the many features of the Henry design..." so
probably the same plastic mouldings so would look the same.
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Bob Eager writes:
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:58:24 +0100, JTM wrote:

Anyone see the last night of the proms? One piece included four vacuum
/ floor cleaners. I thought the Henry perfomed well compared with the
others

Did it have Henry written on it? My wife said it had 'Numatic', but with
my sight I couldn't be sure (well, that and the booze).

Seems a shame not to use 1950's appliance models.
I could have lent them a working Hoover Constelation.
The one in the 1956 recording has a definite audiable
snap to it's on/off switch, probably because it's a
spring loaded toggle designed for DC operation too
like the Constelation, but unlike modern appliances.

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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Andrew Gabriel wrote:

In article ,
geoff writes:
In message , JTM
writes
Anyone see the last night of the proms? One piece included four
vacuum / floor cleaners.

"A Grand Grand Overture" by Malcolm Arnold (I think)

I have it on a Hoffnung Record performed at the RFH in 1956

Likewise (well, a CD of that same performance in my case).
The piano concerto is excellent too. Actually, that's just
made me listen to it...

I had intended to watch the Last Night, but forgot about
it until now.

The Radio 3 version (not sure about the televised version) is available
until next Saturday on the BBC iPlayer.

I recorded the first half because I was out during the early evening, and
watched the second half live - and I have to say that I preferred the music
of the first half. The Arnold/Hoffnung thing was a bit of fun - but not
particularly great music compared, for example, with the Hadyn trumpet
concerto in the first half.

The soloists were very good - Alison Balsom's trumpet playing was fantastic,
and Sarah Connolly has a fine mezzo-soprano voice - even if she does look a
bit like Stephen Fry in drag. g
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On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:58:24 +0100, JTM wrote:

Anyone see the last night of the proms? One piece included four vacuum /
floor cleaners. I thought the Henry perfomed well compared with the others

I thought it sucked - but Attenborough swept the floor...

Regards,


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On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:02:09 +0000, Stephen Howard wrote:

On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:58:24 +0100, JTM wrote:

Anyone see the last night of the proms? One piece included four vacuum
/ floor cleaners. I thought the Henry perfomed well compared with the
others

I thought it sucked - but Attenborough swept the floor...

No, he polished everyone else off.




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writes
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Andrew Gabriel wrote:

In article ,
geoff writes:
In message , JTM
writes
Anyone see the last night of the proms? One piece included four
vacuum / floor cleaners.

"A Grand Grand Overture" by Malcolm Arnold (I think)

I have it on a Hoffnung Record performed at the RFH in 1956

Likewise (well, a CD of that same performance in my case).
The piano concerto is excellent too. Actually, that's just
made me listen to it...

I had intended to watch the Last Night, but forgot about
it until now.

The Radio 3 version (not sure about the televised version) is available
until next Saturday on the BBC iPlayer.

I recorded the first half because I was out during the early evening, and
watched the second half live - and I have to say that I preferred the music
of the first half. The Arnold/Hoffnung thing was a bit of fun - but not
particularly great music compared, for example, with the Hadyn trumpet
concerto in the first half.

Err ...

Who watches / listens to the second half of LNOTP for great music ?


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Anyone see the last night of the proms? One piece included four vacuum /
floor cleaners. I thought the Henry perfomed well compared with the
others



At one point the BBC had Martha Kearney saying that she was playing the
rifle and clearly holding an open shotgun.

I am no sure if I will ever believe any reports that she does in the future
about military matters!


Michael Chare

In article ,
geoff writes:
In message , JTM writes
Anyone see the last night of the proms? One piece included four vacuum /
floor cleaners.

"A Grand Grand Overture" by Malcolm Arnold (I think)

I have it on a Hoffnung Record performed at the RFH in 1956

Radio 4 aired a play yesterday about Hoffnung putting together
the first music festival: "Hoffnung - Drawn to Music".
It's on Listen Again for next 5 days or so
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mw15p

It had some good moments if you already know the music from
the music festival (and the brick layer story comes up), but
sadly it had rather too many dull bits too, and I can't imagine
it would be of any interest if you don't know the background.

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