The "Henry" vacuum cleaner is made by the "Numatic" company. Henry is a dry Vacuum, "Charles" is a vacuum that can pick up dry and liquids, "George" is a Wet Carpet cleaning vacuum, so it pumps water and sucks it back in, "James" is a more industrial Henry, and "Hetty" is a female "Henry". These vacuums are bomb proof and about the best you will ever buy.
Hello Dave, Before I retired in 2016, my Department uses Henry vac cleaners as a trusted and reliable product and I have experience of doing the odd repair and spare parts were easy to obtain being the manufacturer is in England. I bought my own Hetty in 2008 as her switches are technically better than on a Henry (no rude comments please, but I really like the eye lashes😂). Best wishes from Oxfordshire.
We have a Henry. He’s a bit clunky, but as my husband does all the vacuuming (his choice, and closely guarded household chore) I’m not going to press the point too hard 😅😊
Are you a Numatic employee? 😊 I worked for 2 companies over a 30 year stretch that sold Numatic products and sold tools to their factory. Always very reliable and a great company to deal with.
The ‘Henry hoover, is to vacuum cleaners what the Nokia 3210 is to mobile phones. Indestructible. After the nuclear holocaust, there will only be three things surviving - cockroaches, Nokias and Henry hoovers.
There is nothing stupid about a switch in the power socket. This is not only safety but most modern equipment would take some power even when switched off. What is stupid is having to unplug the equipment when you can have a switch in the socket.
It's exactly the opposite, modern equipments are required to use as little power as possible when in standby, at least in the countries that have energy efficiency rules. It's completely pointless to cut the power to an equipment that consumes
@@module79l28hmm, I'm not going to disagree entirely with you, but trust me, for example, when you leave your house for 2 or 3 weeks, it's so handy to just lean behind the TV and just hit the off switch, which has like 6 electrical items plugged in, and you just simply hit the switch to power off it all, just saying it's easier
@@L.r.e_motorsport - _"lean behind the TV and just hit the off switch, which has like 6 electrical items plugged in"_ sounds to me like you're talking about an F-type extension. If so, then you're agreeing with me because that's exactly what I have.
Tyler is about the dumbest American reviewer you will ever see, he asks all manner of dumb, stupid questions, never reads his comments, and never ever learns from what he's seen. He clearly just sees doing this type of channel for the ad $$$'s and nothing more.
I think our voltage in the UK is much higher and more powerful than the voltage in the US, so it makes sense to have additional safety features such as switch off points.
it's normally 30 mins as a way to get around sunday trading laws as much as possible. turn up at 9.30 (or 10.30 in London) to any supermarket and you can see for yourself :D
Sunday opening hours are due to historical religious rules…..at one stage there was NO Sunday trading. Gradually the is law has been relaxed, but the hours are still restricted
The government now often state that the Sunday restrictions on large stores and supermarkets will stay in place not for religious reasons, but to help support the local 'corner shops' who can usually trade normal hours on sunday
@@strats4life1 That argument is less valid given the rise of Tesco Express, Sainsbury's Local, etc. They are specifically built to be below the floor area that triggers the trading rules, and so can trade against independent local stores all day.
I liked the way he pronounced the word 'Thames', he said, I know it has a silent 'h' which is not spoken and then proceeded to pronounce it wrong using the incorrect vowel sound.
@RWL2012 I can't list the ones he's done recently but he has replied to two or three (minimum lately) and I think in the last day or two, to several all in one thread / replying to two or three different comments (& his thumbnail pic comes up when he does so.)
I live in a new build (7 years old). I have separate taps in my bathroom and the sink in my shower room. My kitchen and the actual shower are mixer taps. Personally I prefer separate taps.
I’m a Brit. Never heard of ‘Browsing Hours’. Sunday closing for large stores on bank holidays. But Browsing Hours, This must be a very regional experience.
The newer builds will have mixer taps but older properties will generally still have two taps. The point is to have a mixer tap requires the basins to be upgraded not just the taps and there might be other parts of the plumbing that would need to be upgraded as well. Basically most home owners have more important concerns to spend their money than upgrading plumbing just for convenience. Typically the taps don't get replaced unless the entire property is being remodelled for whatever reason.
The cold water tank in the loft that supplies the bathroom cold taps and heating / hot water system has to be removed so everything runs off the mains, only possible if mains pressure sufficient for a decent flow upstairs, mine is low even downstairs, got worse since new houses built.
We love having quirky, funny things like Henry Hoover. It’s great! We named a lifeboat called Boaty McBoatface. Don’t think too deeply about it, it’s just fun. We just like silly things that make us smile
@Verdent777 Perhaps they ought to be knighted by now, for their services to our country... (That'd also be one in the eye for another Henry ...previously known as 'Prince'!!)
Shops were shut on a Sunday here in the UK when I was growing up. Eventually the concession was made to allow stores to open for a limited six hours on a Sunday. (Small shops/garages can open whatever hours they chose, it's only large stores that are limited to the six hours).
1970s Early Sundays: Newsagents and churches were open, then the pubs would reopen around 3pm, having shut at 11am and the off-licences would be open till 10pm. Everything was closed. Not sure the buses or trains ran on Sundays either.
In Germany a lot of shops are closed Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday. Oh and people can and will report you to the police for mowing your lawn on a Sunday
@@angelahawman4263. No buses on Sundays in 1950s when I was a child. We walked about 3 miles to visit grandparents for Sunday tea then walked back home before it got dark (winter).
Girl, stop whining, go to Germany and get shocked there with the shops opening times. Different countries, different customs. I bet shop attendants are not grumpy about it. Besides, your countries (US & Canada) are not the most employee friendly Ones. So maybe learn something positive by example.
She's in a converted commercial or industrial building because the metal outlets are rare domestically, plus the bare brick wall tells you they didn't bother plastering.
@@daveofyorkshire301 The reason why i made a comment was your last part of your comment ,they didn't bother plastering . They did not need to plaster was my point.
A person goes into a second hand clothes shop in Birmingham and says, "Have you got anything I can wear for a 70s theme night?" "Kipper tie?" says the shopkeeper. "Thank you very much. Two sugars please. Now about the clothes?"
Ive worked in hotels and they all use Henry hoovers, they are great and i own one now, its virtually bomb proof. Obviously Alanna means between 10am and 4pm on Sundays.
Actually it’s not specifically 10am-4pm, it’s just 6 hours of selling time between 10am and 6pm for shops over a certain size. Some open earlier for ‘browsing’ and cannot sell anything until the sales window opens, and some shops choose 11am-5pm (and rarer still 12pm - 6pm) instead.
They are great. I dont own one, too heavy for me but i have used them alot in my cleaning job. Not too keen on them on fluffy floors though. Dyson and shark (or equivalent) are the better option there, but otherwise great.
I have 2 Henry vacuum cleaners. They are brilliant. Fantastic and are at the cheaper end of the market. One is nearly 40years old. Regarding place names, we tend to grow up with the pronunciation and the spelling comes later. From Leicester and Loughborough just up the road, no problem.
from the UK I rarely ever use the switch on the wall plugs, leave them always on don't need to use them. PS I've seen vids of people in the States with sockets with buttons to power on/off. The socket she is showing, is quite an industrial style one often more found in commercial properties especially things like warehouses, factories etc. Hoover is a brand, but its become a standard name for not just all vacuum cleaners, but also the actual act (verb) of cleaning such as "hoovering the carpet". It didn't come from Henry, its comes from Hoover a popular brand who make vacuum cleaners (maybe one of the first) Henry hoovers sorry vacuums are actually surprisingly good powerful vacuums, they are used at our offices, I don't think though you see them in many homes but I may be wrong. Not really heard of "browsing hours", guess its just a few supermarkets that might do it (yes Morrisons is one of the UKs top 4 supermarkets along side Tesco, Sainsburys and Asda). You can go do all your shopping, fill your trolleys (carts) and then checkout once it actually opens. This law doesn't seem to affect some stores often small ones, or asian ones... Though you see separate taps still in most homes, it seems more often to see them only on the bath and not sure much on the kitchen and bathroom sinks unless they are older. I don't say alright or are you all right, I say "ey up". In the states its seems accepted, I find though in the netherlands, there is a name I think its "Yup" ? that sounds similar so people think I am talking to them like saying "Hey Yup" Though Tea is popular, tbh I think its a 50/50 between tea and coffee. I don't think there is going to be a single household that doesn't have both in their cupboards, for when random visitors come round and you ask "do you fancy a brew" (which means would you like a cup of tea or coffee)
Outlet is surface mounted because its on brickwork. Older building may not have cavity walls so to knock a hole in it will compromise structure of the wall.. Also there would be no way of neatly chasing in the wiring, so there is surface mounted containment. Surface boxes are often white. This one is is an industrial style.
Power outlet switches are a safety feature and can save electricity on outlets not being used. if you have a power outage due to an issue with one, you can find the issue with switching the faulty plug or remove the faulty item plugged in.
The opening times on Sunday only apply to England and Wales; Northern Ireland and Scotland have their own rules. I lived in Scotland for a while and it felt weird that not only were supermarkets open all day Sunday, but some were open 24 hours a day, and so never actually shut their doors during a normal week.
I live in Birmingham. My local Tesco has a 'browsing hour' on a Sunday. I've never heard it called that though. Browsing to me implies looking but not buying. When in fact, folk are going round the store, filling their baskets or trollies with the stuff they want to buy then waiting at the checkouts to pay for their shopping when store legally allowed to trade. Always thought letting folk in the store to do their shopping before 10am on Sunday was a crafty move by Tesco to ensure that come 10am, the tills were running up sales immediately, rather than have staff (tellers) standing around doing nothing while waiting for customers to do their shopping if they weren't allows in the store until 10am
"alright mate" is a greeting. "Are you alright?" Is a question and used in a completely different context. Greeting someone with the question form would be strange. This is not a hard concept to understand. Like when you greet someone with "wassup" youre not actually asking what is up. "Hows it going" is another example. Youre not asking how its actually going, nor do you care, youre greeting me.
Henry is probably like the 2nd most used hoover in uk after dyson. They are bulletproof you can literally throw them down the stairs and they still work.
Coffee to start the day (and sometimes force yourself through it) Tea is a comfort drink to keep calm and focused. It lives somewhere between Coffee and Hot Chocolate
the Hoover vacuum company was an early cleaning brand. In UK it became used to include all vacuum cleaners, even those of diff companies , eg 'Where's the hoover?' 'It's in that cupboard.'
There is actually a law set in Scotland that says every domestic premises has to have one tap to be solely for the use of drinking water, i.e your cold water tap. You can get mixed taps here but they will have the separate water pipes for hot and cold water so they still don’t really mix despite sharing a faucet. The Scottish Water company is publicly owned and are very proud of the fact that they keep their cold water separate and to a high drinking standard. They even encourage the use of reusing your bottle to fill up from the tap for going out..
I am a plumber, and the taps are changing. Any new sink will have a mixer tap. However, a lot of sinks have two holes in them, so most people prefer to keep two taps instead of having a hole or blanking cap.
Most "Supermarkets" in the UK trade between 10am and 4pm on Sundays. A few will let you shop for an hour before 10am, so you can physically put your shopping in you basket/trolley but you can't "Purchase" until trading hours start.
It's still common here in the uk too have two taps my bath and sink have two separate taps . And I drink coffee when I'm out but only drink tea at home
Most tradespeople that come to your home-ie gas engineers,electricians,repair people who clean up after themselves will have a Henry vacuum cleaner with them-its just common place here in the UK
Interestingly, mixer taps/faucets are not a recent invention. Victorians had them for bathrooms (usually in wealthier homes). They were permissible in bathrooms because as is still the case today, most people don't drink/consume water from bathroom taps anyway, they just use water for washing.
There is a nice video by rob words that explains the reason for the difference between pronunciation and spelling which is primarily because the printing press was invented in the middle of what is known as the "great vowel shift" where over a few hundred years vowel pronunciation became an octave higher but the printing press standardised spelling in the middle of this shift so some words have a spelling that reflects the pronunciation pre shift. The other reason for the spelling problem is the early printers of English books were not English so they made some typo's getting confused with their native language and they had a tendency to make the language more uniform adding in letters that were never in the pronunciation. E.g. lan'd'scape if you look at books pre-printing press no one used a 'd' and to this day some still say lanscape however people are starting to pronounce the d now being influenced by the spelling.
the plugs are normally more into the wall that is a brick wall I have only seen those plugs in a garage .. henry is an awesome vacuum cleaner .. we call most vacuum cleaners hoover because that was the brand that most households had and it just stuck and any vacuum is just called hoover by us now .. the separate taps was due to the piping years ago you couldn't drink water out of the hot tap because of the material the piping was made out of (cheap stuff that would make you ill) the better piping was used on the cold tap so you was able to drink water that went through that pipe
That's not the reason for not drinking from the hot tap... Who told you that?! It's because when old houses first had indoor plumbing, the hot water was stored in open tanks in the attic and heated as required by boilers in the kitchen. The cold / drinking water was piped directly from the mains. Tank water could easily be contaminated. Mixer taps ought to be run a little to remove any impurities remaining in the pipe which bacteria could dwell in, then the cold water can be safely drawn. We have two taps in our bathroom wash basin. This flat was built in 1951 but is Grade II Listed, and the design of the estate it's on won an architectural award when it was first designed and built. (Architects: husband & wife team: Maxwell & Frye... Builder: Arup). Our whole estate was upgraded in 2012 and due to being Listed, retains it's twin taps.
The "you alright" comment is more likely to be "alright!" with no expectation of a reply, a nod of acknowledgment is enough or maybe "ay" and that's it, nothing more is needed or expected, more would be awkward for both parties.
5:00 Henry is the standard go-to industrial vacuum cleaner for businesses. You see them everywhere from offices to mechanics garages, they pick up really well, and are pretty much impossible to kill.
Americans get confused by British place name pronunciation? What about Schenectady, Boise, Spokane, Alberquerque, Tucson, La Jolla, Nevada (the state) v Nevada (the city), Kansas v Arkansas? 😅
Hi, I Watch you daily for my American reaction fix and thought I’d help you out - I grew up from the 80’s and all bathrooms had separate taps. The houses here are old my own house is relatively new and was built in 1930’s and Ali had 2 separate taps. The only time we will change is when we redecorate meaning the whole bathroom set. 1, they’re very well built 2. The sink can’t just be switched to a single faucet (two holes will be prominent and ugly). We recently redecorated (both my parents and me) our bathroom suites at high cost and I never saw a double faucet option (not that I wanted one. You tend to find them in work places or public/public/cafe etc bathrooms nowadays. But i don’t miss washing my hands in cold water. Plus I was told in pre/post war the way to use the sink was always to fill it to your preferred temperature and was thoroughly with water in sink so as not to waste. The above applies to baths and showers it’s an old fashioned system meant to save water waste and basically we’re all switching but our bathroom suits other than coming in some ugly old colours (olive green/pink etc.) are so well built and a big investment to change as they will last at least 76 years in my own house. And we don’t change unless it needs to/faulty Or simply can’t stand the colour! Plus hoover and hoovering comes from the hoover brand name related to a giveaway an old store was giving away a free holiday with every hoover stored. They severely underestimated the demand and the name was constantly in the news in the 80’s where it’s become our main use of the word since. Even though we mainly have Dyson/vax or Henry’s (I have noticed Henry’s are used more often in industrial/business. They are expensive and very good hope the extra info helps understanding. Gill, Essex UK 🇬🇧V🇺🇸. We’re cousins that don’t know everything about each other but are the best of friends/allies
4:06 to 9:31 BEST PURCHASE EVER Henrys those things are bomb proof , He will suck up anything that’s is in front of him and also they are industrial machines use in a lot construction sites and many commercial buildings use them had my one for 17 years and he still running as good as new . his still as young as day i purchased him and his little sister I have dropped him down stairs, Hit it with rocks BEST PURCHASE EVER
So a couple of bits of added context. Yes, we call Vacuum Cleaners "Hoovers" generally, you know this. Yes, Hoover is a brand name, you know this too. Henry is a "Hoover", but it's not from the Hoover brand.. Henry vacuum cleaners are extremely reliable and durable (though big, and as cumbersome as described). They are often used by cleaning companies where there is a large amount of open square footage, because these things will just run until coal runs out! We used one for 8 years (without a vacuum bag in it!) in an industrial setting... paint, plaster, dust, metal filings, sawdust, screws, bolts, coins, rivets..... it just sucked them all up and never once had an issue... again, there was no bag in it to catch the dust (like a normal vacuum... and as the instructions dictate), he just kept going. I left the company, but I imagine it's still going strong. The "Browsing Hours" Are just a way of maximising profits whilst operating within a weird law. Instead of opening the doors and having people then go to find the products they want to buy and walk out wasting operating minutes with no sales, they let everyone shop, get what they need, and you can have 50 customers pay for goods within 5 minutes of opening the checkouts, because they've all been queueing up in perfect British fashion. As for Tea or Coffee, both are very popular, But you have some people in one camp, some in the other, some like both, some like neither... But given you can make a perfect cup of tea with an £8 electric kettle, and a 5p teabag versuse buying a £150 espresso machine and however much for a grinder, or the disposable pods, tea making is still very popular (and nicer in my opinion, but that's me). I'd say Tea consumption is probably between The USA's coffee vs water consumption. I remember several trips to (using US terms) The Emergency Room, where I'd split my head, or broken a bone, or removed part of a finger, and I've been asked on numerous occasions if I'd like a tea from the machine... If you have tradesmen come to your house to do plumbing, or electrical work, etc... it's a pretty standard level of manners to put the kettle on and ask if any would like a cuppa
Henry isn't a Hoover product (even though they're often called 'Henry hoovers') - they're made by Numatic. There's a switch on them for two power settings as they're industrial vacuums (or 'shop vacs' if you prefer).
Not all outlets are flush. Some are in boxes, some are not. The switch is handy so you can turn off TVs at night without unplugging. Not all vacuum cleaners have a face. Only one brand. Hoover used to be a brand in Britain, and it was pretty much used by everyone, but now we just say hoovering. I have never been in a house with a single tap. Always hot and cold. I prefer separate taps. I am British and I don't drink tea, only instant coffee.
On a Sunday, Browsing time is generally a period of time when the store opens to allow people to come in and browse but they ain't allowed to buy until the stores actual opening times. When I worked at B&Q, Sunday was open at 9am to give people a browsing period but the tills aren't open until 10am.
Browsing Hour: In England, shops can only trade for 6 hours on a Sunday to appease the religious community. To get around this, shops open an hour early so you can go around and do your shopping, but you can't pay for it until the opening time (normally 10am for supermarkets (grocery stores) and 11am for other stores). Small stores are exempt so local convenience stores are often open outside these hours. In Scotland, stores can open 24/7. There was a vote in parliament a few years ago about removing the Sunday trading restriction. It was narrowly beaten, ironically by the votes of the Scottish National Party (SNP). The SNP was widely criticised as the vote did not impact Scotland and the convention is that the SNP MPs don't vote on matters not affecting Scotland - AND the bill would have brought England in line with Scotland's laws. So we're stuck with this stupid rule that's out of step with 21st Century living all because the SNP wanted to make political capital out of the Conservative party losing a vote by voting against something that they support in Scotland. It was defeated by 31 votes, including 27 Conservative MPs rebelling. However 54 SNP MPs voted against the bill. Had they abstained, per the convention, the vote would have passed.
The Commons opposed proposals to allow councils to extend opening hours by 317 votes to 286, as 27 Tories rebelled, and you seek to blame 54 SNP MP`s? The plans were thwarted by an alliance of Labour, the SNP and Conservative backbenchers.
@@markwilkie3677 Yes, Mark, but had the SNP abstained as is the convention on issues not affecting Scotland, the vote would have passed and I would be able to buy bread all day on a Sunday, just like every constituent of every SNP MP. It was purely political activity by the SNP and the people who are affected by their action have no way to vote those people out of power.
Some people need to get out of the country and experience other cultures. Electrical socket on the face of the wall suggests, to me at least, that it was fitted as either a design feature or additional sockets as required. Switches on sockets serve multiple purposes such as safety or additional control of electrical appliances. Hoover is the generic term for vacuuming. God forbid that someone ‘Brands’ their product and has a bit of fun into the bargain, especially for kids. Browsing time in a store, never heard of it. However, if it is something, get used to the fact and turn up to shop an hour later if it bugs you that much. Separate taps, one again, are more related to older properties where hot and cold sources of water were different. It is still a feature today but you can get either separate or mixer. No big deal right! Just mix the water in the bowl for goodness sake. “You alright!” Is a simple greeting exactly like “how’s your day?”, “how is it hanging?”, “what’s going on?”. Don’t think too hard dudes.
@@JenniferRussell-qw2co don’t blame ya… I only know because I made the same mistake… thought I’d nip in before it got too busy… ended up waiting for the tills to open 🤨
Why 2 Taps? Preventin’ Contamination In the past, hot water was stored in a cistern up in the attic or loft, an’ it wasn’t safe to drink. Separate taps were needed to keep the hot water from mixin’ wi’ the cold water that came straight from the mains an’ was safe for drinkin’. Pressure Imbalance The hot water came from a different source than the cold, which caused an imbalance in pressure. If the wrong taps or valves were fitted, one stream o’ water could end up flowin’ into the other.
Theres a New Hampshire in America and Americans seem to know how to pronounce the shire in that. But for some strange reason it eludes them how to pronounce the shire names from the UK.
To switch it off at the wall is usual for saving electricity, to stop LEDs one TVs, computers, etc lighting up your room when you are trying to sleep, allow you to fix the wiring on a lamp or something, resetting something (like my bluray player acts up so turning it off at the wall and back on fixes it), making appliances safe when you leave the house, all without having to unplug or replug them back in.
Sunday trading laws restrict selling times in larger stores. They can open when they like but can't sell you anything before 10 am. Some larger grocery stores open before 10 am so you can shop, fill your cart and at 10 am onwards you can go to the tills. In practice you could leave the store at 10:15 am having completed your shopping.
For people who don`t understand `browsing time`, it happens on a Sunday where supermarkets can only trade for 6 hours, so to maximise time they allow you into the store up to an hour before trading begins, so that you can fill your trolley ready for when the tills/checkouts open.
I'm also English (and strangely I like watching videos of Americans being surprised by British things, go figure) and I can confirm that having a hot and cold tap is very common in most British bathrooms regardless of the age of the property, although the double mixer tap is now quite common on kitchen sinks. Indeed if I wanted to replace a tap and went down to the DIY store most of the bath taps / bathroom sink taps on sale would be separate, and also cheaper than the mixer types and just as shiny. I know it is only personal taste, but I prefer separate taps. When you use a mixer there is a lot of faffing about getting the right temperature before you can wash your hands, were as with separate taps I just turn on the cold tap without worry of being accidentally scolded. In company toilets (offices, airports...etc) there are more mixers now, most of them automatic with sensors, but a lot of restaurants, pubs, schools … etc, still have separate taps and a large minority only give you one tap, cold. I saw another video where the American tried to mix the water between the two taps, I assume for comedy effect. Why bother, just get used to washing your hands in cold water. Henry was very popular in the eighties and nineties but then in the noughties all the middle class folk went crazy for buying bagless Dyson hovers (iphones, BMWs, ...etc). You only get Henry enthusiasts still using them now. I drink about 8-10 cups of tea a day and buy my tea in 1000 bag packs for a penny a bag. I don't drink coffee at all. That said a lot of people do and there are plenty of coffee shops. You just wouldn't find me in one of them. Over priced rubbish. I remember "browsing hour" and maybe they still do it, but I don't think it's that common any more. Everybody who doesn't go to church ( or play Sunday league football, so the majority of people) have a lie in on a Sunday morning. It may still happen, I'll never be able to check as I turn off my alarm and go back to sleep like a normal person.
The plug sticking out the wall is cuz its a pre-existing brick wall, its not like plaster board (drywall) u cant just cut out a hole and not have a messy patch, so the unit that is usually sunk into the wall is instead fixed to the outside of it. Also, 2 out of 3 of the taps in my house (built in the 70's) are mixer taps (retrofitted), idk about this person's experiences in this video but generally new buildings are built with mixer taps, its just historical reasons that some places still have separate taps.
The electrical outlet (socket) , mounted in a metal box on the wall rather than in it. Its a style thing, you will notice this was a brick wall, with the bricks unadorned, no plaster or similar. This will have been an office or warehouse or factory, it will have been converted in to a flat (apartment). Also you would not want to cut into the walls to fit the electrics, so they are surface mounted.
In Scotland our shops are open on Sundays, usually the same hours as other days, but maybe slightly less. Only on some of our small islands, which are still very religious, will object to shops being open on Sundays.
Separate taps came long before mixer taps. It used to be that the cold water came from the mains, and the hot water was stored in a tank in a cupboard or in the attic and heated up. Nowadays most people have a "Combie" boiler that heats the water pretty much right after you've turned the hot tap on. Some homes still have separate taps, some have separate taps in the bathroom but mixer taps in the kitchen. Some public toilets,(bathrooms), and restaurants etc have taps where you just put your hands underneath and it comes on automatically. To get hand hot water in a two tap sink, just put the bloody plug in the hole. That's what it's for and it ain't rocket science.
I have a Henry. He is about 20 years old now and is incredibly robust. If he ever breaks down, I will get new parts for him, the company is not far from my home. He can cope with all sorts of garage, and building dust, and even some wet stuff. Cleaning contractors clean with Henrys. I could tell you more but am bound by a NDC.
Some stores here will have alcohol for sale in them but you can only buy that between certain hours, I think its 10 at night to 10 or 11 in the morning, It all depends on the license the owner has. So you can go in and look at the beer but not buy it. When you heat the water, you don't need to heat the entire supply, only the little in the hot water tank at least with older systems. We used to have a big hot water tank in the house, though this is an old building, like 1700's old that is constantly modernised. Though its often a case of "If its not broken don't fix it" so loads of folk whose taps work haven't had any need to change them.
Most power sockets are recessed into the plaster (drywall?) like in the USA, but on an exposed brick wall like that there isn’t a way to have the cables internal to the wall, so that surface-mount look is neater
People laugh at, nay, mock me when I say vacuum cleaner or I'm doing the vacuuming They say 'hoovering with a Henry' but I don't laugh at, nay, mock them as I'm usually outnumbered so I play it safe, sometimes Never heard of browsing time before
Some newer British houses retain the double tap system for environmental reasons. A mixer tap encourages users to keep the water running a long time, so using far more. Hot and cold taps work best in conjunction with a drain plug. So you put the right mixture in the hand basin, wash your hands, release the plug, and less water is used. QED.
What's wrong with a hoover with a face. I own a Henry hoover at home. My old one I use as a planter in my garden. We use them at work, too. Really good vacuums. I can't remember the last time I drank a cup of tea, i always drink instant coffee.
I am British and I have never ever ever ever ever heard of 'browsing hours' Stores that open on a Sunday are just open exactly like every other day of the week. They often close an hour earlier than usual but that's about it.
Power switches are a safety feature. Also sockets are chased into the wall. Those box outlets are normally used in factorys and offices. Hoover is often used a generic word for vacuum cleaner. Also say Tipp Ex for correction fluid
I know about early opening for browsing because me and a friend arrived at Oxford Street one cold dreary Sunday morning at 10:30am and it turned out the shops don't open until noon! We were very thankful for those shops that opened at 11:30am for browsing and saved us from the cold 😂
I live in Norway, this is regarding taps. In my house I have 6 different taps. And the one in the cellar bathroom actuaslly have 2, one cold and one hot. :)
The House of Lords contains the Lords Spiritual who are 26 Church of England Bishops. When Sunday Trading was allowed in the 1990s they insisted that the law restricted opening hours for large shops.
Well I've almost had American style black coffee, but thankfully I've realised about the stored UHT milk in my back shelves, at the last minute! Black coffee dont make any sense to us Europeans lol!
When i first moved back to England, i worked as a cleaner and I used a henry. I had lived here in the UK as a young kid, and remembered them, so naturally i thought my mum (at that point still living in Germany) would remember this friendly faced thing too. So she asked how my first day at work was, and im like " it went well. Henry helped me and followed me around everywhere. Hes so cute" a couple of weeks later she asks me, how things are going with Henry, i say "its great and he still helps me, never leaves my side really", then she asked if he had asked me out yet😂😂 ok.. she clearly didn't remember henry hoover😅 Ref tap, new houses tend to have the one tap, but i rent mine and i still have an avocado 70s bath and sink with 2 taps. I mean the bathroom is so old, my landlord had to replace the pipe last year as the one we had, had deteriorated fully. Browsing time has caught me out ince or twice. But its good really, as you can get everything you need, get in line and be out by 10.05 and get on with your day. Its also great for people with anxiety, as its quiet and they can get out before the rush. Less distress but still the feeling of self sufficiency.
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The "Henry" vacuum cleaner is made by the "Numatic" company. Henry is a dry Vacuum, "Charles" is a vacuum that can pick up dry and liquids, "George" is a Wet Carpet cleaning vacuum, so it pumps water and sucks it back in, "James" is a more industrial Henry, and "Hetty" is a female "Henry". These vacuums are bomb proof and about the best you will ever buy.
Hello Dave, Before I retired in 2016, my Department uses Henry vac cleaners as a trusted and reliable product and I have experience of doing the odd repair and spare parts were easy to obtain being the manufacturer is in England. I bought my own Hetty in 2008 as her switches are technically better than on a Henry (no rude comments please, but I really like the eye lashes😂). Best wishes from Oxfordshire.
We have a Henry. He’s a bit clunky, but as my husband does all the vacuuming (his choice, and closely guarded household chore) I’m not going to press the point too hard 😅😊
I have a Hetty, they're so great, so much better than the other brands I've tried.
Are you a Numatic employee? 😊 I worked for 2 companies over a 30 year stretch that sold Numatic products and sold tools to their factory. Always very reliable and a great company to deal with.
@shaunw9270 LOL no, i used to be a service engineer for industrial cleaners, and visited the factory for a training day.
The ‘Henry hoover, is to vacuum cleaners what the Nokia 3210 is to mobile phones. Indestructible. After the nuclear holocaust, there will only be three things surviving - cockroaches, Nokias and Henry hoovers.
The best value-for-money vacuum cleaner you can buy, compare it with Dyson!
I have a henry to hoover the garage, it is heavy and unwieldy and bloo*y fantastic
You can still buy the Nokia phone lol.
Yes this!!! 😁
I have a mini battery operated Henry to clean my husband's computer desk and a mini Hettie for mine, and I LOVE THEM!!
There is nothing stupid about a switch in the power socket. This is not only safety but most modern equipment would take some power even when switched off. What is stupid is having to unplug the equipment when you can have a switch in the socket.
It's exactly the opposite, modern equipments are required to use as little power as possible when in standby, at least in the countries that have energy efficiency rules. It's completely pointless to cut the power to an equipment that consumes
@@module79l28hmm, I'm not going to disagree entirely with you, but trust me, for example, when you leave your house for 2 or 3 weeks, it's so handy to just lean behind the TV and just hit the off switch, which has like 6 electrical items plugged in, and you just simply hit the switch to power off it all, just saying it's easier
@@L.r.e_motorsport - _"lean behind the TV and just hit the off switch, which has like 6 electrical items plugged in"_ sounds to me like you're talking about an F-type extension. If so, then you're agreeing with me because that's exactly what I have.
Tyler is about the dumbest American reviewer you will ever see, he asks all manner of dumb, stupid questions, never reads his comments, and never ever learns from what he's seen. He clearly just sees doing this type of channel for the ad $$$'s and nothing more.
I think our voltage in the UK is much higher and more powerful than the voltage in the US, so it makes sense to have additional safety features such as switch off points.
American in Britain: "why is this road so narrow?"
Brit: "because it was made for Roman chariots in 600 AD"
Your joke would be good if you got the dating right. But you're off a few hundred years, mate.
Try "100 ad". The Romans cleared off back to Rome in early 400AD.
Im English and never heard of this browsing hour.....
PC World and Currys used to do this
I worked in Asda .. we opened half hour earlier Sunday’s (10.30).. you can shop but not pay until 11am.
it's normally 30 mins as a way to get around sunday trading laws as much as possible. turn up at 9.30 (or 10.30 in London) to any supermarket and you can see for yourself :D
Definetely not a thing in Scotland.
@@markwilkie3677 I didn’t see the point. People would be queuing early to get in first, then get the hump waiting for the tills to open! 😄
Uk plugs are 240 volts not the USA'a 110v. The extra power is enough to kill someone if they do something stupid. Hence the extra cut off switch
the sockets are shuttered as well.
It's not voltage that kills you it's the amperage
you're right, the plug is on the wall and not IN the wall because the wall in brick. Henry is not a toy. It's a very heavy duty vaccuum cleaner.
Not only in the home, but in industry, as well.
Sunday opening hours are due to historical religious rules…..at one stage there was NO Sunday trading. Gradually the is law has been relaxed, but the hours are still restricted
The only day when all shops, except small ones and garden centres, still have to close is on Easter Sunday.
there even is a license restriction to selling alcohol on Sundays before 10am while any other day is at all hours while the store is open.
The government now often state that the Sunday restrictions on large stores and supermarkets will stay in place not for religious reasons, but to help support the local 'corner shops' who can usually trade normal hours on sunday
@@t.a.k.palfrey3882and Christmas
@@strats4life1 That argument is less valid given the rise of Tesco Express, Sainsbury's Local, etc. They are specifically built to be below the floor area that triggers the trading rules, and so can trade against independent local stores all day.
First time I've actually noticed Tyler admitting he already knows something he's being shown!
Right on😂
I liked the way he pronounced the word 'Thames', he said, I know it has a silent 'h' which is not spoken and then proceeded to pronounce it wrong using the incorrect vowel sound.
Tyler has also (recently) started reading / responding to comments too...
(I know.., don't faint!!)
@@brigidsingleton1596he responded to one comment once a long time back (on the London tube video). What more recent comment responses has he done?
@RWL2012
I can't list the ones he's done recently but he has replied to two or three (minimum lately) and I think in the last day or two, to several all in one thread / replying to two or three different comments (& his thumbnail pic comes up when he does so.)
I live in a new build (7 years old). I have separate taps in my bathroom and the sink in my shower room. My kitchen and the actual shower are mixer taps. Personally I prefer separate taps.
I’m a Brit. Never heard of ‘Browsing Hours’. Sunday closing for large stores on bank holidays. But Browsing Hours, This must be a very regional experience.
I know it’s a thing in Harrods.
It's not uncommon - it's just not generally advertised by most shops these days.
They have quiet hours too.
Where I live Aldi and Morrisons do this on a Sunday. You can do your shopping but have to wait until 10am to actually go through the till.
You can start your shop at 9am but tills open at 10 useful if your doing a big shop.
The newer builds will have mixer taps but older properties will generally still have two taps. The point is to have a mixer tap requires the basins to be upgraded not just the taps and there might be other parts of the plumbing that would need to be upgraded as well. Basically most home owners have more important concerns to spend their money than upgrading plumbing just for convenience. Typically the taps don't get replaced unless the entire property is being remodelled for whatever reason.
The cold water tank in the loft that supplies the bathroom cold taps and heating / hot water system has to be removed so everything runs off the mains, only possible if mains pressure sufficient for a decent flow upstairs, mine is low even downstairs, got worse since new houses built.
I work on building sites and the taps are still dual. I can't see the problem having two taps and a plug.
It's not an outlet; it's a socket. It's not a combined tap; it's a mixer tap.
My late Dad was an electrician in England all his life and used "Outlets" and "Sockets" interchangeably.
We love having quirky, funny things like Henry Hoover. It’s great! We named a lifeboat called Boaty McBoatface. Don’t think too deeply about it, it’s just fun. We just like silly things that make us smile
Some might say that's why we watch / follow Tyler here...
And Larry the mouser at no 10.
@whiteknight-m4q
Chief Mouser, please!
Henry and Harry are the best hoovers of all time.
@Verdent777
Perhaps they ought to be knighted by now, for their services to our country...
(That'd also be one in the eye for another Henry ...previously known as 'Prince'!!)
Shops were shut on a Sunday here in the UK when I was growing up. Eventually the concession was made to allow stores to open for a limited six hours on a Sunday. (Small shops/garages can open whatever hours they chose, it's only large stores that are limited to the six hours).
1970s Early Sundays: Newsagents and churches were open, then the pubs would reopen around 3pm, having shut at 11am and the off-licences would be open till 10pm. Everything was closed. Not sure the buses or trains ran on Sundays either.
More people used to go to church on a sunday and it was considered wrong to make profit on the day of rest.
In Germany a lot of shops are closed Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday. Oh and people can and will report you to the police for mowing your lawn on a Sunday
@@angelahawman4263. No buses on Sundays in 1950s when I was a child. We walked about 3 miles to visit grandparents for Sunday tea then walked back home before it got dark (winter).
Girl, stop whining, go to Germany and get shocked there with the shops opening times. Different countries, different customs. I bet shop attendants are not grumpy about it. Besides, your countries (US & Canada) are not the most employee friendly Ones. So maybe learn something positive by example.
She's in a converted commercial or industrial building because the metal outlets are rare domestically, plus the bare brick wall tells you they didn't bother plastering.
some industrial homes or apartments do not need plastering as they use a a/c .
@XENONEOMORPH1979 Plaster is purely cosmetic, it provides no structural or environmental purpose..
@@daveofyorkshire301 The reason why i made a comment was your last part of your comment ,they didn't bother plastering .
They did not need to plaster was my point.
@@XENONEOMORPH1979 so what was the "they use a a/c"? You think plaster stops damp?
It's an old large Victorian house in a Kent town that's been split into large flats / apartments. Bare brick and stone walls are fashionable.
The metal box outlet is usually only found in a garage, shed or outbuildings, it could be considered industrial chic (or chique)
You were right about the plug socket being mounted on a brick wall.
Usually the box would be hidden and flush in a typical plaster board wall.
A person goes into a second hand clothes shop in Birmingham and says, "Have you got anything I can wear for a 70s theme night?"
"Kipper tie?" says the shopkeeper.
"Thank you very much. Two sugars please. Now about the clothes?"
"Kipper tie" is how Aussie say "cuppa tea", not Poms!!
Ive worked in hotels and they all use Henry hoovers, they are great and i own one now, its virtually bomb proof.
Obviously Alanna means between 10am and 4pm on Sundays.
Actually it’s not specifically 10am-4pm, it’s just 6 hours of selling time between 10am and 6pm for shops over a certain size. Some open earlier for ‘browsing’ and cannot sell anything until the sales window opens, and some shops choose 11am-5pm (and rarer still 12pm - 6pm) instead.
They are great. I dont own one, too heavy for me but i have used them alot in my cleaning job. Not too keen on them on fluffy floors though. Dyson and shark (or equivalent) are the better option there, but otherwise great.
@StoffyToffeePudding ah ok, none that I've been in on a Sunday are open before 10am or after 4pm
@nataliezitzmann6047 yeah but Dyson or Shark are too expensive for most hotels I'd guess
I have 2 Henry vacuum cleaners. They are brilliant. Fantastic and are at the cheaper end of the market. One is nearly 40years old. Regarding place names, we tend to grow up with the pronunciation and the spelling comes later. From Leicester and Loughborough just up the road, no problem.
from the UK I rarely ever use the switch on the wall plugs, leave them always on don't need to use them. PS I've seen vids of people in the States with sockets with buttons to power on/off. The socket she is showing, is quite an industrial style one often more found in commercial properties especially things like warehouses, factories etc.
Hoover is a brand, but its become a standard name for not just all vacuum cleaners, but also the actual act (verb) of cleaning such as "hoovering the carpet". It didn't come from Henry, its comes from Hoover a popular brand who make vacuum cleaners (maybe one of the first) Henry hoovers sorry vacuums are actually surprisingly good powerful vacuums, they are used at our offices, I don't think though you see them in many homes but I may be wrong.
Not really heard of "browsing hours", guess its just a few supermarkets that might do it (yes Morrisons is one of the UKs top 4 supermarkets along side Tesco, Sainsburys and Asda). You can go do all your shopping, fill your trolleys (carts) and then checkout once it actually opens. This law doesn't seem to affect some stores often small ones, or asian ones...
Though you see separate taps still in most homes, it seems more often to see them only on the bath and not sure much on the kitchen and bathroom sinks unless they are older.
I don't say alright or are you all right, I say "ey up". In the states its seems accepted, I find though in the netherlands, there is a name I think its "Yup" ? that sounds similar so people think I am talking to them like saying "Hey Yup"
Though Tea is popular, tbh I think its a 50/50 between tea and coffee. I don't think there is going to be a single household that doesn't have both in their cupboards, for when random visitors come round and you ask "do you fancy a brew" (which means would you like a cup of tea or coffee)
Outlet is surface mounted because its on brickwork. Older building may not have cavity walls so to knock a hole in it will compromise structure of the wall.. Also there would be no way of neatly chasing in the wiring, so there is surface mounted containment. Surface boxes are often white. This one is is an industrial style.
Power outlet switches are a safety feature and can save electricity on outlets not being used. if you have a power outage due to an issue with one, you can find the issue with switching the faulty plug or remove the faulty item plugged in.
The opening times on Sunday only apply to England and Wales; Northern Ireland and Scotland have their own rules. I lived in Scotland for a while and it felt weird that not only were supermarkets open all day Sunday, but some were open 24 hours a day, and so never actually shut their doors during a normal week.
They come from old rules based on religion.
American pronunciation makes perfect sense - Illinois - Arkansas - Poughkeepsie
Illinois Arkansas and Poughkeepsie are Native American names. Not English
@@marydavis5234 Yes American, that's what I said
She forgot desk Henry, it's a mini vacuum cleaner for cleaning off dust, bits of fluff & things on your desk.
Here in Newcastle we don't have browsing hour. That must be a London thing. Because on Sunday our shops open at 10am and close at 4pm.
I live in Birmingham. My local Tesco has a 'browsing hour' on a Sunday. I've never heard it called that though. Browsing to me implies looking but not buying. When in fact, folk are going round the store, filling their baskets or trollies with the stuff they want to buy then waiting at the checkouts to pay for their shopping when store legally allowed to trade. Always thought letting folk in the store to do their shopping before 10am on Sunday was a crafty move by Tesco to ensure that come 10am, the tills were running up sales immediately, rather than have staff (tellers) standing around doing nothing while waiting for customers to do their shopping if they weren't allows in the store until 10am
"alright mate" is a greeting. "Are you alright?" Is a question and used in a completely different context. Greeting someone with the question form would be strange.
This is not a hard concept to understand.
Like when you greet someone with "wassup" youre not actually asking what is up. "Hows it going" is another example. Youre not asking how its actually going, nor do you care, youre greeting me.
I may be wrong but I think the face on Henry is just for a bit of fun!! Nobody likes hoovering so it just makes it a bit better!! They are very good
Hoover comes from the _Hoover_ brand. The odd thing about it is nobody ever seems to own an actual Hoover vacuum cleaner.
I have one !
We had one when I was a child.
some people still buy new Hoover vacuums, but like many brand names, not much more than a brand name nowadays.
@@RWL2012 Yes, the vacuum cleaners from Hoover are now made in China. Numatic vacuum cleaners ("Henry" etc.) are made in the UK.
Henry is probably like the 2nd most used hoover in uk after dyson. They are bulletproof you can literally throw them down the stairs and they still work.
I can verify that. I have knocked my Henry down the stairs on multiple occasions lol
Coffee to start the day (and sometimes force yourself through it)
Tea is a comfort drink to keep calm and focused. It lives somewhere between Coffee and Hot Chocolate
the Hoover vacuum company was an early cleaning brand. In UK it became used to include all vacuum cleaners, even those of diff companies , eg 'Where's the hoover?' 'It's in that cupboard.'
There is actually a law set in Scotland that says every domestic premises has to have one tap to be solely for the use of drinking water, i.e your cold water tap. You can get mixed taps here but they will have the separate water pipes for hot and cold water so they still don’t really mix despite sharing a faucet. The Scottish Water company is publicly owned and are very proud of the fact that they keep their cold water separate and to a high drinking standard. They even encourage the use of reusing your bottle to fill up from the tap for going out..
3:00 thats a socket box designed for places like your garage, workshop etc. The normal sockets in houses ARE flush to the wall. 👍
I am a plumber, and the taps are changing. Any new sink will have a mixer tap. However, a lot of sinks have two holes in them, so most people prefer to keep two taps instead of having a hole or blanking cap.
We have on and off switches in UK to control our power outage and to save one from having shocks or getting electrocuted. Read this now please.
Most "Supermarkets" in the UK trade between 10am and 4pm on Sundays. A few will let you shop for an hour before 10am, so you can physically put your shopping in you basket/trolley but you can't "Purchase" until trading hours start.
You mean England and Wales, as my local supermarket (Tesco) in Scotland is open from 6am until 10pm on Sundays.. Asda is 24hr.
It's still common here in the uk too have two taps my bath and sink have two separate taps . And I drink coffee when I'm out but only drink tea at home
Coffee in the morning, tea in the afternoon & hot chocolate/ cocoa in the evening
Most tradespeople that come to your home-ie gas engineers,electricians,repair people who clean up after themselves will have a Henry vacuum cleaner with them-its just common place here in the UK
We have a Henry hoover and a small Dyson portable. The Henry hoover is better.
Interestingly, mixer taps/faucets are not a recent invention. Victorians had them for bathrooms (usually in wealthier homes). They were permissible in bathrooms because as is still the case today, most people don't drink/consume water from bathroom taps anyway, they just use water for washing.
"You alright?" "All down one side Thanks" Used it yesterday with acquaintance of over 30 years. From Yorkshire
I Grew up with just kold Water my first 10 years of life!
This was in middle of 5th largest city in Denmark back in 1960!😁
There is a nice video by rob words that explains the reason for the difference between pronunciation and spelling which is primarily because the printing press was invented in the middle of what is known as the "great vowel shift" where over a few hundred years vowel pronunciation became an octave higher but the printing press standardised spelling in the middle of this shift so some words have a spelling that reflects the pronunciation pre shift. The other reason for the spelling problem is the early printers of English books were not English so they made some typo's getting confused with their native language and they had a tendency to make the language more uniform adding in letters that were never in the pronunciation. E.g. lan'd'scape if you look at books pre-printing press no one used a 'd' and to this day some still say lanscape however people are starting to pronounce the d now being influenced by the spelling.
Tea is a warm comforting drink .England can be very cold tea is warming its also refreshing in summer .I love my tra maybe 4 cups a day 😂
the plugs are normally more into the wall that is a brick wall I have only seen those plugs in a garage .. henry is an awesome vacuum cleaner .. we call most vacuum cleaners hoover because that was the brand that most households had and it just stuck and any vacuum is just called hoover by us now .. the separate taps was due to the piping years ago you couldn't drink water out of the hot tap because of the material the piping was made out of (cheap stuff that would make you ill) the better piping was used on the cold tap so you was able to drink water that went through that pipe
That's not the reason for not drinking from the hot tap... Who told you that?!
It's because when old houses first had indoor plumbing, the hot water was stored in open tanks in the attic and heated as required by boilers in the kitchen. The cold / drinking water was piped directly from the mains. Tank water could easily be contaminated. Mixer taps ought to be run a little to remove any impurities remaining in the pipe which bacteria could dwell in, then the cold water can be safely drawn.
We have two taps in our bathroom wash basin. This flat was built in 1951 but is Grade II Listed, and the design of the estate it's on won an architectural award when it was first designed and built.
(Architects: husband & wife team: Maxwell & Frye... Builder: Arup).
Our whole estate was upgraded in 2012 and due to being Listed, retains it's twin taps.
The "you alright" comment is more likely to be "alright!" with no expectation of a reply, a nod of acknowledgment is enough or maybe "ay" and that's it, nothing more is needed or expected, more would be awkward for both parties.
5:00 Henry is the standard go-to industrial vacuum cleaner for businesses. You see them everywhere from offices to mechanics garages, they pick up really well, and are pretty much impossible to kill.
I've had my Henry over 20 years, it still works like a dream!
Americans get confused by British place name pronunciation? What about Schenectady, Boise, Spokane, Alberquerque, Tucson, La Jolla, Nevada (the state) v Nevada (the city), Kansas v Arkansas? 😅
Newsflash, they are pronounced the way they are because they are Native American names , all except LaJolla and Alberguergue , which are Spanish names
The Hoover was invented in 1908 by James Spangler, a night watchman from Ohio who suffered from asthma.
I've been here over 50 years and I've never heard of browsing hours, but I don't shop on Sundays.
Hi, I Watch you daily for my American reaction fix and thought I’d help you out - I grew up from the 80’s and all bathrooms had separate taps. The houses here are old my own house is relatively new and was built in 1930’s and Ali had 2 separate taps. The only time we will change is when we redecorate meaning the whole bathroom set. 1, they’re very well built 2. The sink can’t just be switched to a single faucet (two holes will be prominent and ugly). We recently redecorated (both my parents and me) our bathroom suites at high cost and I never saw a double faucet option (not that I wanted one. You tend to find them in work places or public/public/cafe etc bathrooms nowadays. But i don’t miss washing my hands in cold water. Plus I was told in pre/post war the way to use the sink was always to fill it to your preferred temperature and was thoroughly with water in sink so as not to waste. The above applies to baths and showers it’s an old fashioned system meant to save water waste and basically we’re all switching but our bathroom suits other than coming in some ugly old colours (olive green/pink etc.) are so well built and a big investment to change as they will last at least 76 years in my own house. And we don’t change unless it needs to/faulty Or simply can’t stand the colour! Plus hoover and hoovering comes from the hoover brand name related to a giveaway an old store was giving away a free holiday with every hoover stored. They severely underestimated the demand and the name was constantly in the news in the 80’s where it’s become our main use of the word since. Even though we mainly have Dyson/vax or Henry’s (I have noticed Henry’s are used more often in industrial/business. They are expensive and very good hope the extra info helps understanding.
Gill, Essex UK 🇬🇧V🇺🇸. We’re cousins that don’t know everything about each other but are the best of friends/allies
Hoover were probably the biggest brand of vacuum cleaners in the UK for a long time.
William Henry hoover founded the vacuum company in 1908. And that is why why have Henry hoover.
HOOVER WAS A COMPANY
BEST VACUUMS GOING BACK THEN
Thats why vacuuming and hoovering became interchangeable
4:06 to 9:31 BEST PURCHASE EVER
Henrys those things are bomb proof , He will suck up anything that’s is in front of him and also they are industrial machines use in a lot construction sites and many commercial buildings use them
had my one for 17 years and he still running as good as new .
his still as young as day i purchased him and his little sister
I have dropped him down stairs,
Hit it with rocks
BEST PURCHASE EVER
So a couple of bits of added context.
Yes, we call Vacuum Cleaners "Hoovers" generally, you know this.
Yes, Hoover is a brand name, you know this too.
Henry is a "Hoover", but it's not from the Hoover brand..
Henry vacuum cleaners are extremely reliable and durable (though big, and as cumbersome as described).
They are often used by cleaning companies where there is a large amount of open square footage, because these things will just run until coal runs out!
We used one for 8 years (without a vacuum bag in it!) in an industrial setting... paint, plaster, dust, metal filings, sawdust, screws, bolts, coins, rivets..... it just sucked them all up and never once had an issue... again, there was no bag in it to catch the dust (like a normal vacuum... and as the instructions dictate), he just kept going. I left the company, but I imagine it's still going strong.
The "Browsing Hours" Are just a way of maximising profits whilst operating within a weird law.
Instead of opening the doors and having people then go to find the products they want to buy and walk out wasting operating minutes with no sales, they let everyone shop, get what they need, and you can have 50 customers pay for goods within 5 minutes of opening the checkouts, because they've all been queueing up in perfect British fashion.
As for Tea or Coffee, both are very popular, But you have some people in one camp, some in the other, some like both, some like neither...
But given you can make a perfect cup of tea with an £8 electric kettle, and a 5p teabag versuse buying a £150 espresso machine and however much for a grinder, or the disposable pods, tea making is still very popular (and nicer in my opinion, but that's me).
I'd say Tea consumption is probably between The USA's coffee vs water consumption. I remember several trips to (using US terms) The Emergency Room, where I'd split my head, or broken a bone, or removed part of a finger, and I've been asked on numerous occasions if I'd like a tea from the machine...
If you have tradesmen come to your house to do plumbing, or electrical work, etc... it's a pretty standard level of manners to put the kettle on and ask if any would like a cuppa
Henry isn't a Hoover product (even though they're often called 'Henry hoovers') - they're made by Numatic.
There's a switch on them for two power settings as they're industrial vacuums (or 'shop vacs' if you prefer).
Not all outlets are flush. Some are in boxes, some are not. The switch is handy so you can turn off TVs at night without unplugging. Not all vacuum cleaners have a face. Only one brand. Hoover used to be a brand in Britain, and it was pretty much used by everyone, but now we just say hoovering. I have never been in a house with a single tap. Always hot and cold. I prefer separate taps. I am British and I don't drink tea, only instant coffee.
On a Sunday, Browsing time is generally a period of time when the store opens to allow people to come in and browse but they ain't allowed to buy until the stores actual opening times.
When I worked at B&Q, Sunday was open at 9am to give people a browsing period but the tills aren't open until 10am.
Browsing Hour: In England, shops can only trade for 6 hours on a Sunday to appease the religious community. To get around this, shops open an hour early so you can go around and do your shopping, but you can't pay for it until the opening time (normally 10am for supermarkets (grocery stores) and 11am for other stores). Small stores are exempt so local convenience stores are often open outside these hours. In Scotland, stores can open 24/7. There was a vote in parliament a few years ago about removing the Sunday trading restriction. It was narrowly beaten, ironically by the votes of the Scottish National Party (SNP). The SNP was widely criticised as the vote did not impact Scotland and the convention is that the SNP MPs don't vote on matters not affecting Scotland - AND the bill would have brought England in line with Scotland's laws. So we're stuck with this stupid rule that's out of step with 21st Century living all because the SNP wanted to make political capital out of the Conservative party losing a vote by voting against something that they support in Scotland. It was defeated by 31 votes, including 27 Conservative MPs rebelling. However 54 SNP MPs voted against the bill. Had they abstained, per the convention, the vote would have passed.
The Commons opposed proposals to allow councils to extend opening hours by 317 votes to 286, as 27 Tories rebelled, and you seek to blame 54 SNP MP`s?
The plans were thwarted by an alliance of Labour, the SNP and Conservative backbenchers.
@@markwilkie3677 Yes, Mark, but had the SNP abstained as is the convention on issues not affecting Scotland, the vote would have passed and I would be able to buy bread all day on a Sunday, just like every constituent of every SNP MP. It was purely political activity by the SNP and the people who are affected by their action have no way to vote those people out of power.
Growing up in Ontario Canada my family had tea with every lunch and supper. Coffee with breakfast.
uk tea is better than us tea
Some people need to get out of the country and experience other cultures. Electrical socket on the face of the wall suggests, to me at least, that it was fitted as either a design feature or additional sockets as required. Switches on sockets serve multiple purposes such as safety or additional control of electrical appliances. Hoover is the generic term for vacuuming. God forbid that someone ‘Brands’ their product and has a bit of fun into the bargain, especially for kids. Browsing time in a store, never heard of it. However, if it is something, get used to the fact and turn up to shop an hour later if it bugs you that much. Separate taps, one again, are more related to older properties where hot and cold sources of water were different. It is still a feature today but you can get either separate or mixer. No big deal right! Just mix the water in the bowl for goodness sake. “You alright!” Is a simple greeting exactly like “how’s your day?”, “how is it hanging?”, “what’s going on?”. Don’t think too hard dudes.
I've lived in the UK all my life and I've never heard of "browsing time".
Snap the shops open at 10am and close 4pm on Sundays
You can start a shop at 9am on a Sunday and it makes sense if you do a big shop tills open 10@@GALAXY6661
Same. Never heard of it & spent several years working in a supermarket. Judging by comments it seems to possibly be a London thing? 🤷♂️
we do have them in the Midlands. Some shops would open at 9, but the tills are only open at 10.
Never seen browsing hours in supermarkets, only in department stores prior to the tills opening 🤔
It’s only a thing on Sunday mornings… if you’ve never been to Tesco’s before 10 on Sunday why would you know?
@@BasherBrookes We live and learn, actually I avoid supermarkets at the weekend if possible - full stop! 🙋♀️🤗
@@JenniferRussell-qw2co don’t blame ya… I only know because I made the same mistake… thought I’d nip in before it got too busy… ended up waiting for the tills to open 🤨
Why 2 Taps?
Preventin’ Contamination
In the past, hot water was stored in a cistern up in the attic or loft, an’ it wasn’t safe to drink. Separate taps were needed to keep the hot water from mixin’ wi’ the cold water that came straight from the mains an’ was safe for drinkin’.
Pressure Imbalance
The hot water came from a different source than the cold, which caused an imbalance in pressure. If the wrong taps or valves were fitted, one stream o’ water could end up flowin’ into the other.
Theres a New Hampshire in America and Americans seem to know how to pronounce the shire in that. But for some strange reason it eludes them how to pronounce the shire names from the UK.
To switch it off at the wall is usual for saving electricity, to stop LEDs one TVs, computers, etc lighting up your room when you are trying to sleep, allow you to fix the wiring on a lamp or something, resetting something (like my bluray player acts up so turning it off at the wall and back on fixes it), making appliances safe when you leave the house, all without having to unplug or replug them back in.
Sunday trading laws restrict selling times in larger stores. They can open when they like but can't sell you anything before 10 am. Some larger grocery stores open before 10 am so you can shop, fill your cart and at 10 am onwards you can go to the tills. In practice you could leave the store at 10:15 am having completed your shopping.
i have a henry hoover there really good and last years with no problems had mine about 10 years now maybe more
British power outlets are designed for safety which means the off switch leaves the socket SAFE
For people who don`t understand `browsing time`, it happens on a Sunday where supermarkets can only trade for 6 hours, so to maximise time they allow you into the store up to an hour before trading begins, so that you can fill your trolley ready for when the tills/checkouts open.
I'm also English (and strangely I like watching videos of Americans being surprised by British things, go figure) and I can confirm that having a hot and cold tap is very common in most British bathrooms regardless of the age of the property, although the double mixer tap is now quite common on kitchen sinks. Indeed if I wanted to replace a tap and went down to the DIY store most of the bath taps / bathroom sink taps on sale would be separate, and also cheaper than the mixer types and just as shiny. I know it is only personal taste, but I prefer separate taps. When you use a mixer there is a lot of faffing about getting the right temperature before you can wash your hands, were as with separate taps I just turn on the cold tap without worry of being accidentally scolded. In company toilets (offices, airports...etc) there are more mixers now, most of them automatic with sensors, but a lot of restaurants, pubs, schools … etc, still have separate taps and a large minority only give you one tap, cold. I saw another video where the American tried to mix the water between the two taps, I assume for comedy effect. Why bother, just get used to washing your hands in cold water.
Henry was very popular in the eighties and nineties but then in the noughties all the middle class folk went crazy for buying bagless Dyson hovers (iphones, BMWs, ...etc). You only get Henry enthusiasts still using them now.
I drink about 8-10 cups of tea a day and buy my tea in 1000 bag packs for a penny a bag. I don't drink coffee at all. That said a lot of people do and there are plenty of coffee shops. You just wouldn't find me in one of them. Over priced rubbish.
I remember "browsing hour" and maybe they still do it, but I don't think it's that common any more. Everybody who doesn't go to church ( or play Sunday league football, so the majority of people) have a lie in on a Sunday morning. It may still happen, I'll never be able to check as I turn off my alarm and go back to sleep like a normal person.
The plug sticking out the wall is cuz its a pre-existing brick wall, its not like plaster board (drywall) u cant just cut out a hole and not have a messy patch, so the unit that is usually sunk into the wall is instead fixed to the outside of it.
Also, 2 out of 3 of the taps in my house (built in the 70's) are mixer taps (retrofitted), idk about this person's experiences in this video but generally new buildings are built with mixer taps, its just historical reasons that some places still have separate taps.
The electrical outlet (socket) , mounted in a metal box on the wall rather than in it.
Its a style thing, you will notice this was a brick wall, with the bricks unadorned, no plaster or similar.
This will have been an office or warehouse or factory, it will have been converted in to a flat (apartment).
Also you would not want to cut into the walls to fit the electrics, so they are surface mounted.
Her home was probably built before electricity was a thing in homes! those type of outlets are very common in older buildings!
In Scotland our shops are open on Sundays, usually the same hours as other days, but maybe slightly less. Only on some of our small islands, which are still very religious, will object to shops being open on Sundays.
Separate taps came long before mixer taps. It used to be that the cold water came from the mains, and the hot water was stored in a tank in a cupboard or in the attic and heated up. Nowadays most people have a "Combie" boiler that heats the water pretty much right after you've turned the hot tap on. Some homes still have separate taps, some have separate taps in the bathroom but mixer taps in the kitchen. Some public toilets,(bathrooms), and restaurants etc have taps where you just put your hands underneath and it comes on automatically.
To get hand hot water in a two tap sink, just put the bloody plug in the hole. That's what it's for and it ain't rocket science.
I have a Henry. He is about 20 years old now and is incredibly robust. If he ever breaks down, I will get new parts for him, the company is not far from my home. He can cope with all sorts of garage, and building dust, and even some wet stuff. Cleaning contractors clean with Henrys. I could tell you more but am bound by a NDC.
Some stores here will have alcohol for sale in them but you can only buy that between certain hours, I think its 10 at night to 10 or 11 in the morning, It all depends on the license the owner has. So you can go in and look at the beer but not buy it. When you heat the water, you don't need to heat the entire supply, only the little in the hot water tank at least with older systems. We used to have a big hot water tank in the house, though this is an old building, like 1700's old that is constantly modernised. Though its often a case of "If its not broken don't fix it" so loads of folk whose taps work haven't had any need to change them.
Most power sockets are recessed into the plaster (drywall?) like in the USA, but on an exposed brick wall like that there isn’t a way to have the cables internal to the wall, so that surface-mount look is neater
People laugh at, nay, mock me when I say vacuum cleaner or I'm doing the vacuuming
They say 'hoovering with a Henry' but I don't laugh at, nay, mock them as I'm usually outnumbered so I play it safe, sometimes
Never heard of browsing time before
I've never said hoover in my life. Always vacuum.
But then I have a washing machine, not a washer.
An oven, not a cooker.
Some newer British houses retain the double tap system for environmental reasons. A mixer tap encourages users to keep the water running a long time, so using far more. Hot and cold taps work best in conjunction with a drain plug. So you put the right mixture in the hand basin, wash your hands, release the plug, and less water is used. QED.
So the correct answer to "How are you doing?" would be "You don't want to know." if everything isn't fine?
British culture has been around since long before America became a country
I'm British and I prefer separate hot and cold taps, or for the kitchen, separate tap valves feeding a single spigot.
What's wrong with a hoover with a face. I own a Henry hoover at home. My old one I use as a planter in my garden. We use them at work, too. Really good vacuums.
I can't remember the last time I drank a cup of tea, i always drink instant coffee.
I am British and I have never ever ever ever ever heard of 'browsing hours' Stores that open on a Sunday are just open exactly like every other day of the week. They often close an hour earlier than usual but that's about it.
Power switches are a safety feature. Also sockets are chased into the wall. Those box outlets are normally used in factorys and offices. Hoover is often used a generic word for vacuum cleaner. Also say Tipp Ex for correction fluid
I know about early opening for browsing because me and a friend arrived at Oxford Street one cold dreary Sunday morning at 10:30am and it turned out the shops don't open until noon! We were very thankful for those shops that opened at 11:30am for browsing and saved us from the cold 😂
I live in Norway, this is regarding taps. In my house I have 6 different taps. And the one in the cellar bathroom actuaslly have 2, one cold and one hot. :)
My son moved into a new build last year…. 2023… he had separate taps on all sinks. 🤷🏻♀
The switch on the plug socket is relatively new; they never used to have them. There's no need to remove the plug, just switch it off.
The House of Lords contains the Lords Spiritual who are 26 Church of England Bishops. When Sunday Trading was allowed in the 1990s they insisted that the law restricted opening hours for large shops.
Well I've almost had American style black coffee, but thankfully I've realised about the stored UHT milk in my back shelves, at the last minute! Black coffee dont make any sense to us Europeans lol!
Henry hoovers are great although a bit heavy. They are fairly simple, sturdy, machines and just about every part is independently replaceable.
When i first moved back to England, i worked as a cleaner and I used a henry. I had lived here in the UK as a young kid, and remembered them, so naturally i thought my mum (at that point still living in Germany) would remember this friendly faced thing too. So she asked how my first day at work was, and im like " it went well. Henry helped me and followed me around everywhere. Hes so cute" a couple of weeks later she asks me, how things are going with Henry, i say "its great and he still helps me, never leaves my side really", then she asked if he had asked me out yet😂😂 ok.. she clearly didn't remember henry hoover😅
Ref tap, new houses tend to have the one tap, but i rent mine and i still have an avocado 70s bath and sink with 2 taps. I mean the bathroom is so old, my landlord had to replace the pipe last year as the one we had, had deteriorated fully.
Browsing time has caught me out ince or twice. But its good really, as you can get everything you need, get in line and be out by 10.05 and get on with your day. Its also great for people with anxiety, as its quiet and they can get out before the rush. Less distress but still the feeling of self sufficiency.