Forum home› The potting shed
This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.

A Ewbank sweeper for stairs, were any made?

young codgeryoung codger Posts: 543
in The potting shed
I was given a normal size Bissel brand Ewbank sweeper a few months ago, to  take to the local tip. I decided to have a go with it and was surprised that it actually works. 

It  occurred to me that maybe I can buy one for the stairs?  Were these ever made for stairs, anyone know? 

Posts

  • CeresCeres Posts: 2,698
    Are you referring to the manually operated carpet sweeper or something a bit more modern and hi-tech?
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I’ve never known of a Ewbank small enough for stairs,  I have a very small one of a different make but don’t think even that one would do the stairs.
    You can buy a little hand held vac that would do the job. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    It wouldn't get anywhere near the edges. A small one would be handy for collecting snack crumbs from in front of the sofa, though 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • young codgeryoung codger Posts: 543
    Ceres said:
    Are you referring to the manually operated carpet sweeper or something a bit more modern and hi-tech?
    A manual one.
  • young codgeryoung codger Posts: 543
    Lyn said:
    I’ve never known of a Ewbank small enough for stairs,  I have a very small one of a different make but don’t think even that one would do the stairs.
    You can buy a little hand held vac that would do the job. 
    Me neither, but I thought someone may know. I will have to get with the 21st century  
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    I thought they did a child size one in the 1960's  (get them trained early), but if you put in Ewbank minisweep on ebay there is a little one that might do the job.
  • young codgeryoung codger Posts: 543
    Bevin girls   :)

    Thank you Fidget bones.  I will take a look on the site.

    In the current  situation of rip off energy costs, I would have been tempted to use the mangle dryer if I had not got rid of it. 

    Another reason of why obesity is such a problem. I imagine in the 60s people did not need to go to gyms after a shift of manual work.
  • CeresCeres Posts: 2,698
    young codger said:
    Bevin girls   :)

    Thank you Fidget bones.  I will take a look on the site.

    In the current  situation of rip off energy costs, I would have been tempted to use the mangle dryer if I had not got rid of it. 

    Another reason of why obesity is such a problem. I imagine in the 60s people did not need to go to gyms after a shift of manual work.

    I think the food helped with the lack of obesity. There was still food rationing at the beginning of the 1950s and things took a long time to improve. Exotic foreign dishes hardly featured on most menus and chicken was a treat that only appeared at Christmas. The road from small portions of fatty stew to pizza has been a long one. Fizzy drinks were a luxury and Corona was occasionally delivered around neighbourhoods by lorry.....we weren't allowed any. So, manual work helped but mostly we were all eating small portions though I did have some fat friends......I have no idea how they managed it.
Sign In or Register to comment.