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Henry’s may not have all the bells and whistles of trendy brands but they are typically half the price, solidly built, come with a host of accessories you can buy for different tasks and they last for ever. That’s why every hotel you visit in the UK uses them.
I couldn’t agree more. I have had a Hetty (is she Henry's girlfriend, if not where did all those little Henrys and Hettys come from?) for about seventeen years and she is still going strong. Henrys, Hettys and the whole gang are all so very reliable.
I have a Henry, had it for about 20 years. At one point I thought i would buy a Dyson. Henry went into the garage. After about 6 months the Dyson was sold and Henry came back indoors. Bit bulky and ugly but proper little workhorse.
Our Henry Xtra is hands down the best vacuum cleaner we have ever had.... knocks spots off the Dyson and the Shark that went before it.
Also you can get replacement parts forever
Keep the old ones running. Repair, *do not replace.* Modern ones break easily. Numatic cornered the commercial market but now trade purely on their old reputation. My current cleaning company is moving away because they haven't had one last more than 6 months before a hose or attachment breaks in the 3 years they've had my contract and Numatics current answer to that is "buy a new Henry." They won't supply spares.
The domestic models are now expensive too. The basic model costs more than a top end Bissel cordless, has less features and attachments, and isn't as well built.
The party seven was the backbone of many British party’s, with several cans floating around in a bath of cold water. Also the special tool to pierce the top and having been bounced around in the boot of a ford escort mk2 often to be known as a party 7 beer bomb.
The Henry vacuum cleaner is amazing. I've had one for twenty years and it works as if i bought it yesterday. It sucks up almost anything and it's easy to empty. I've vacuumed up everything from nails to bits of concrete with it, i even use it to clear up leaves in the garden. it's probably the most efficient household appliance i own.
I've a Shark called Feargal but he's not a great picker up of things, so I bought Henry (well Hettie actually) out of retirement and she's doing great work.
In the early 80's, you could buy a four pint container, similar to our current milk containers, in the pub and get it filled with draught later. I've never liked tinned beer and I remember thinking that this was going to change my life. Funny thing was that the beer developed the taste of tinned beer within the five minutes it took to walk home. Beer clearly doesn't like to be kept in captivity.
In the late 90s my then local used waxed cartons instead so the beer didn't go tinny.
@@nealjroberts4050 They did similar in a village in birmingham.. To try and stop the hobo's from drinking beer in the church yard at night, they but a ban on beer cans being drunk in the area. So some of the local shops started selling beer in Tetrapak cartons..
@@Nobby76 Hobos go tinny too?
Haha I guess not 😂
Carry Keg
The Party 7 was brewed by Watney's, It was intended for sharing at parties, barbecues, etc My main memory of it, as a young man, was that because of the size of the can, most of it went anywhere except in the glass - over your shoes, up your nose, across the table, you name it. It did give rise to a standings joke between me and my friends, though.
If a man passes by wearing shorts, one of us is bound to itter the line "reminds you of 70s beer, doesn't it?...........What knees!"
(Yes, I know. But it entertains us, simple souls that we are lol) xxxx
Hi Amanda! I'm pretty sure you can't buy Lemon Curd anywhere else in the world (apart from a British Corner Shop Abroad). Also, another British institution is milk delivery from milk floats which is in some ways making a very small comeback. I'm sure there's more but that's all folks from me!!!!
Many of my favourite memories is my dad and I delivering things to customers and stopping at the odd Little Chef for lunch.
It's a real shame they went out of business.
Mr Bobby was an invented character used to prank celebrities. They would be invited to appear on a TV show alongside this creepy accident prone "thing" which would quickly escalate towards disaster before it would be revealed who was in the suit and that it was all a joke. No idea why this character still exists.
I remember those party 7 cans and there were party 4 also. I've bought many of them in the 70s.. Yes Amanda I think they were originally meant for sharing at a party but I've drunk many by myself in the past
Still have the Sparkletts tap for them in the back of the cutlery draw in case they ever come back in original form. Have a stock of the CO2 cartridges as used for the Soda Syphon.
@@tonys1636 I've still got the taps too but not the gas cartridges
@@petejones879 Ebay
They came out in the 60s and the beer was awful.
So Mr Blobby started as a spoof Childrens TV character, used to prank celebrities on Noel’s House Party, but became a phenomenon in his own right, had a Christmas number 1 single and eventually did become a fixture of kids TV on the BBC Saturday morning show Live and Kicking in the 1990s.
There was a special can opener and Soda Syphon invented a tap for the can with a small gas cylinder to keep the beer from going flat ( very unlikely, as you took them to Parties) . I remember them fondly us guys would bring them while the girls would bring some sort of Wine, eg. Martini, Cinzano or Asti Spumanti ( a sparkling wine).
In the last few days, with all the drama in the soap opera of our parliament, someone posted a very apt tweet!!
The last honest person to enter Parliament was Guy Fawkes!!
So very throughly British!!😂
Hi Amanda, The Cornish pasty was originally eaten by the Tin miners in Cornwall, its thick serrated crust edge was used as handles to hold the pasty and then thrown away because of the tin on the miners hands. The inside of the pasty was divided into two halves made from the left overs from the previous nights diner/supper, one side was savoury, meat/veg and the other sweet, apple for example.
The using of the crust for handles then throwing it away has been proven to be false.
@@6panel300 on what bullshit website did you hear this
pmsl you read this off a ginsters packet lol
@@Mouse2222 inside the factory on bbc tv. Also they held the pasty with a cloth or bag to keep it clean. And tin miners didn't invent then either.
@@6panel300 i dont watch the BBC spewing their bile
Mr Blobby was last seen a few weeks ago auditioning for BGT. Though knocked out for the semi finals, they had him back during the semis as a guest. Standards are REALLY slipping on BGT!
My Dad woud have a Party Seven at Christmas and when we went on holiday. Yeah...I take after him...can do 7 pints and then some, in one sitting. 😆 You used to put a hole in it with a can opener sort of thing. It was like a hook. You hooked it on the edge and pulled it up and the other end went down and pierced into the can. Basically it was a big can of beer that you poured out of the pierced hole. I remember them really well from when I was growing up.
Yea, if it had been rolling around in the boot of the car on the way back from the off licence you got beer sprayed all over the ceiling !!
@@johncummins3860 🤣🤣🤣
What was great about a party 7 was if you carried one to a party it got so shaken up that on opening half of the beer sprayed everywhere and over anyone in range. Luckily several were usually brought along ensuring plenty to drink ( yes it was not good beer) and almost nobody escaped some level of spray from an erupting can.
party 7 ,, yeah you shared . a 70s house party hadn't started until someone tried opening one with a screwdriver and a hammer ( no pull tab ) you usually re painted the ceiling after parties
Hahah brilliant
The clue is in the name - 'party seven'; it's for contribution/catering to a party, when partygoers are expected to bring drink with them.
Mr Blobby released his self-titled song "Mr Blobby" on 11th December 1993 and it spent 1 week at number 1 in the UK Singles Chart , but reclaimed the top spot to become the Christmas number 1 ( it spent 3 weeks at number 1) , denying Take That from getting the Christmas number one
5:30 In a way you have that in the US, corporations lobbying to tweak, block, or enact laws to benefit corporations and shareholders. And the occasional corruption scandal to boot.
The Party 7 keg was designed to take to parties rather than individual bottles or cans, it came with a tap so you could pour the contents into a glass, i believe there was a bigger version too, Mr Blobby started out terrorising celebrities in the TV show Noel's House Party and was extremely funny as he just caused chaos, he wasn't ever meant to be a children's character, just to wind up the famous of stage, screen and sports, he used to physically push them around and jump all over them and even had a No.1 song in the charts, he was hugely popular at the time and recently appeared again in Britain's Got Talent.
Blobby for PM!!!
There was a smaller "Party Four", but I don't remember a bigger one.
It reminds me of a joke from that time: what's the definition of a human body? A device for turning Ruddles County into Watneys.
Henry vacuum cleaners are sold in Australia and New Zealand.
Henry Hoovers may not be the most powerful or sophisticated, but they keep on working and aren't expensive to buy.
Back in 2006 I pulled one out of a builders skip, half buried in concrete dust and bricks.
Good cleanup ( looked like they used it to suck up sand and plaster) and a cheap replacement hose, and it's still working away !
You’re correct, generally, people didn’t drink directly from a ‘Party Seven’ can. The idea was, as the name implies, that they were bought to use at parties, so you had seven pints in one container. However, this was in the dark days of he 70’s when major conglomerate breweries totally dominated the market, and they got away with inflicting, as the video suggests, truly awful beer on the drinking public. The can in the video was from a brewery called ‘Watneys’, which many people, rightly, referred to as ‘Grotneys’. Fortunately CAMRA, (The Campaign for Real Ale, possibly the most successful consumer group ever), came along and managed to consign the Watneys name, and several brand names of sub standard beer, to history.
On HoL, agreed. It's weird. Today's Guardian has an article by Norman Fowler, a minister in Margaret Thatcher's government who has worked at reforming it for decades.
Despite this week's s**t show of Boris Johnson's 'retirement' list of appointments, ironically, HoL has far better and deeper debates than HoC. Many members are mostly appointed based on their great experience and achievements in their careers in science, sport, arts, business, law, etc. Even some hereditary lords are genuinely useful contributors. So, an elected 2nd chamber is not necessarily ideal. Some better way to make use of high calibre people might be proposed
The Canadian Senate is something like the House of Lords. Senators are appointed (technically, by the Crown), and used to serve for life, although there is now a retirement age of 75. ALL laws in Canada must go through the Senate - which is an unelected body. One thing that is unique is Tizer. While I like Irn Bru, Tizer is amazing, and very rare to find here in Canada!
The first pint of a party seven usually ended up on the ceiling due to the pressure build up. The rest was half froth and half warm beer.
Mr Blobby first came light as a tool for Noel Edmunds to prank unsuspecting celebrities on his house party show. It would be a hidden camera section where they thought they were making a children's program. Blobby was in the show and would ruin filming. Eventually after hours of torment Noel would reveal he was inside the costume. Sorry for the long winded answer but I thought that would be an explanation you could understand.
I'd forgotten that , a pity it didn't end there
Mr Blobby was creepy, but not as creepy as Noel Edmonds.
Don't think it was Noel inside as were often on stage together in 'House Party', Noel appearing to make the hidden camera reveal whist Blobby still on stage. Like the 'Stig' we may never know which struggling actor was inside him.
@Tony S here is a link of him doing exactly what I said. ruclips.net/video/-j9of2IPCRE/видео.html
@@tonys1636 It was mostly the GOTCHA segments with Blobby that Noel presented the trophy to the intended victim...
I used to be a grill chef at a little chef. Loved it. Was so busy. Sunday afternoon was always mad. Everyone wanted to come eat there
I bet 😊
Kids were terrified of Mr Blobby, used to be hysterical
Haha I bet
I wa born too late to sample Party Seven but, my father informed me that it was the proverbial 'GNATS PISS' with a hint of metallic!!.
Yeah, Mr Blobby is like Marmite, you either love him or hate him, personally I was a Mr Blobby fan back in the 90's, and so was my mum for that matter! He even released his own song which reached number 1 in the charts back in 1993!😄
Most notably, the Mr Blobby novelty single was the *Christmas* number one, which was one of those weird British cultural obsessions of the recent past. Also, I bought it, and I'm pretty sure I still have the CD somewhere.
I use that CD as a revenge tactic on some rather disagreeable neighbors... After the 10th or 20th loop in a row...they'd announce that they're moving out of the neighborhood... Then I learned the entire time on the bagpipes and played along...
I bought it on cassette, I don't think I discovered CD's until a few years later!😄
Mr. Blobby was originally a Saturday night sensation. I like Henry Hoover and Mr. Blobby. They cheer me up, in an otherwise depressing world.
The great joy of the Party 7 was rifling through someone else's kitchen trying to find something to open it with, before eventually settling on a screwdriver and fork and using these to knock 2 holes in the top, one to pour from and one to allow the air in. The beer itself was dreadful and was always room temperature because you could never fit the massive can in the fridge.
The question about drinking a Party Seven, in Australia there's the Darwin stubby... which is 2,252ml... in a glass bottle, the other standard sizes are long-neck 750ml, crowne 500ml and stubby 357ml.
I remember the Party 7 very well. When I was younger16/17, I was the only one in my group of mates that looked old enough to buy one. We would get one and share it round. No need for I.D back in the early 70s !
Mr. Blobby was NOT for kids. It would give adults nightmares, never mind kids !!
He’s creepy haaa
Also got a Party 7 for the FA Cup final, even though I was the only one in my family who watched it.
@@LADYRAEUK He was the unintended sex symbol of the 1990s...
The alternate name for Little Chef was Little Thief due to how expensive they were.
I thought mr blobby was a thing of the past.. There was even a Mr blobby record a single in the charts.. I think it was around Xmas time one year
New to your page and from the UK. It's interesting seeing your opinion on things from here and glad you like living here
Is that another page you have?
The best thing at Little Chef, was the cherries and pancakes. 😋
Have you noticed? You never see Mr Blobby and Boris Johnson on telly together at the same time?
12:00 Especially spooky given that they have the same metier…
Oooh yeah, Greggs sausage, bean & cheese melt, my favourite crappy treat now and again 🤤
I use my Henry every day at work up to 6 hours for dust extraction when sanding plaster etc, 8 years old still goin strong. Mr Blobby was never as creepy as Schofield the nonce.
Many people undervalue the House of Lords, it acts as a brake on some of the more extreme legislation that comes out of the commons, often in response to public reaction to an event. They can't actually block legislation forever, they can only slow it down by sending it back for amendment, but only a few times(three?). It's also not only composed of the aristocracy (wealth has nothing to do with it!) but includes life peers appointed by the commons (the current PM usually) as well as high-ranking Anglican clergy, judges, and a few others. Because they don't have to answer to an electorate they don't have to support populist measures when these are potentially damaging to the nation. It does tend towards the conservative(small c) but it is only ever a brake not a block.
Aren't there very few hereditary peers now? Some very dodgy people get appointed though. But in general I agree with your assessment, Alan, and disagree with the original video which obviously completely colours Amanda's response.
@@myotherchannel2729 I think hereditary peers (ie the aristocracy) still form the majority but in practice, very few of them turn up for debates (unless maybe it's about fox hunting or such) so, in reality, it is the appointed peers who will usually have the say.
@@alangauld6079 According to Wikipedia's "House of Lords" article "In 1999, the practice of hereditary membership was abolished save for 92 excepted hereditary peers. Today, 90 hereditary peers are elected by internal by-elections, and the remaining two are appointed upon succession as the Earl Marshal or Lord Great Chamberlain. Membership of the House of Lords is no longer inherited." 92 out of 779 peers counts as "very few hereditary peers now" in my opinion, especially considering that prior to that they were 57% of the members of the House of Lords.
@@myotherchannel2729 Ah, I missed that change. That is a "Good Thing" IMHO. It removes the biggest weakness of the "Lords" in that it was largely populated by inherited peers with a personal agenda, even if most were "never shows". Thanks for pointing that out.
Not a beer drinker but the Party Seven is still probably better than White Lightening (and I am a cider drinker)
I believe both here and the US Re Zone the boundaries of constituencies to best suit their particular candidates (although we did eventually get rid of Rotten Boroughs which could have only one eligible voter, see the Blackadder episode)
I was a kid when Party 7s were popular: I can remember my Dad bringing them home for parties. And the tin opener people would use, to open them. They Were weird looking things!
As for the House of Lords … ?
Feel free to be as sarcastic as you want … …
the crust tradirionally on a cornish pasty wasn't eaten it was just used as somewhere to hold it while you ate the rest of it
Yep, originally designed for.miners to eat with dirty hands. also savory at one end and sweet at the other. I used to make them like that for my packed lunch as a builder. I could make a batch at the weekend, then defrost them the night before. But sadly it seems to have gone out of the fashion, sweet and savory part.
and they are so dry, you need a Party 7 to wash it down!
Greggs... the whole world needs to experience the festive bake around christmas time.
Party Seven. Seven pints @ 20 fluid ounces a pint is 140 floz. In US, @ 16 floz a pint, that's 112 floz - big difference. The P7 alcohol level was higher than Millers and Bud in US back then. P7 was foul, like US beer, but even worse. P7 and the rest of mainstream brewing at the time gave rise to CAMRA and better beer for everyone.
Travelling and washing dishes in backwoods US in early 1970s, was astonished at how Americans couldn't hold beer. They were getting silly after 2 US pints of week beer. We'd be bog steady sober after a whole night of jugs. It was fun confusing them as they assumed we'd be drunk and try to suggest stupid stuff that we could see through immediately. Bog, the appropriate word - many visits to the gents (bathroom)
Haha I bet it was a laugh!
Those Henry vacuums are GREAT. I had a Dyson and a Vax, now have a Henry and it seems to clean better. And more durable/reliable too.
There used to be a shop at the end of my street that sold Henry hoovers
Henry is the best. With such a simple hoover it goes on forever. Unbeatable.
Mr Blobby started out as a "gotcha" segment on Noels House Party to trick actors and actresses who thought they were filming a kids TV show. It was like one of those hidden camera shows where they would get the guest to do strange and funny things before revealing that it was all a joke.
Lol he just kept going
At 71 I remember getting through many Party Sevens. The Party Seven was for many people or one, depended on the occasion. Another great one Amanda.
The Dad of my ex-best friend worked for Pneumatic International, who made the vacuums. Richard (his son) named Henry and his friends.
Or as crazy as having a Queen\King. In a place of power only through being born into a family. Lets just hope they all will be nice people.🤞
I remember our local Little Chef. It was not to bad. Now it's a Starbucks where you have to take out a mortgage for a coffee.
In Scotland more In Bru is sold than Coke...and I don't mean the powder!
Lol!
I have heard that 👍🏻
The House of Lords can amend legislation passed in the House of Commons, but if the Commons doesn’t like the changes, it can just amend them straight back. In the event of a standoff, the elected chamber can always get its way. Hereditary peers are a dying breed, and the Lords nowadays more closely resembles the Canadian Senate. Having said that, reform is probably overdue, but governments keep chickening out, because they can’t decide on what reform should look like.
I have tried many different vacuum cleaners over the decades, including those god awful Dyson things which never lasted and kept clogging up. My vacuum cleaner has to cope with not jut grit and dirt from the dogs coming in and out on my muddy land, buy spilled parrot seed, to cat litter which has been trodden across the floor and when I bred rodents, I cleaned the cages by using my Henry. It sucked everything up with a happy smile and never clogged or threw a tantrum because it disliked the stinky damp mouse cage substrate.
My original Henry lasted 18 years!
That's 18 years of being used as I described
Yet the narrator said "It's not the best vacuum cleaner on the market".
Well if there is a better one at the price, I've never heard of it.
Amanda , The thing about the house of lords is that they are the leaders of their industries, it is the heads of transport companies, members of parliament, education leaders, the arts, environment and so on. Anyone can become prime minister, it is a popularity contest and has nothing to do with ability, so any legislation has to be double checked by people who actually know what they are talking about, so the house of lords checks the legislation and must also pass it, or pass it back to be rewritten.
A Party Seven was meant to be shared, hence "Party", i bet plenty of people tried to drink a whole one.
I remember the Watney's Party Seven from my childhood. That and Concord wine.
I remember a Tizer Cool, it was supposed to be cool even if not kept in the fridge. I think it used menthol
The Party 7 predated the ring pull.
There was a tap you were supposed to use with it that injected CO2, and was intended to make it last longer & keep it from going flat. Usually people will have just punched holes in it and lost half the contents in a frothy mess.
You can get a 4 pint takeaway of draught beer from many pubs, or a box (polypin) from a brewery.
Ah I’ve never seen that 👍🏻
The "Little Thief" died because people would get their drinks served instantly but they made you wait 20-30 mins for your food to make you buy another drink and spend more money. People were just pissed off having to spend an hour in the "Little Thief" to eat a meal when Mc D's had you served and on your way in 5 mins. "Little Thief" was a victim of its own service policy.
That sounds awful lol
henry vacuum is also available in Canada. As for the House of Lords Canada has the Senate which is based on the UKs version. The Senate is an appointment by given by any present day governing government of the day. Here in Canada the Senators have to be land owners and can keep their seat until they age out at 75 years of age.
Our family used to have big Christmas parties we used to have a 50 pint keg, we used to get h it from the brewery. They do the small kegs in Asda I have seen them .
Amanda, hilarious you thought one person necked the whole Party Seven. You had it at a party for everyone to share!
She was not wrong, certainly my experience back in the day...
I used to drink one to myself.
OMG! All these years, and now I find out that my piece of s**t ex husband was meant to "share" the Party 7! I never even enjoyed one single drop of the stuff 'til the keg went on sale and it tasted truly vile.
Main issue was that most fridges couldn't accommodate such a huge tin of beer, so it was often consumed warm. Eeeeewww, warm beer is the work of the devil.
Henry Vacuum cleaners are pretty much indestructible, probably not a builders van without one inside.
Party seven's were Ok but you had to drink quite quickly because they were flat and had no life after about 20 minutes. Cheaper than going to the pub and easier if you were underage!
Henry hoovers are brilliant, i use one for work , if it will fit up the hose it will suck it up , and great for dust extraction while sanding
There's only one Greggs in Cornwall and that only opens up during the holiday seasons to give the tourists some food.
Rest of the year it remains closed because the locals won't touch it with a bargepole.
It's a pasty issue.
Ah, Mr Blobby takes some explanation. He was actually a parody of children's TV characters, who became a cultural icon. I forget that younger people may not know the history, so settle in.
Kids TV in the UK has long been associated with puppets. From pretty much the start, the BBC'S 'Watch with Mother' featured programmes such as Muffin the Mule, Andy Pandy, and Bill and Ben the Flowerpot men which all used string puppets - some of whom interacted with live presenters.
Later, in the 50's and 60's the most famous example was probably Sooty (and later Sweep, and Sue) a bear hand puppet, puppeteered by Harry Corbett, and later his son, Matthew Corbett. The puppets started to become more 'cheeky,' Sooty often had a water pistol for example with which he'd spray his human friends.
In the 70's kids shows with bigger 'ventriloquist' style puppets were popular, Keith Harris and Orville the Duck, and Rod Hull and Emu. The latter being particularly anarchic, the joke was that Emu would attack everyone, including his 'handler,' Rod. Their appeal went far beyond kids, they would be on variety shows and talk shows for adults, attacking the other guests verbally or physically for laughs.
If that all seems really strange, just consider the Muppets who started at around the same time. The Muppets also had their own brand of anarchy, with Miss Piggy, Fozzy Bear, Animal and Gonzo all creating havoc for fun. The UK versions just tended a bit more to the slapstick comedy of Bugs Bunny, than the gentler comedy of Mickey Mouse.
In the same era we also got 'Rainbow', a kids TV show fronted by live presenters and two infamous hand puppets, Zippy and George, plus an equally infamous person in a Bear suit - Bungle.
So, in the 80's and 90's, no British kids TV show with live presenters was complete without a comedy character, usually a hand puppet. Some of the best-loved were Basil Brush, and Gordon the Gopher. They were there to provide comic relief and to upstage the live presenters at any given opportunity.
Just as the Muppets, many of these puppets became stars in their own right, with TV shows, books and even music careers. No movies that I'm aware of, but I may be wrong.
Alongside all these puppet stars were human stars too, of course. One of those was a man called Noel Edmonds, who went from radio DJ to wacky kids TV in the 70's, and in the 80's and 90's was one of the key presenters on the BBC, he was the Ant and Dec of his day, just in one man.
His show 'Noel's House Party' was the precursor to Saturday night shows we have today, 'Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway' being very similar. In fact, many of the elements of their show are basically direct copies of his show, including a section where they trick a celebrity into making a fool of themselves with hidden cameras and actors being 'wacky.'
In one of these segments on Noel's House Party, Mr Blobby was introduced as a parody of children's TV show characters. He was totally invented, there was no 'Mr Blobby,' kids hsow. But he was plausible enough that the celebrity would imagine they were being filmed for a real kids show, only to have Mr Blobby be a nightmare to work with. At the end Mr Blobby would take his head off, revealing it was Noel playing a prank all along! The poi t of Mr Blobby is that he was a parody, an extreme version of a kids TV show character that went beyond the normal craziness into absolute chaos - for a hidden camera segment on a hit TV show.
However, in a case of life imitating art (or art imitating art) Mr Blobby became a loved figure in his own right. He got his own kids TV show (a real one this time), a hit single, even his own theme park! He got booked as a guest on adult shows too, but just like Emu before him, his role was to provide slapstick fun by destroying everything.
It's a weird phenomenon, because now some children may have grown up with Mr Blobby, never knowing that his origins are a joke, a parody of 'real' kids TV.
So, I hope that explains Mr Blobby, not just to Americans, but to the kids that were too young to understand his original intent.
Noel Edmands House Party was the main culprit for making Mr. Blobby famous,
There was also a theme park opened in Morecambe in Lancashire, UK,
Noel Edmands now hosts the game show “Deal or no deal”,
🇬🇧😎👍🏼
He hasn't hosted anything for years. He retired from presenting and now lives in New Zealand.
You're not the only one, most people in Britain think the house of Lords is ridiculous too.
"It seems insane that if you're rich enough, you can have an impact on the laws of the people without actually being elected by the people"
Meanwhile American lobbyists...
Mr Blobby started out as part of a Saturday evening “Prime Time” show called Noel’s House Party, (I think it was that one). Part of the show involved the host pranking a celebrity. Usually they were put into a fake situation like a photo shoot with a terrible photographer and wind the celebrity up by make the situation steadily worse. Blobby was how the show’s presenter got onto set for the reveal that it was a prank. For some weird and crazy reason Mr Blobby got famous and has been wreaking havoc ever since!
He really is so creepy lol
If you watch more of his appearances you’ll see he’s not that creepy. He’s just incredibly annoying. A character designed to simply create as much chaos as possible like a petulant child.
What you need to take on board is that the % of alcohol in a party 7 was a lot less than the alcohol content today. Wine in the 1060s/ 70s had an ABV of around 8 to 9% with most beers under 4% ABV. SO YOU ARE NOT COMPARING LIKE WITH LIKE
As well as the party seven beer there were cardboard containers with a plastic bag inside and a tap that held about 7 pints of wine for the ladies.
You brought a clip on beer tap for the party 7 which contained a small CO2 canister, it operated just lick a soda syphon
There will as a party four as well,once open you had to drink the lot ,lol bit of a knack to opening to! Happy days
In my 50 odd years I've never heard of colin the caterpillar or seen any caterpillar cake
Party sevens were 7 pints that you took to a party of teenagers - normally of a cheap beer - beer became unpopular and also REAL ALE took hold
Regarding the the House of Lords being able to block laws ,5 minutes ago i read that they've blocked the government's plan to allow employers to sack employees who go on strike, it's not all bad ,love your vlogs ❤❤. Ps Mr Blobby didn't start out as a childs programme character .Party 7s were mostly bought for parties or a group of men/lads get together say for a game of cards ,it was cheap and not very good, having said that 75 pence for 7 pints sounds good today .❤❤
They can only temporarily block laws and/or recommend amendment of laws they lost most real powers after a change in laws regarding them in 1911.Yes,they may be uneletected,but this doesn't necessarily mean they make bad decisions.Please note: the rich landowners thing trumpeted by the video commentator,Amanda,is out of date as while,yes,some still are-and,yes,they tend to be Conservative- they're limited by rules bought in the Blair government to 92 out of 600 or 700 or so the rest are far more diverse party-wise and,anyway,Politicians you can vote for don't necessarily vote for things in parliament the way you'd like them to (YES,you can vote them out,but,who's to say their replacements will be any better.Also,Amanda,there are Lords who are called Crossbenchers,who don't aline themselves with any party politically 🎩
The Government never likes the House of Lords because they refuse to do as they're told - their job is to do what is right. That's why having people with independent means and a sense of duty is still a good idea. But Government after government after government has tried to overwhelm this, by packing the second chamber with political nominees and 'mates'.
They can't actually block laws. They can only make ammendments, these ammendments must be passed by Parliament. Even then they can only make ammendments 3 times after which an act of Parliament can be passed bypassing the Lords. It is however shocking that they can sign in get their 300 quid daily allowance then sod off without doing sweet FA
The UK Imperial pint is 20% bigger than the US pint too. So 7 UK pints is about 8.4 US pints, lol.
That’s insane! Lol
The comments about the House of Lords are incorrect; there is a rump of hereditary peers, about 90, the others are life peers, most affiliated to the main political parties, or cross-benchers.
Ah ok
Thanks 😊
thw whole idea of a party seven was to share it, I can actually rememember those been out when I was a kid
Its no surprise we like drinking in the uk during winter time is basically how hiccup in how to train your dragon descibes berk particularly Scotland. Just without the dragons
I love my Henry! I have a three storey house and only have to plug it in once.
That's how cans looked! And you can treat Henry like a slave. I always eff and blind at mine 😂.
Mr Blobby was also Christmas number 1 in 1993 beating BABE by TAKE THAT
I’ve had my Henry 18 years and he’s still 100% 👍 how dare they say they aren’t the best 😮😮
They are the best, absolutely. Simple, rugged and effective- perfect design.
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The Henry is pretty popular in The Netherlands, widely available
The party 7 was difficult to open if you didn't have a can opener. My mate used a carving knife smashing it into the top, Unfortunately Newtons 3rd law of motion was in play and he didn't open the can and his hand slipped down the blade slicing down to the bone, blood everywhere lol
Mini kegs were available pretty much all over Europe but not by the same "party-seven" name.
Also the "Henry" and his siblings can be bought in most European countries.
As for tabloids, they are indeed everywhere but in the UK they seem to be pretty much the norm where in other countries there more like a niche.
HI amanda i used to get a party 7 when i was 16 and couldn,t go to the pub but the time you had drunk it you had peed most of it out as it took ages to drink but still brings back happy memories mainly around christmas or new year, good times
Arch Bishops can also sit in the House of Lords.
Is Henry related to J. Edgar?
Party 7 was actually disgusting beer, but as it was cheap, people took it to parties and then drank the wine!
Agree with you about Denny’s, my personal favourite when I lived in Chicago and when visiting the USA is IHOP.
I've had pasties supposedly genuine Cornish. In the western US likely Tempe AZ.