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Radio Leicester,3 mins

Meet the man from Aylestone who owns the oldest working vacuum cleaner in the country!

Jim Davis and Jo Hayward

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A man from Aylestone in Leicester has got the oldest working vaccuum cleaner in the country! His name is Bill Whitwam and the old Hoover Senior was bought for his Mum and Dad as a wedding present in 1929...and is still going strong! BBC Radio Leicester's Bridget Blair has been to meet Bill at his home and find out more about the vacuum which still has plenty of va va voom.

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