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Roger Bannister………the first man ever to run a mile in less than four minutes!!!!!

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Breaking the four minute barrier was first achieved on the 6th May 1954 at Oxford University’s Iffley Road Track, by Roger Bannister at the age of 25 years old.  The actual time was 3.59.4 minutes – that’s an average running speed of 15mph………………The track was later named after him!!

In 1975 he was quite rightly knighted for his legendary achievement and he became Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister.  He became the first Chairman of the Sports Council (now call Sport England) and went on to become a Neurologist and Master of Pembroke College in Oxford, before retiring in 1993.

Masterflex Technical Hoses Limited

Units G & H, Prince of Wales Business Park,

Vulcan Street, Oldham, OL1 4ER

Tel: 0161 626 8066     Fax: 0161 626 9066

Monday – Friday: 8 – 5pm

Email: info@masterflex-uk.com

 or www.masterflex-uk.com

What industry do you specialise in?
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What industry do you specialise in?

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Here at Masterflex, we manufacture hoses and ducting to suit many different industries.

Do you work in Construction or Woodworking and require flexible hoses, on a next day delivery?

We can send all stock items out for delivery, if the order has been received before 2:30pm.

Masterflex use a wide variety of couriers for the best results and the prices are as follows:

Standard next day delivery = £14 per box (standard orders)

(If you place your order before 2:30pm, we will ship using a next day service on all stock items,

and often on made-to-order items too, if placed early enough)

Oversized orders / multiple boxes = £20

Standard before mid day = £20

Before 10am = £30

Pallet= £40

These prices are for Monday – Friday delivery.

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If you can’t see your industry, then call us and we can give you some advice on a suitable product.

Alternatively, if you need a sample to see how the hose is constructed, its durability and if it will fit, then contact our office directly.

Masterflex Technical Hoses Limited

Units G & H, Prince of Wales Business Park,

Vulcan Street, Oldham, OL1 4ER

Tel: 0161 626 8066     Fax: 0161 626 9066

Monday – Friday: 8 – 5pm

Email: marketing@masterflex-uk.com  or www.masterflex-uk.com

What does Masterflex do?
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What does Masterflex do?

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Here at Masterflex, we manufacture hoses and ducting to suit many different industries.

Do you work in Construction or Woodworking and require flexible hoses, on a next day delivery?

We can send all stock items out for delivery, if the order has been received before 2:30pm.

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If you can’t see your industry, then call us and we can give you some advice on a suitable product.

Alternatively, if you need a sample to see how the hose is constructed, bore and durability, then contact our office directly.

Masterflex Technical Hoses Limited

Units G & H, Prince of Wales Business Park,

Vulcan Street, Oldham, OL1 4ER

Tel: 0161 626 8066     Fax: 0161 626 9066

Monday – Friday: 8 – 5pm

Email: marketing@masterflex-uk.com  or www.masterflex-uk.com

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Happy 100th Birthday to Vera Lynn…. The forces “Sweetheart”…!!!!

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Vera Welch was born on 20 March 1917 in East Ham, part of east London.  By the age of seven, Vera was singing in working men’s clubs.  When she turned 11, Vera took her grandmother’s maiden name of Lynn as a stage name.

In 1936, when she was 19, she had her first solo record – called Up the Wooden Hill to Bedfordshire. By the age of 22 she had sold more than a million records.  However, it was during World War Two that her reputation was made. She frequently sang to the troops at morale-boosting concerts, becoming known as “The Forces’ Sweetheart”. One off her most popular songs was “We’ll Meet Again” which was released in 1939.

She was appointed OBE in 1969, made a Dame in 1975, and a Companion of Honour in 2016.

What an amazing life this Lady has had.  Happy Birthday Dame Vera Lynn from Masterflex

Masterflex Technical Hoses Limited, Units G & H, Prince of Wales Business Park, Vulcan Street, Oldham.    OL1 4ER

Telephone Number 0161 626 8066

Fax Number 0161 626 9066

Email: info@masterflex-uk.com

or visit our Website @Masterflex

 

 

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Top O’ the morning to you

StPatricksDayHappy

Today, March 17th, celebrates the life and work of the patron Saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick.

Saint Patrick’s Day was made an official Christian feast day in the early 17th century and is observed by the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion (especially the Church of Ireland), the Eastern Orthodox Church, and Lutheran Church.

The day commemorates Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland, and celebrates the heritage and culture of the Irish in general. Celebrations generally involve public parades and festivals, céilithe, and the wearing of green attire or shamrocks. Christians also attend church services and the Lenten restrictions on eating and drinking alcohol are lifted for the day, which has encouraged and propagated the holiday’s tradition of alcohol consumption.

On St Patrick’s Day it is customary to wear shamrocks and/or green clothing or accessories (the “wearing of the green”). St Patrick is said to have used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to the pagan Irish. This story first appears in writing in 1726, though it may be older. In pagan Ireland, three was a significant number and the Irish had many triple deities, a fact that may have aided St Patrick in his evangelisation efforts.

Get in touch with Masterflex, and let us know how will you be celebrating?

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Chinese new year 2017

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Chinese New Year 2017 will take place from January 28 to February 11

“Kung hay fat choy”

The year of the Rooster!!

Did you know that the Chinese celebrate their New Year by exchanging red envelopes with money inside to each other.  The red paper envelope is said to be the symbol of energy and it represents happiness and luck.  It is said to be impolite to open a red envelope in front of the person who has given it to you.

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Masterflex Technical Hoses Limited
Units G & H, Prince of Wales Business Park,
Vulcan Street, Oldham, OL1 4ER
Tel: 0161 626 8066 Fax: 0161 626 9066
Monday – Friday: 8am – 5pm
Email: marketing@masterflex-uk.com or visit masterflex-uk.com

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Bonfire Night

Remember, remember the fifth of November,
Gunpowder treason and plot.
We see no reason
Why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!
Guy Fawkes, guy, t’was his intent
To blow up king and parliament.
Three score barrels were laid below
To prove old England’s overthrow.

By god’s mercy he was catch’d
With a darkened lantern and burning match.
So, holler boys, holler boys, Let the bells ring.
Holler boys, holler boys, God save the king.

And what shall we do with him?
Burn him!

Ever since 1605, bonfires have burned on 5th November to mark the failed “Gunpowder Plot”, led by Guy Fawkes and Robert Catesby who aimed to assassinate the Protestant King James and replace him with his daughter Princess Elizabeth

When Queen Elizabeth 1st took the throne of England she Passed laws preventing Catholics from practising their religion, forcing them underground. Guy Fawkes and his friends had hoped that King James 1st would change the laws back, but he didn’t.

Catholics had to practise their religion in secret and there were even fines for people who didn’t attend the Protestant church on Sunday or on holy days. James 1st passed more laws against the Catholics when he became king.

Fawkes and Catesby planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament, and with it the King. The plot was simple; the next time Parliament was opened by King James l, they would blow up everyone there with gunpowder.

The conspirators bought a house next door to the parliament building and filled it with gunpowder. Guy Fawkes was given the job to keep watch over the barrels of gunpowder and to light the fuse but on the morning of 5th November, soldiers discovered Fawkes hidden in the cellar and arrested him. The trail of gunpowder at his feet would never be lit.

The tradition of Guy-Fawkes related bonfire began the same year as the failed plot. At the time, Londoners knew little more than that their King had been saved, and they lit bonfires to celebrate. As the years passed, however, the ritual became more elaborate.

Fireworks were added to the celebrations, as were home-made ‘Guys’ representing Guy Fawkes which are laid on to the bonfire and burned.

Bonfire Night is not only celebrated in Britain. The tradition crossed the oceans and established itself in the British colonies during the centuries. It was actively celebrated in New England as “Pope Day” as late as the 18th century. Today, November 5th bonfires still light up in far out places like New Zealand and Newfoundland in Canada.

 

Masterflex have hoses and ductings to suit all kinds of applications, from Electrically Conductive materials for use in highly explosive environments, to High Temperature Ductings that can handle fumes vapours and air up to +1100°C

Masterflex Technical Hoses Limited
Units G & H, Prince of Wales Business Park,
Vulcan Street, Oldham, OL1 4ER
Tel: 0161 626 8066 Fax: 0161 626 9066
Monday – Friday: 8am – 5pm
Email: marketing@masterflex-uk.com or visit masterflex-uk.com

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Happy 100th Birthday, Roald Dahl

Born September 13th, 1916, Roald Dahl would be celebrating his 100th birthday today. Perhaps Matilda, the BFG, Charlie, Wonka and the Fantastic Mr Fox would be invited round to Uncle Oswalds for Giant Peach and chocolate.

Dahl was a prolific writer, best known for his, often dark, children’s books, notably James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda and The Fantastic Mr Fox. Later in his career he wrote books aimed squarely at the adult market, without losing any of the wit, skill and dark humour that made his children’s offerings such hits.

Hoses for use in Wonka’s Chocolate Factory

The Chocolate Room

Masterflex templine® Heated Hose can keep its media at a steady temperature using electrical elements along its length. It is ideal where constant temperature and a flexible design is essential.
Perfect for glue, chocolate, polyamide, temperature critical chemical transportation.

Temperature up to 220degC
Pressure resistance up to 500 Bar

More info for templine Heated Hose

The Inventing Room

Everlasting Gob Stoppers, Hair Toffee and Three Course Dinner Gum can be abrasive, and would need a medium duty, food safe hose to transport.

Masterflex have a range of FDA approved food hoses made from food safe Polyether Polyurethane, or PVC.

Master PUR L Food, PUR H Food, HX Food, and Food A (anti Static) hoses are FDA certified flexible suction and transport hoses, ideal for transporting solid and liquid food ingredients, as well as pharmaceutical ingredients.

The Nut Room (the Golden Egg room in the 1971 film)

Nuts (or eggs) are sorted into good and bad, with the bad nuts (eggs) being discarded down a disposal chute.

Master PUR L, H and Hx make excellent disposal drop chutes for abrasive media, and the Masterflex Trivolution additive combination, including microbe resistance, helps to protect the hose from going bad when used in dirty environments.

The Television Room

This room combines the potential dangers of food contamination, static electricity and a clean room.

Our Polyether Polyurethane food hoses, and particularly the ‘Food A’ hoses, (Master PUR L Food A and Master PUR H Food A) meet FDA requirements and are rated anti-static. ideal for use in electrically active food and pharmaceutical environments.

Masterflex have most standard sized hoses in stock for next day delivery, for practically every use you can think of.

If you wish to discuss your requirements, please do not hesitate to get in touch, either sales@masterflex-uk.com, or by calling 0161 626 8066.

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A Great British Weekend Pastime

Sheep Shearing, Sheep Dog Trials, County Shows and Country Fairs.

What else would we do with our weekends, if not gathering to drink beer and watch people wrestle a sheep into submission, and then race to shear its fleece?

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During the summer months in Britain, herds of people across the country flock to events, shows and fairs that highlight our rural heritage.

This past weekend, our MD, David, took his family to the Sheep Shearing Competition hosted by The White Lion in Delph.

 

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The sun (mostly) shone, the beer flowed, the barbecue was barbecued, the shearers sheared, and a good time was had by all.

Masterflex Technical Hoses have a number of hoses suitable for farming and outdoors industries.

Heavy duty PU (Polyurethane) hoses.
Heavy duty PVC hoses.
Streetmaster hoses.

Our Trivolution range of PU hoses include additives to give excellent anti static and anti microbial features, and together with our Streetmaster hoses, are perfect for leaf and grass collectors, street sweepers, ride on mowers, use as a suction delivery hose for grain, animal feed, wool, wood chip, slurry, vacuum excavation, aggregates and more.

For more information on any of our products, or to discuss your requirements, please do get in touch.

Masterflex Technical Hoses Limited
Units G & H, Prince of Wales Business Park,
Vulcan Street, Oldham, OL1 4ER
Tel: 0161 626 8066     Fax: 0161 626 9066

Monday – Friday: 8am – 5pm

Email: marketing@masterflex-uk.com or visit www.masterflex-uk.com

Royal Wedding Anniversary
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Royal Wedding Anniversary

Happy 5th wedding anniversary William and Kate!

The wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine Middleton took place on 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey in London, United Kingdom. The groom, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, is the eldest son of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales, and second, after his father, in line to succeed his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.

Prince William and Kate Middleton met in 2001, while undergraduates at St Andrews, where they both lived at St Salvator’s Hall during their first year, after which they shared accommodation in the town for two years. Their engagement on 20 October 2010 was announced on 16 November 2010. The occasion was a public holiday in the United Kingdom and featured many ceremonial aspects, including use of the state carriages and roles for the Foot Guards and Household Cavalry.

The overall price of the event was reportedly £20 million.The Australian newspaper Herald Sun estimated 32 million for security and $800,000 for flowers. Estimates of the cost to the economy of extra public holidays, such as that allowed for the wedding, vary between £1.2 billion and £6 billion.

The Royal wedding route to Westminister Abbey.

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Masterflex Technical Hoses Limited
Units G & H, Prince of Wales Business Park,
Vulcan Street, Oldham, OL1 4ER
Tel: 0161 626 8066     Fax: 0161 626 9066

Monday – Friday: 8am – 5pm

Email: marketing@masterflex-uk.com or www.masterflex-uk.com