Henry and his pals Pip and Jeffries are also film lovers, where they spend every spare pence, and the reader's treated to a review of period (and earlier) films. To be a film "clapper boy" is Henry's dream. As we go through the book, Henry makes new friends along the way, so we soon get a nice little gang to follow. There are Pip and Jeffries - his friends from school, Grace – the young girl who shares his love of cinema and Mrs. Beaumont – a woman who he meets, because she helps him get into A-rated films, where he needs an adult to accompany him. Henry is among the most popular names in the UK. It was placed at number 11 for the latest ONS baby boy names data.

The Henry with the most versatility is probably the George. It cleans your curtains, cushions, carpets, hard floors, your car, your drains, and probably everything else in your life. Beyond that, the Henry vacuum cleaner range has a pet hair model, a wet/dry model, and come in a variety of shapes and sizes. The range is versatile within itself. An English and Welsh name meaning lord or prince. Word also refers to a mythical creature with the head of an eagle and body of a lion.Little by little, the three boys become friends. Henry’s mother, encouraged by Mrs Beaumont, befriends their mothers, gaining confidence in parallel with her son’s blossoming personality and friendship with Grace, a dyslexic girl who is continually being punished. Each child discovers an unsuspected talent. Yet it is the camera that Mrs Beaumont lends Henry which leads to the biggest discovery of all – one that will threaten the lives of Henry and his sister, and which could send his mother to prison.” Later that night, Maureen chides Henry in her convalescence, pointing out that her new marriage would not be legal if the man he met were truly his father, that she would be guilty of the crime of bigamy and that the baby would be born a bastard. She instructs Henry to keep silent, but also to bring word to his father that she wishes to see him. The friendship between Grace and Henry begins to bloom into more romantic feelings with repeated trips to the cinema. Henry takes her to meet the man, who begins to show sinister motives. It is apparent upon Grace's intense questioning that Henry's father is a deserter who faked his own death, though he makes the claim that he was an amnesiac. Henry's devotion to the self-made cult of his father causes him to reject Grace and flee in anger. I did thoroughly approve of the message being passed to children that they should always look beyond prejudices and never believe what they are told of people; instead they should make up their own minds. I also liked that the prejudices here avoided the commonplace (such as colour of skin) and dealt with two that were unique to the period - illegitimacy and desertion. If it weren’t for his gran, then Henry’s home life would be awful, what with his mean stepfather and annoying half-sister. If only his dad hadn’t died.

While the traditional Henry has an A class energy efficiency rating, other models don’t match it. The worst is actually the Harry, which has a C class energy efficiency rating. It is important because a higher consumption vacuum cleaner will use more, costing you more in power. They aren’t as environmentally friendly either, so if being E-friendly is important to you the basic Henry is the better model. Size & Shape However, while it’s designed for the wet, this also excels in the dry. An impressive 15 litre storage capacity when dry makes it an ideal option for professional cleaners, but it is also light at only 7.1kgs and will be easy to get around the home.As 1949 turns into 1950 the boy has some serious lessons to learn, not least of which is that things are not always what they seem. As the name suggests, the Henry Xtra is just like the regular Henry but a little bit more. He comes with a host of different accessories and features which means he can cope with just about any job going. If you are desperately seeking an upright vacuum cleaner then have a look at our article regarding the best lightweight upright vacuum cleaners of the year, so far. Power Settings The storage is something you don’t realise you need from a vacuum cleaner. When you finally get it, you wonder how you lived without it all these years.

If I had any criticism, it would be that her writing style sometimes leaves a tad to be desired for me, and while she has never shied from putting characters through hell, the ending of this one came off as too sugary for me. Maybe I'm just too cynical, but I just can't realistically see everything working out job-wise - particularly for show business/movie related goals - for all the good guys in the end.Metro.co.uk has launched its new Big Brother’s Big Body Language series with body language expert Judi James, available to watch on our YouTube channel every Thursday from 6pm. At the beginning of this quite long novel Henry is very bigoted and blind to what is going on around him. He hates his kindly, decent stepfather and resents his baby half-sister, Molly. Neither can he see his scheming, lying, lazy grandmother for what she is. Gradually he learns to value people for what they are rather than or whom they are related to or what their parents did. I also found the wrapping up of the story to be a little too neat - especially when Pip, Jefferies and Henry all end up finding glittering futures doing the jobs they have dreamed about. Or maybe this is supposed to be a commentary on the fact that you can achieve anything if you just set your mind to it.