That is absolutely fabulous. Brilliant. Well done!!!

What a wonderful collection of posts and so readable. Just to throw a spanner in the works, the machine in Barons Arcade in Great Yarmouth was a different one to those shown so far. The dice machine I recall was about 7 feet in height with a massive domed glass. It contained two dice, that floated i...

Completely true, although in this case they were just belly glasses that were binned. Dozens of them!!!

Looks great T.

The film sounds interesting. Is it on youtube?

Too many times. I will always ask questions first. So many lost opportunities.

Are we talking about the same one that closed in the '80s?

This is a very old post but just to update you, I saw what must have been at least 50 belly glasses and award glasses branded Clacton Pier stacked in a lock-up on the pier. I went back the following week but they had all been disposed of. I wonder if they were extras or if not why they had been remo...

The only arcade that I have every come across using the ‘new’ 1/2p was based at Margate. It was called the Sun Deck and had a huge number of vintage slot machines. I’d be interested to see a photo of the arcade from the inside if anyone has one.

Interesting. I’ll ask a local operator and update this thread and the machines in and around the Clacton area were converted back.