Excuse my Investigative behaviour .... But is the one posted by Paul and the one posted by PM from EH action exactly the same machine but with a bit of timber added on top? It seems to me that the wood grains and markings are exactly the same. :D PM.jpg paul.jpg Evenin' All, Detective Inspector Dick...

Hopefully that will help a little bit... Unfortunately the Starlet did not have a variator motor so that is not shown.

All the best ... dicky

Hi PM and thanks for the reply and the add of the Ditchburn to the museum, The Terra Technica Museum is owned by a guy called Ronald Seunig, he started the Excaliber City complex many years ago by selling duty free booze and cigs to the tourists that crossed the border on coaches and cars and the wh...

I noticed a couple of videos above from Terra Technica ... if you don't know about this place it's definitely worth a visit. It's a museum that follows the coin operated phonograph and music box from conception to the current day. Over 900 jukeboxes on display some that can be played by inserting a ...

great Info Thanks Mr PM If Only the Coin Slot part of worlds fair was digitally scanned and available just like Billboard Magazine in the USA ... if that suddenly appeared i'm sure it would answer a lot of our question overnight .... Regarding Hawtins of Blackpool, I understand that Percy Hawtins gr...

After spending over a year researching Hawtins involvement with Ditchburn for my History website www.ditchburn.co.uk i was running out of places to look for new information, i then stumbled across a great resource, which is a searchable website that holds all the Billboard and Cashbox Magazines ( th...

Hi Treefrog
absolutely agree, information like this is what keeps the hobby alive and gets the interest of new collectors and also helps keep the restorations as authentic as possible ... im from the older generation and we cant take it with us

all the best
Dicky

Hi Guys It's been a while since I have posted here, this is because I have spent most of the last year working on the History of Ditchburn Jukeboxes website at www.ditchburn.co.uk. I have been looking for schematics and brochures for Ditchburn Machines and was kindly given some by a jukebox engineer...

I noticed during my research on the Ditchburn Jukebox that Hawtins were still making the Steer-a-ball machines in 1946 and in one of the Hawtins adverts you can see them in production line at the same time as the Jack Hylton Jukeboxes, which were only made during the year of 1946, in 1947 Hawtins so...

Hi Banditboy I have a Grosvenor Lucky strike on shilling play (5 old p) with large Jackpot Mech which i understand from your posts is what you are looking for I did not have any intention to sell it but would part with it at the right price also it is the rather rare and sleek Console Model so no ne...