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by dickywink
Mon Sep 30, 2024 7:44 am
Forum: Build a Slot Machine
Topic: Homebrew "Belfrute" Electro-mechanical Machine
Replies: 5
Views: 434

Re: Homebrew "Belfrute" Electro-mechanical Machine

Wow fantastic ...
I'm glad those starlet wiring diagrams came to good use

all the best ... Dicky
by dickywink
Sun Sep 29, 2024 9:20 am
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: Story of Britain's 'jukebox revolution' preserved
Replies: 9
Views: 406

Re: Story of Britain's 'jukebox revolution' preserved

Hi PM It's blooming confusing isnt it? :D ...I spent over an hour yesterday with online "then and now" $ & £ currency converters. So let's break this down (I think this is my OCD kicking in :D ). The £237 quoted in the show was supposed to have came from this Jack Hylton article from 1946, but this a ...
by dickywink
Sat Sep 28, 2024 4:16 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: Story of Britain's 'jukebox revolution' preserved
Replies: 9
Views: 406

Re: Story of Britain's 'jukebox revolution' preserved

Hi Slotalot I was surprised as well... We filmed the segment from 10am to around 1pm and a lot was discussed about the Jack Hylton / Hawtins history in the original recorded interview, but alas the editors cut the segment down to 2 mins 57 seconds. It ended up very short and sweet... I'm guessing ...
by dickywink
Sat Sep 28, 2024 12:45 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: Story of Britain's 'jukebox revolution' preserved
Replies: 9
Views: 406

Re: Story of Britain's 'jukebox revolution' preserved

Thanks guys. Whilst you were replying I was also typing up a long and rambling reply on PM's Billboard article which outlines exactly what you are saying... Hope to see you at the museum Slotalot... Will have a Hawtins Allwin on display also. :D Billboard Magazine English Coinmen Series all the best ...
by dickywink
Sat Sep 28, 2024 12:36 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: Billboard Magazine English Coinmen Series
Replies: 3
Views: 244

Re: Billboard Magazine English Coinmen Series

Thanks PM for these "interesting" articles although I have read these before, whilst researching Billboard on Hawtins and Ditchburn Jukeboxes It amazes me how, just like today what you see on the internet is not always true ... this was also the case with the 1940s internet, (aka newspapers) :D ...
by dickywink
Sat Sep 28, 2024 9:40 am
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: Story of Britain's 'jukebox revolution' preserved
Replies: 9
Views: 406

Re: Story of Britain's 'jukebox revolution' preserved

Hi PM and All I have been involved with this over the last year or so, and it has been great fun. It's been a wonderful experience talking to all the people about their jukebox experiences. It has also highlighted that I will be opening the Ditchburn Jukebox Museum in Lytham St Annes, next May (2025 ...
by dickywink
Sun Sep 01, 2024 5:19 pm
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: Getting metal parts made for allwins
Replies: 2
Views: 461

Re: getting metal parts made for allwins

Thanks for the info on this Paul I currently have a Hawtins Allwin that I'm putting on display in the Ditchburn Jukebox Museum that needs a few bits to finish it off. I need the plate that goes over the Lock and cabinet edge, but is shaped with a curve to fit over the edge trim These were very ...
by dickywink
Sun Sep 01, 2024 4:53 pm
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: I think this is most of us here
Replies: 4
Views: 531

I think this is most of us here

A great short video just appeared on Youtube

Machine collectors



All the best
Dicky
by dickywink
Fri May 10, 2024 7:24 am
Forum: Mechanical Memories Magazine
Topic: Snap!
Replies: 7
Views: 6847

Re: Snap!

Fnar Fnar :D

I guess their Follow up machine based on that great spaghetti western actor never made it into production
I would have loved to See "Clint Fruit" in an arcade !OMFG!

all the best ... Dicky
by dickywink
Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:22 am
Forum: Discoveries
Topic: Caley's 'Marching Chocolate' rail carriage vendors
Replies: 6
Views: 1024

Re: Now here is a 1d coin slot you couldn't miss

YOUTUBE VIDEO Thanks PM ... that video is fantastic, never seen this before. A great video and a slice of History on the Chocolate History of Norwich ... which I am still part of today. I was originally from Norwich and have worked for the last 30 years for a Norwich based company that produced the ...