Hi there, I bought the trim from ebay (here is a link), then put a black pinstripe down the centre. Trim comes in different widths and lengths and has its own sticky back: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15mm-x-5-metre-Chrome-Styling-Strip-Trim-for-Boats-and-Cars/271417807454?hash=item3f31c3125e:g:4hgAAO...

Charming video of my seaside town in better times. A lot of the art deco buildings in the video now sadly gone as is the very unusual Barrys building itself, all hit by mysterious fires at the dead of night while waiting for listed status.

Yes indeed, seems like a big cabinet for little action, when a wall mounted one would have done the job.

That's a shame!

Here is Minnie with her keys, looks like she operated the arcade till 85 years old... Spent a lot of the 1970s in that arcade. Yes, Minnie closed it when she was in her 85th year. She kept her fish and chip shop and ice-cream business until she passed away in 1987. Her favourite machine was the Lau...

Not sure as haven't viewed it yet. Has been offered to me locally. Needs work by the look of it. Never seen this type before.

Anyone seen this one before? This type of Wheel Em In not familiar to me.

You're spot on Treefrog, the history of machines often gets lost. I'm lucky I have a few of the machines from this auction, ones I used to play as a kid on a Saturday afternoon. The owner of Barrys Amusements, Mrs Minnie Delino (Chipperfield) was a remarkable lady indeed and was a friend of my mum's...

https://www.rte.ie/archives/2018/0124/9 ... de-bangor/ The end of an era .

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Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:46 pm

Wow! What an auction....!
Love to turn back time and pop along....

It was a huge auction with local people wanting a piece of their childhood mixing with dealers from all over the UK , the total money raised from the auction was just over 14k 1983 prices !! I have a video of the auction .