Hi guys, I picked one up from the Dutch boys several months ago. The bad bit was that it was delivered to a friend in Kent for safe keeping and have not been able to pick it up yet from Manchester!!

I too think they were a 3rd party or customised hi-top. There's not much info on them. Page 185 of 'Slot Machines on Parade' recons 75 were made, however Robert Geddes also states the casino never opened!!.

Hi Terry,
Thought I'd send up some pics of the 'Silver Palace' after a little cosmetic surgery. Sorry the pics aren't that great!.

Hi Gameswat, I agree......With the UK early models with the large fishmouth penny entry and probably rarely using a 50c escalator, I would have thought the slope an easier option in the early thirties. However, as 50c escalators came more widely used in probably the fifties and Mills would have been...

Hi, Looks genuine to me. Correct serial number area etc. Is it a 6d machine? Not sure that would be correct for a 1931 machine, although it does seem to be the UK top casting for the 1d. Something I'm not sure about... is that people always seem to believe that the 'run down' esculator has been tamp...

Great machine. My first 'round' of collecting some 20+ years ago netted me one of these for just £30 from a local antique shop. Of course the same problems occured but still retain fond memories of a continuous learning curve whilst trying to get it right!. Probably never did as it happens but this ...

Brilliant!

simply stunni ng

I agree with you Andy. I think a move to see more dealers/collectors interacting with each other would re-vitalise the hobby. It has been suggested via another thread that a sales/auction site should be set up. I also think this is a great idea. This would enable us to all buy, sell or exchange piec...

And was housed in an early console made from bits of the Mayflower by bored sailors!