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...

Doh... just realised this is the resources
dicky

Wow coppinpr
That's fantastic ...
I hope you don't mind.... but I have added some photofookery to them which has cleaned them up a bit. If you want to add them to the resources please do.

All the best
Dicky

Totally agree... go with the correct wattage - drawing too much current will drop the voltage and could possibly cause relay issues, especially on the pull in on the GPO uniselector.

all the best ... dicky

Hi Gameswat ...
Do you have a link for the facebook Jukebox page please ... i would be interested

all the best.... Dicky