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Well, well... looks like somebody else was looking for our photographer....1920s to 40s eh? I've emailed the lady to see if she managed to find out any details but it will probably turn out to be a wild goose chase! http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=walter%20a.%20lee%20comyn%20road%20...

Blimey Stuart, they could do with you down at MI5!! That really is a long shot but possible I suppose? How would we trace them? My mum has an account on ancestry.com. If the negs survive somewhere then they could have loads taken that day.

Keep in touch!

Terry.

Stuart, as Arrgee rightly noticed, all the Whales machines have topflashes which must have been outmoded by the mid fifties so a very early fifties date would probably be about right. I've even tried to find out how much ice creams were around that time to try and date it! If you look at the lightin...

No problem. I wonder if this Herbert Morgan chap is in the photo as it was in a big frame with other paraphenalia relating to him? I'll add the photos of the other machines when I get the chance. They are mainly pinball stuff but somebody may recognise them.

Cheers Slotty! Feel free to show her the photo too as it may trigger a few memories.

Yes, forgot to add that the Film Stars and White City bandits were Bolands creations. Maybe the White side of the partnership was the company who manufactured the plastic signs which seem to be heavily featured in the photo?

Hi all. Went to Kempton Antiques Fair today and picked up a few old photos and paraphenalia related to that favourite old subject of ours.....slot machines! There are several photos of machines related to a Herbert G. Morgan who doesn't feature in the Arcades and Slot Machines book but who was a &qu...

Whales and White trade stand photograph. Machines featured are 24 Winning Cups, Chad, Screen Stars, Players Please, Selecta Cig, White City, Selecta Cup, Defiant, Playball, The Train Test and Boat Race.

Giles, with regard to the allwin, quite a lot of these had a decoratively engineered metal background as opposed to the green beize. I can't quite see what yours looks like from the photo but it appears to be the former.

Scottie, what a result! I've got several ball galleries in the spares box but not the chromed surround. If you let me know the measurements when you get it, I'll have a look to see if I have a suitable part.

The auction's been pulled. Must have sold privately!

Bloody Hell! Where have those two been hiding all these years?? Fantastic find!!

Brilliant!! If I owned that machine I'd probably be "as happy as a dog with two dicks"....but six?????

Jerry, is there a new link to subscribe to the mag online as the one on this site doesn't appear to be working anymore? Regards. Terry.

According to Paul Braithwaites book, BMCo made a machine called Climbing The Alps so this is probably one and the same. The gameplay looks similar to that of The Smithy.

Found at Ardingly antiques fair this week. A bit wormy and in need of some tinkering but all original and complete. They are still out there!!

Thanks for the help Tree Frog! I'll add your findings to the listing on ebay although I see that on the earlier posting the Kraft name was mooted also...doubt if we'll ever know for sure! It's a quality built machine and leans heavily on Bryans ideas for a variable payout. It also uses identical hin...

I've noticed recently that we've had a massive influx of new members registering on this site and thought it strange as this is hardly a fast growing hobby, is it? !PUZZLED! On closer inspection, it seems they are all spammers as they all have their own websites promoting SPAM..(as if we need THAT, ...

Nice looking machine! You have to hand it to Wonders for their inventiveness. I know the engineering wasn't as good as Bryans but they definitely kept their machines interesting. They were built to last too! Here's another beauty: $(KGrHqV,!l8E2Euurd,,BNuz3Y)QDw~~_12.JPG WONDERMATICS "HONEST JO...

It may have been a later one which tended to be housed in rather ugly painted ply cases but if it merely had the "roof" missing then I can't see a reason why it sold so cheaply. It wouldn't cost much to get a new one knocked up! Such is the unpredictability of ebay. Wonders machines seem t...