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Hi Tom Yes it was my machine. Many weeks ago now I tried everything that people had mentioned on how to fix the problem, without much success. Chris in Crosby said he would look at the machine for me to find out the problem. That was before the country went on lockdown, and nothing has been done to ...

The mechanical parts was mainly rusted very little blue paint left on it. So decided to completely take it apart and wire wheeled all the mechanical parts then polished. All chrome work re chromed, new backflash, and sanded the cabinet with 200 then 400 grit and waxed the cabinet.

With all the spare time we all seem to have now, was able to complete my Bryan's 10 cup and add it to my Bryan's collection.

Thanks for all your suggestions, will have more time to look at it next weekend.

Hi BP Thanks for the reply, yes done all you have said yesterday, only use uncirculated pennies so bad thin coins can be ruled out, springs levers seem to be ok, even too out the coin slides. Noticed that when a winning line has been achieved, the vertical fingers only go into 2 reels?, if pressure ...

The Mills Romanhead I have has always paid out correctly, until this weekend. On Saturday morning started ok, paid out correctly on plums and cherries, but found later in the day it started to be temperamental. Would pay out correctly on 2 cherries ( 2 pennies), 2 cherries +bell (4 pennies), 2 cherr...

The information I got today was from Steve Knight who runs the Colne Valley Postal history museum.
Apparently very few were made. He knows of only 2 that are left (his and this one), his is faulty and he's not sure if this one works at all!

Some update on the vending machine. When the 6d coin is placed in the slot, 2 x 3d bits were vended.
Dates from 1959, when the letter rate went up to 3d.

Noticed this stamp vending machine on Ebay, unusual as it doesn't seem to vend stamps.

The mechanical parts inside indicate that it vended coins or possibly tokens, never seen one like this before.

Looks like you would put a 6d in the slot and got?

Anybody any ideas what it was for?

The last time I was in Bygone times around August time, most of the machines had been taken away, leaving a lot of empty spaces :!?!: After speaking to Bob (Jingle) a couple of weeks ago, and he told me a lot of the machines Darren had in Bygone times was on loan from Clive ( the guy who had the pen...