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I used to visit Canvey and the Peerless Playdium amongst others in its heyday. I used to love it until they built that big wall on the front. I do feel very privileged to have been there in the early 70’s. Such a shame there aren’t more photos of the arcade though.

A wonderful man sadly no longer with us.

roger wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 12:43 am FOR A BIT OF NOSTALGIA WATCH THIS VIDEO

Absolutely loved this video and the song. Surely I can’t be the only one.

There’s a lot there for £450!!!

A huge thank you to Bob following my recent visit to his fabulous arcade. What a great guy and so warm and friendly. His customers were clearly enjoying themselves too with some being repeat ones. Bob was always on hand to chat to them or deal with the occasional mishap. All of the machines were ful...

bod wrote: ↑Sat Jan 24, 2015 8:02 pm I once knew a judge that had no fingers...
Justice Thumbs.

jingle wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 10:33 pm Yes mate, I’ll be there.

My mistake. Visiting on Saturday.

jingle wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 1:51 pm Old penny lane York will get you plenty argee

Visiting Friday Bob. Hope you’ll be there.

jingle wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 6:19 pm I own most of the machines in these photos

Is there anything you don’t own Bob?

Here we go. Thanks to Frayle, I now have a photo of the gubbins.

pennymachines wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 12:59 pm I imagine a ball falls to the bonus window from a lose on the left hand side of the gallery (which has a '?' superimposed over 'LOST'). Presumably the weird name, Bonascope, refers to this. It's clearly a bathysphere.

Nice spot PM. Nothing gets past you.

To be honest, I haven’t a clue. Hopefully Frayle will update us in due course.

Thank you. I thought I’d seen one somewhere. Can you open it up for me please?

As promised TF. Quite a bit missing.

jingle wrote: ↑Tue May 02, 2023 8:10 am He’s on here he will help you an sure he’s ok

Thanks mate. Coming to see your place Friday week. A birthday treat for a southerner.

slotalot wrote: ↑Tue May 02, 2023 9:28 am You have a lot of work ahead of you.

Thank you. I think this is a slightly different set-up. I love a challenge.

Will do. I’ll hopefully get to it on Wednesday.

Definitely one to visit.

slotalot wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2023 1:57 pm Anyone who missed the vintage arcade from the days when Clive ran it, I made this video back in 2009. Enjoy.

Brilliant. I wonder whether those machines are on display nowadays. The end of the pier seems the perfect place to operate them.

Bonascope. Sea what I did there? :lol: Okay, so I have been sitting on this machine for a decade or two and I’ve finally plucked up the courage to open the door. Now I got this machine cheap so don’t feel too bad for me but I think there’s something missing and possibly something wrong. Does anyone ...

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