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Rotamint Record chosen by contestants on Bargain Hunt yesterday 12.15, Ardingly series 45, episode 14. 'Experts' opinions at 11mins 50 and 30 mins 20,auction at 38.30. Available on BBC i player.
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I guess that is the difference between an auction house that accepts internet bids and one that does not.
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No, it's the difference between a German electro-mechanical machine that works and one that doesn't.
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If memory serves me right the early episodes were made by Central tv??widget2k4 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:28 pmyeah i seen that one, dont know if its the sega or the cowboy but something is putting me off the look of that one, might just write to the bbc and ask where that one is they used in auf wiedersehen pet haha, no doubt shoved in some warehouse and forgotten about
But has mentioned, probably loaned.
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Our mate Andy in Australia'land, while hiding from the blazing sun has been amusing himself by watching Laurel & Hardy.
His keen bloodshot eyes spotted something in "The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine (1937)" Although only visible from the back it certainly looks interesting. I'll plump for one of those do-hickies with playing cards instead of reels.
Anybody else?
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His keen bloodshot eyes spotted something in "The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine (1937)" Although only visible from the back it certainly looks interesting. I'll plump for one of those do-hickies with playing cards instead of reels.

Anybody else?
BP
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The Women in his Life (1933)
Name that pinball...
Name that pinball...
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Southsea, Portsmouth, 1946. Slots briefly from 3:06
'60s - '70s amusement arcades
'60s - '70s amusement arcades
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Brighton Palace Pier - Palace Of Fun

Entering the turnstile

Strolling down the pier

On the pier, 1935

Big Wheel and Dodgems, 1938

Saxony - Grip tester

BMCo - allwins

Fortune teller

Brenner - Radio Analyst

Bradshaw Walton - The Twins

Penguins game side stall

Posters dare visitors to enter a haunted house
Entering the turnstile
Strolling down the pier
On the pier, 1935
Big Wheel and Dodgems, 1938
Saxony - Grip tester
BMCo - allwins
Fortune teller
Brenner - Radio Analyst
Penguins game side stall
Posters dare visitors to enter a haunted house
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Good to see the Bradshaw version of 'the twins' with fluid as opposed to the Walton version with paper in the bottles.
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Actually both versions of the Twins were designed and manufactured by Alfred Leonard Walton (L. Walton & Co.) of Blackpool. I'm not sure why 'Bradshaw' popped into my head (corrected above).
The machine which really caught my eye in the film clips above is the fortune teller I labelled the 'Brenner Radio Analyst'. I've never before seen one in action and can find no reference to it in Paul Braithwait's book (he does list a 'Radio' under Bernard Brenner, which might be it). In fact I'm struggling to find any information or pictures of this machine. I seem to recall a couple of derelict ones at the EH, but cannot locate the images. John Brenner's speciality was large, floor-standing fortune tellers which appeared to be doing something highly technical, the Human Analyst probably being the most successful. Some reference would be made to Professor Rennerb's invention on the flash (Brenner backwards) and you had to grip and raise a cast chrome bone-shaped handle on the front (as the gentleman does above). If you released it during the 'reading', a card was delivered telling you to follow the instructions and try again. But where did I get the name 'Radio Analyst'?
Am I correct in thinking it harnessed radio waves to predict the future just as Bradshaw's Green Ray harnessed the power of television?
The machine which really caught my eye in the film clips above is the fortune teller I labelled the 'Brenner Radio Analyst'. I've never before seen one in action and can find no reference to it in Paul Braithwait's book (he does list a 'Radio' under Bernard Brenner, which might be it). In fact I'm struggling to find any information or pictures of this machine. I seem to recall a couple of derelict ones at the EH, but cannot locate the images. John Brenner's speciality was large, floor-standing fortune tellers which appeared to be doing something highly technical, the Human Analyst probably being the most successful. Some reference would be made to Professor Rennerb's invention on the flash (Brenner backwards) and you had to grip and raise a cast chrome bone-shaped handle on the front (as the gentleman does above). If you released it during the 'reading', a card was delivered telling you to follow the instructions and try again. But where did I get the name 'Radio Analyst'?

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